MIDNIGHT WRITER

ARTIST

JON FERNANS

RELEASED

2018

GENRE

BLUES/ROCK

Jon Fernans – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

Ruth Hartman – Vocals on “Take it as it Comes”

Tom Lippincot – Electric & Acoustic Guitar

Rusty Heck – Electric & Upright Bass

Debbie Spring – Viola

David Schanzer – Percussion & Keyboards; TRKS 5, 6, 9

Bob Taylor – Keyboards & Organ; TRKS 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8

Jack Ciano – Drums

Clay Goldstein – Harmonica

Bari Litschaver – Banjo

Ron Litschaver – Mandolin

Lyrics

NO MATTER

NO MATTER HOW MANY PLACES YOU GO
NO MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU
KNOW NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY
YOU MAKE NO MATTER HOW MANY
DRUGS YOU TAKE NO MATTER WHAT YOU
DO OR HOW HARD YOU TRY YOUR NEVER
GONNA GET YOUR EGO SATISFIED

NO MATTER HOW MANY BOOKS YOU’VE
READ NO MATTER HOW MANY
SPEECHES YOU’VE SAID NO MATTER HOW
MANY DEGREES YOU’VE EARNED NO
MATTER HOW MUCH KNOWLEDGE
YOU’VE LEARNED NO MATTER WHAT YOU
DO OR HOW HARD YOU TRY YOUR NEVER
GONNA GET YOUR EGO SATISFIED

YOUR EGO CAN NEVER BE SATISFIED N’
THAT’S THE INSPIRATION THAT KEEPS
LEARNING ALIVE N’ THE LESSONS THAT
YOU LEARN ARE THE REASONS WHY
THAT NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO OR
HOW HARD YOU TRY YOUR NEVER
GONNA GET YOUR EGO SATISFIED

NO MATTER HOW MANY LOVERS
YOU’VE HAD NO MATTER IF THEY WERE
GOOD OR BAD NO MATTER HOW MANY
TIMES YOU’VE WED NO MATTER HOW
MANY CHILDREN YOU’VE BRED NO
MATTER WHAT YOU DO OR HOW HARD
YOU TRY YOUR NEVER GONNA GET YOUR
EGO SATISFIED

NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU
PRAY NO MATTER HOW MANY CHANTS
YOU SAY NO MATTER HOW MANY
CANDLES YOU LIGHT NO MATTER HOW
MANY PRAYERS YOU RECITE NO MATTER
WHAT YOU DO OR HOW HARD YOU TRY
YOUR NEVER GONNA GET YOUR
EGO SATISFIED

YOUR EGO CAN NEVER BE SATISFIED
SATISFACTION COMES WHEN YOU
REALIZE THAT LEARNING ALL THE
LESSONS THAT IT TAKES TO SURVIVE IS
ALL THAT IS NEEDED TO BE HAPPY
INSIDE AND YOUR NEVER GONNA
GET YOUR EGO SATISFIED
©2018

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Lyrics

NEVER TROUBLE TROUBLE

NEVER TROUBLE TROUBLE
TILL TROUBLE TROUBLES YOU
NEVER WORRY ‘BOUT A FUTURE
THAT MAY NEVER COME TRUE
NEVER BOTHER ABOUT THINGS
THAT HAPPENED IN YOUR PAST
NEVER LOSE SLEEP OVER
SORROWS THAT DON’T NEED TO
LAST , LIVE FOR TODAY N’ ENJOY IT
WHILE IT LASTS N’ DON’T FEAR FOR
THE FUTURE OR REGRET THE PAST

WHAT’S PAST IN THE PAST N’ WAS
NEVER MEANT TO LAST ,TRY AS YOU
MIGHT YOU’LL NEVER MAKE IT
RIGHT , WHAT’S DONE IS DONE AND
CAN’T BE UNDONE TRY AS YOU
MIGHT IT’S AN UNWINNABLE FIGHT
TODAY’S TO PRECIOUS TO JUST LET IT
PASS WITH FEAR FOR THE FUTURE
OR PAIN FROM YOUR PAST

WHATEVER WILL BE WILL BE WHAT
WILL BE THE FUTURE’S UNKNOWN
N’ NOT OURS TO SEE, WORRYING
‘BOUT THE FUTURE N’ WHAT IT
MIGHT BE TAKES AWAY ALL TODAYS
POSSIBILITIES, LIVE FOR TODAY N’
ENJOY IT WHILE IT LASTS N’ DON’T
FEAR FOR THE FUTURE OR REGRET
THE PAST

NEVER TROUBLE TROUBLE TILL
TROUBLE TROUBLES YOU NEVER
FEAR FOR THE FUTURE IT’S NOT UP
TO YOU, NEVER HARBOR REGRETS
ABOUT THINGS IN YOUR PAST
NEVER KEEP ALIVE SORROWS THAT
DON’T NEED TO LAST , TODAYS TOO
PRECIOUS TO JUST LET IT PASS WITH
FEAR FOR THE FUTURE OR REGRETS
FROM YOUR PAST
©2018

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Lyrics

TAKE IT AS IT COMES

TAKE IT AS IT COMES WATCH IT
AS IT RUNS GOTTA’ LET IT ROLL
LOVE IT WHEN IT FLOWS
NO ONE’S IN CONTROL GOTTA’
LET IT GO IT’S GOT IT’S OWN SOUL
CAN’T BE BUTTONHOLED
TAKE IT AS IT COMES WATCH IT
AS IT RUNS GOTTA’ LET IT ROLL
LOVE IT WHEN IT FLOWS

LOVE’S A MYSTERY IT’S ALL
SO NEW TO ME I SEE IT IN
YOUR SMILE SO I’LL STAY A
LITTLE WHILE

TAKE IT AS IT COMES LIKE THE
MORNING SUN THE STORIES JUST
BEGUN HOPE IS ON THE RUN WHAT
THE FUTURE HOLDS YOU NEVER
REALLY KNOW HOW IT WILL UNFOLD
THE STORIES STILL UNTOLD

TAKE IT AS IT COMES LIKE THE
MORNING SUN THE STORIES JUST
BEGUN HOPE IS ON THE RUN
WHAT WILL BE WILL BE N’ THAT
YOU’LL NEVER SEE UNTIL THE TIME
IS RIGHT TRY WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT

TAKE IT AS IT COMES SAME FOR
EVERYONE YOUR NEVER GONNA
KNOW WHICH WAY YOUR LIFE WILL
GO WHATEVER YOU EXPECT WON’T
BE WHAT YOU GET WHAT YOU
THOUGHT YOU KNEW WON’T BE
WHAT IS TRUE TAKE IT AS IT COMES
SAME FOR EVERYONE YOUR NEVER
GONNA’ KNOW WHICH WAY YOUR
LIFE WILL GO
©2018

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Lyrics

MY GAL ROO

MY GAL ROO PRETTIER THAN MORNING DEW
MY GAL ROO PRETTIER THAN MORNING DEW
HER KISSES ARE SWEETER THAN A FRESH HONEY DEW
MY GAL ROO

MY GAL ROO PICKS ME UP WHEN I’M BLUE
MY GAL ROO PICKS ME UP WHEN I’M BLUE
AS IF ON CUE SHE KNOWS JUST WHAT TO DO
MY GAL ROO

MY GAL ROO INSPIRES ME TO DO WHAT I DO
MY GAL ROO INSPIRES ME TO DO WHAT I DO
SHE’S THE REASON WHY ALL MY DREAMS COME TRUE
MY GAL ROO

MY GAL ROO STICKS WITH ME JUST LIKE GLUE
MY GAL ROO STICKS WITH ME JUST LIKE GLUE
SHE’S BEEN BY MY SIDE IN ALL I’VE BEEN THROUGH
MY GAL ROO

SHE’S THE HONEY IN MY TEA AND ALWAYS WILL BE
THE BEST PERSON I KNOW EVERYWHERE I GO
SHE’S BEEN MY BEST FRIEND AND WILL BE TILL THE END
MY GAL ROO

MY GAL ROO FORGIVES ME WHATEVER I DO
MY GAL ROO FORGIVES ME WHATEVER I DO
WHEN I ACT THE FOOL SHE’S MY RESCUE
MY GAL ROO

MY GAL ROO SHE LOVES ME THROUGH AND THROUGH
MY GAL ROO SHE LOVES ME THROUGH AND THROUGH
SHE’S ALWAYS SINCERE AND NEVER UNTRUE MY GAL ROO
©2018

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Lyrics

FOLLOW YOUR BLISS

OF ALL THE PATHS THAT
WE CAN TAKE WITH ALL
THE OUTCOMES THEY
CREATE AND ALL THE WAYS
WE TEMPT OUR FATE WITH
ALL THE CHOICES THAT ME
MAKE THE PATH THAT LEADS
US TO THE GREATEST GIFT IS
WHEN WE CHOOSE TO
FOLLOW OUR BLISS

OF ALL THE TALENTS WE’RE
BORN WITH THE JOYOUS
ONES ARE THE GREATEST GIFT
AND THE ONE WE LOVE
ABOVE THE REST IS THE ONE
THAT BRINGS THE MOST
SUCCESS YOUR FEAR WILL
TELL YOU TO RESIST YOUR
HEART WILL TELL YOU
FOLLOW YOUR BLISS

THE SMARTEST THING YOU
WILL EVER DO IS HEED THE
VOICE INSIDE OF YOU
AND WHEN IT’S TIME FOR
YOU TO CHOOSE IT’S FROM
THAT VOICE YOU’LL TAKE
YOUR CUE

AND ALL THE COURAGE THAT
IT TAKES TO OVERCOME ALL
LIFE’S MISTAKES THAT COMES
FROM THE VERY SAME PLACE
YOUR VOICE WITHIN IS OUR
VOICE OF FATE

LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO LET TIME
PASS AND MISS OUT ON ALL
THE THINGS THAT LAST
AND ALL THE KNOWLEDGE
THAT WE LEARNED FROM ALL
THE LESSONS THAT WE EARNED
FORGET YOUR FEARS AND
DON’T RESIST LISTEN TO
YOUR HEART AND
FOLLOW YOUR BLISS
©2018

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Lyrics

MY HEART BELONGS TO YOU

IT STARTED IN THE STRANGEST OF PLACES
WHERE NO ONE CARED TO SHOW THEIR FACES
PROMISES WERE MADE BEFORE WE MET
SECRETS WERE SHARED WE WOULD NEVER FORGET

ONCE WE MEET A BOND WAS MADE
THE KIND OF ATTRACTION WE COULDN’T EVADE
WE BOTH WERE CAUTIOUS AND IN NO GREAT HASTE
WE TOOK OUR TIME AND SET OUR OWN PACE

ONCE SETTLED IN WE FOUND OUR GROOVE
AND KNEW THERE WAS NOTHING WE COULDN’T DO
WE TOOK OFF IN ERNEST AND WE NEVER LOOKED BACK
WERE STILL GOING STRONG AND THAT’S A FACT
IT SEEMS LIKE NOW WE’VE JUST BEGUN
AND ALL OF THE BEST TIMES ARE YET TO COME
AND WHERE EVER WE GO AND WHAT WHAT EVER WE DO
YOU CAN REST ASSURED MY HEART BELONGS TO YOU

YOU’VE ALWAYS BEEN THE ONLY ONE
WITH WHOM I’VE HAD THEE MOST FUN
AND EVERYWHERE THAT WE GO FROM THE COAST OF
MAINE TO BORENO

AND ALL OF THE GOOD TIMES THAT WE’VE HAD
AND ALL OF THE TIMES WHEN THINGS WERE BAD
ONLY MADE ME LOVE YOU MORE YOUR THE ONLY
ONE I HAVE EYES FOR

YOU’VE ALWAYS BEEN MY BEST FRIEND AND THERE
FOR ME AGAIN AND AGAIN THERE’S NOTHING IN THIS
WORLD THAT I WOULDN’T DO TO SHOW YOU HOW
MUCH THAT I LOVE YOU

I KNOW YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY TOO YOU SHOW ME
THAT IN ALL YOU DO
YOUR THE ONLY
ONE I OPEN UP TO YOUR THE ONLY ONE
MY HEART BELONGS TO YOU

I’VE NEVER KNOWN THIS KIND OF BLISS COULD BE
MY KIND OF HAPPINESS THE TIME WE SHARE IS THE
GREATEST GIFT AND WITH EVERY HUG AND EVERY KISS
AND BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO
MY HEART BELONGS TO YOU

YOU’VE TAUGHT ME MORE THAN ANYONE
TO SHARE THE WEALTH WITH THOSE WITH NONE
TO HELP THE MORE UNFORTUNATE IS TO HELP
OURSELVES TO BETTER EXIST
WHEN YOU WERE RAISED YOU HAD IT ROUGH
THE LACK OF LOVE MADE YOUR LIFE TOUGH
AND THAT LACK OF LOVE YOU WERE DENIED
IS THE GIFT YOU SHARE SO FAR AND WIDE

YOUR THE BEST PERSON THAT I KNOW YOU TAKE
WHAT’S GOOD AND YOU HELP IT GROW YOU ASK FOR
NOTHING IN RETURN THERE’S SO MUCH FROM YOU
THAT I HAVE LEARNED

IF I COULD HAVE THINGS MY OWN WAY I’D LIVE MY
LIFE WITH YOU EVERYDAY AND DEPART THE DAY
BEFORE YOUR LIFE WAS THROUGH SO I’D NEVER SPEND
A DAY WITHOUT YOU
©2018

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Lyrics

ATTITUDE

EVIL LIVES INSIDE OF ME
EVIL LIVES INSIDE OF YOU
LIKE THE BULLETS IN A GUN
EVIL LIVES IN EVERYONE
YOUNG OR OLD IT’S ALL THE
SAME WE’RE ALL PLAYERS IN
THIS GAME THERE’S NO EXCEPTION
TO THE RULE YOU PLAY THE GAME
OR YOU PLAY THE FOOL
IT’S ALWAYS GONNA’ BE THE SAME
EVEN THOUGH IT SOUNDS INSANE
EVIL ALWAYS WILL REMAIN

GOODNESS LIVES INSIDE OF ME
GOODNESS LIVES INSIDE OF YOU
LIKE THE WARMTH OF THE SUN
GOODNESS LIVES IN EVERYONE
RICH OR POOR THERE’S LITTLE
DOUBT WITHOUT GOODNESS YOU’LL
STRIKEOUT THE GAME OF LIFE IS
NEVER FAIR THERE’S ONLY ONE
WAY TO GET YOUR SHARE
YOU ATTRACT WHAT YOU PROJECT
THE MORE YOU GIVE THE MORE YOU
GET N’ IF IT’S GOODNESS THAT
YOU SEEK SHOW IT TO EVERYONE
YOU MEET

WHAT YOU REAP IS WHAT YOU
SOW WHEN YOU DECIDE HOW
THINGS WILL GO WITH EVERY
CHOICE THAT YOU MAKE YOUR
DECIDING YOUR OWN FATE

IT’S UP TO YOU ON THE CHOICE
YOU MAKE YOU DECIDE HOW YOU
RELATE TO EVERYTHING THAT YOU
GO THROUGH WITH EVERYONE NO
MATTER WHO, YOUR POINT OF
VIEW IS YOURS TO CHOOSE
LOOK WITHIN’ N’ YOU’LL SEE
IT’S TRUE YOU CONTROL ALL
OF THAT TOO NO ONE TELLS
YOU WHAT TO DO, GOOD OR
BAD IT’S UP TO YOU NO ONE
ELSE CAN HELP YOU THROUGH
YOUR THE ONE WHO GETS TO
CHOOSE WHEN YOU DECIDE ON
YOUR ATTITUDE

YOUR ATTITUDE IT HOLDS THE
KEY N’ CHOOSES WHAT WILL BE WILL
BE HOW THINGS TURN
OUT IN THE END ON THIS FACT
OF LIFE YOU CAN DEPEND
THE ATTITUDE THAT YOU PROJECT
DETERMINES WHAT YOU CAN
EXPECT IT’S ALWAYS GONNA’
BE THIS WAY N’ STAYS THE
SAME TILL YOUR DYING DAY
WHETHER YOU WIN OR
WHETHER YOU LOSE IT’S
ALWAYS GONNA’ BE UP TO
YOU YOUR THE ONE WHO GETS
TO CHOOSE WHEN YOU DECIDE
ON YOUR ATTITUDE
©2018

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Lyrics

LOVE IS LETTING GO OF FEAR

LOVE IS LETTING GO OF FEAR NO
GREATER KNOWLEDGE YOU WILL
EVER HEAR DO THE SAME WITH
YOUR DESIRE AND YOUR EGO IS
HEADED FOR A FUNERAL PYRE

ALL THE CHOICES THAT WE MAKE
ARE MADE FROM FEAR OR FOR
DESIRES SAKE ALL THE OUTCOMES
THIS CREATES IS HOW WE LEARN
FROM OUR MISTAKES

PURPOSE IS LIFE’S GREAT EMPHASIS
A LIFE WITHOUT PURPOSE IS
PARALYSIS TO FIND YOUR PURPOSE
IS YOUR GREATEST GIFT THE
HARDEST THING YOU’LL EVER DO IS
THIS JUST LOOK INTO YOUR HEART
AND DON’T RESIST YOU’LL FIND
YOUR PURPOSE WHEN YOU FOLLOW
YOUR BLISS

ALL THE THOUGHTS THAT WE CREATE
BECOME THE LIFE THAT WE IMITATE
WE ATTRACT WHAT WE PROJECT THE
MORE WE GIVE THE MORE WE GET

THE PAST IS IN THE PAST YOU SEE
THE FUTURE WILL BE WHAT IT WILL
BE THE PRESENT MOMENT IS ALL
THERE IS AND THE IDEAL PLACE TO
LIVE THE LIFE WE LIVE
©2018

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Lyrics

YOUR GREATEST WISH

IF UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU SEEK
TRUTH IS WHAT YOU NEED TO REAP
EXPERIENCE WILL BE YOUR GUIDE TO
THE PLACE WHERE TRUTH RESIDES
KNOWLEDGE WILL BE BY HER SIDE
SHE WILL OPEN UP YOUR EYES
YOU WILL COME TO RELIZE THAT ALL
YOU SEEK YOU FOUND INSIDE N’ THE
WISDOM OF EXPERIENCE WILL LEAD
YOU TO ENLIGHTENMENT

THERE ARE NO MISTAKES IN LIFE JUST
LESSONS ABOUT WRONG N’ RIGHT
WITH EVERY CHOICE THAT WE MAKE
WE’RE LEARNING FROM OUR MISTAKES
N’ THE MORE MISTAKES WE MAKE THE
MORE LESSONS WE ACCUMULATE THE
LESSONS LEARNED BECOME OUR FATE
N’ THIS IS WHY THERE’S NO MISTAKES
THIS LEARNING NEVER EVER ENDS FOR
THIS IS HOW OUR SPIRIT TRANSCENDS

ALL THAT WE GO THROUGH IN LIFE
ALL THE PAIN N’ SACRIFICE ALL THE
JOYS OF WHAT WE LIKE N’ WHAT WE
GAIN FROM ALL THIS STRIFE LEADS
US TO THE BEST ADVICE THAT IT’S
ALL WORTH THE PRICE FOR WHAT WE
GAIN IN RETURN TAKES AWAY ALL
OF OUR CONCERNS N’ GIVES US THE
KNOWLEDGE THAT WE YEARN THAT
WE’RE HERE TO LEARN N’ NOT EARN

ENLIGHTENMENT’S NOT WHAT WE GAIN
IT’S ALL ABOUT HOW WE CHANGE HOW
WE LOSE OUR FEAR OF DEATH OF OLD
AGE N’ REGRET THE LOSS OF ANGER
N’ ANXIETY DEPRESSION N’ INSECURITY
LOSING FEAR YOUR GREATEST GIFT THE
ONE EMOTION YOU’LL NEVER MISS N’
LEAVE YOU IN A STATE OF BLISS SO LET
THIS BE YOUR GREATEST WISH
©2018

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