THE BEST OF JON FERNANS
ARTIST
JON FERNANS
GENRE
ACOUSTIC ROCK / BLUES
Jon Fernans – vocals, acoustic guitar
James Crockett – guitar, keyboards
Ric Rosano – electric & acoustic, lead & rhythm guitar and bass
Dennis Simmons – keyboards
Carlos Moran and Joe Wyman – drums, percussions
01 Heading On Home to You
Lyrics
I’m on the road baby I’m, doing
my job, I think about you all the
time, it keeps me working real
hard. Time’s a getting near,
yeah it won’t be long, my work
will over and I’ll have sung my
good night song.
Baby I’ll be, heading on home to
you, just you wait and see, that
knock on the door will be me.
Yeah I’ll be, heading on home to
you, so, let out the cat, settle
on back, kick off your shoes, I’m
heading on home to you.
I’ve been gone baby from your
side much too long, but in my
mind I see you every time I sing
a love song. You’re the only one
gal, who can get me high; it’s
been your love for all these
years that’s gotten me by.
I pack away my gear, finish my
last beer, think of us together
again, I know that time is
drawing near. When I see the
lights of my hometown coming in
sight, I know you’ll be waiting at
the door any time of the day or
night.
I said just you wait and see,
that knock on the door will be
me. Baby I’ll be, Heading on
home to you.
02 Ain't Life A Bitch
Lyrics
I’ve been stepped on, kicked
around, lied to and dumped upon.
I’ve been set up and I’ve been let
down and given a case of the run-a-
round. I love music but I hate the “biz”,
I’d go back to Kansas if I could find the “Wiz”.
But ain’t life a bitch. I work so
hard you think I would be rich, but
it’s all I can do to keep my wheels
out of the ditch and ain’t life a bitch.
I’ve worked nice clubs I’ve worked
in dives, worked Holiday Inn’s just
to stay alive. I’ve opened malls I’ve
closed dance halls, I’ve played
weddings, yeah, I’ve done em’ all
I’ve been overworked, I’ve been
underpaid, I’ve been rained out on
holidays. I’ve worked for jerks,
mean dirt bags, young putt-sis and
old scumbags. Blown up amps and
broken strings, these are just a
few of my favorite things.
I’ve played long sets without a rest
in the mid day heat of old Key West
I played in pain I’ve played
in rain; I played to the noise of
loud jet planes. In smoke filled
rooms with air so stale, I’ve played
in the cold with snow and hail.
03 My Cuban Queen
Lyrics
Free as a bird, wild like the
wind, leads with her heart, she
might let you in. she’ll drive you
crazy, make your head hazy,
wear out your body and leave you
crazy. She’ll do anything that
you’ve ever dreamed; she’ll take
you places that you’ve never
been, m Cuban queen.
Smart as a whip, sharp as a
tack, her intuition is right on
track. No use denying, she knows
when you’re lying , you can’t
deceive her or mislead her.
She knows every place that
you’ve ever been; she knows
everybody that you’ve ever
seen, my Cuban queen.
Cold hands, warm heart, gives of
herself right from the start. No
prima Donna that you take home
to mamma, she can be whatever,
woman you wanna’. she don’t
care for material things, she
don’t care if you’re a pauper or a
king, she’s my Cuban queen.
Long wavy hair, her skin’s so
fair, my favorite feature is her
derriere. She’s got a smile that’s
as bright as the sun and when
she laughs she, comes undone.
Got killer legs that are long and
lean, she’s got curves like you’ve
never seen, my Cuban queen.
She’s always fair, she loves to
share, she believes in the power
of prayer. She’s got a heart
that’s as big as a whale,
compassionate like Florence
Nightingale, she’s never phony
and she’s never mean, she’s just
as kind and as sweet as she
seems, my Cuban queen.
04 Heartache Heartbreak
Lyrics
Now she’s gone and all I do is
miss her. Just once more, I
want to hug and kiss her. I miss
her so and I want her to know,
I still love her so. Heartache.
Heartbreak.
My daddy told me “son time
heals all wounds” but that ain’t
no comfort and it’s, none to
soon. You know what I’m feeling
now is empty and blue, without
you. Heartache. Heartbreak.
I wander around, all around
town, places that we used to go.
I hope and I pray, that maybe
someday, I’d ind you and here’s
what I’d say.
Oh how I missed you and I long
for your touch, the smell of you
perfume and sound of your voice,
let’s start anew baby you know I
love you and love me too.
Heartache. Heartbreak.
Love can be healing or love it can
destroy, make your spirits soar
or cause your downfall, it’s
better to have loved and lost
than never loved at all.
Heartache. Heartbreak.
05 I'm A Happy Guy
Lyrics
I’m a happy guy; I’m on a natural
high. I get up in the morning and
I grab my girl, I take her in my
arms and we start to whirl,
moving and ah grooving’ she rocks
my world, we don’t stop til my
toes curl.
I’m a happy guy, I don’t know
why. People that I meet when I
walk down the street, they smile
at me and they talk real sweet,
maybe it’s because they think
I’m neat, maybe what you sow is
what you reap.
I’m a happy guy, I just let
things slide, I don’t care what
comes my way I take things from
day to day, when trouble comes
and skies are gray, I just smile
my blues away.
I’m a happy guy, I will survive,
I’m not rich and I’m not poor, I
got plenty and I don’t need
more, got me a wife and friends
galore and that’s what makes life
worth living for.
I’m a happy guy, I’m so
satisfied, God looks down and
protects me, from the things
that I can’t see, lady luck is
good to me, my life’s in
synchronicity.
06 Joy Is In The Journey
Lyrics
Stop and take a look around,
you’ll be surprised what can be
found, the joy you seek in life is
all around. Your destination is
not the goal it’s just crossroads
for your soul, ’cause when this
journey ends another begins.
the joy is in the journey and
when this one ends another
begins. Yeah the joy is in the
journey and when this one ends
another begins, then again and
again.
Life’s too short to let it pass,
ya’ gotta slow down, try to
relax, get into he moment and
make it last. ‘Cause if you hurry
through this life, all ya’ gonna’
get is stress and strife and what
you miss is the best part of your life.
There’s more to life than meets
the eye, there’s more to living
than waiting to die, you start to
live when you learn to love the ride.
07 Intuition
Lyrics
Your intuition it shines like the sun
it radiates inside of you it’s always
there and always true telling you
what’s best for you always speaking
directly to you
Your intuition it’s not what you think
when you think you think you know
that’s the time to let go ask yourself
what’s best for you let your intuition
come through
Your intuition it won’t let you down
when your looking for the truth
look within that’s where it’s found
on it’s advice you can depend there’s
no doubt or fear you can’t transcend
Your intuition is your oldest friend
from the time your life began and even
after this one ends like your soul it’s
always been a part of you that knows
no end.
08 ST Thomas
Lyrics
Warm winds blow on a winters
day, the jet set sails down there
to play. America’s paradise
license tags say, down in the
West Indies where the steel
drums play.
A silver bird is going to fly me
away, leave my blues behind with
these cold winters days. I’m
gonna, lay in the sun down in
Megan’s Bay, I’m going to St.
Thomas for a holiday.
The sun will make you lazy make
you island crazy and if you ain’t
there, well it ain’t too rare.
Cause this is paradise and the
whole world, gets a share, you’ll
never know who you’ll meet, on
holidays there.
a silver bird is going to fly me
away gonna leave my blues
behind with these cold winter
days. Gonna lay in the sun down
in Megan’s Bay, going St.
Thomas for a holiday, going to
the islands and I just might
stay.
So, fly me away. I’m going to
leave here today, fly me
away.
09 Mirror Of Me
Lyrics
All the good and bad qualities
that you love or hate about me
there the same ones that you possess
and what you love and hate about yourself
call me crazy but i know it’s true
your a mirror of me and I’m a mirror of you
You can’t love in somebody else
what you don’t love within yourself
and what you hate within yourself your
gonna hate in everyone else
you might already know and this ain’t news
your a mirror of me and I’m a mirror of you
When you see in somebody else the qualities
that you possess the character that they
project that’s that’s mirror image you project
it’s elementary when you see the clues
your a mirror of me and I’m a mirror of you
Always look before you leap and you’ll
avoid the fire’s heat and if you rush to judge
somebody else you may be passing judgement
on your self there’s no exception and it’s
always the rule your a mirror of me and
I’m a mirror of you.
10 Lifesaver
Lyrics
I’ve got a lifesaver, comes in one
flavor. Saved my life, once or
twice, makes my nights all right.
When times get bad and I get so
sad. From out of the blue, she
knows just what to do and my
life’s renewed.
People try and put me down, try
to drive my music in the ground,
they want to, keep me under till
I’m drowned, I’m saved again
when I hear the sound of.
My life saver, so glad God made
her, turns me round, settles me
down, I’m so glad I found my life
saver.
11 Tale Of The White Whale
Lyrics
Ahab, oh Ahab, I bear thee no
grudge, thy course in life I care
not to judge, but if ye a good
mind to disrupt my good time, I’ll
bring unto thee, a fate so
unkind.
For I roam these seas bearing no
one ill will, seeking warm weather
and seas that are still, wanting
safe passage from the cold
waters chill and to avoid
Queequeg’s harpoon’s that kill.
Ahab, oh Ahab, pleas heed
Starbucks plea, fly these deadly
waters live this white whale be,
release this obsession ye long to
hold fast and pray that your God
will see your madness pass.
For many a man has gone down
to the sea, to seeking there
fortune on the bounty there be
but Davey Jones locker is filled
to the brim, with the bones of
the brave souls who’s luck has
run thin.
Now I hear the sound of the
long boats in chase, I see the
fear on the harpooners face, my
vengeance is swift as I seal
Ahab fate and deliver his soul
down below to hells gate.
Ahab, oh Ahab, ye sought out
revenge, but found only death
for you ship and your men, twas
not the White Whale that
delivered thy end, but the pride
of a captain and his lust for revenge.
12 Blues In Bali
Lyrics
Now, whenever I travel and babe
were apart, you know your
always wit me, for your in my
heart and you will always be a
part of me just like my soul, for
eternity. For you are my
sunshine, you’re my stars at
night, your there when the sun
sets, making everything all right.
Now am getting lonely, but I’m
never alone, ’cause when I think
of you babe, it takes me back home.
Yeah, it takes me back home,
whenever I think of you and I
think of all those, crazy things
we do. the laughing and the
crying, the fighting and the lovin’
the kissing and the hugging and
all that turtle dovin’. Yeah I just
close my eyes and I picture you,
I see your smile and I forget all
my blues, I remember the way
you felt, when I held you close,
but the taste on your lips babe,
well, that’s what I remember most.
Now, I might be crazy, but I’m
not insane, ’cause if I was a rich
man it’s at home wit you I’d
remain, but I’m a working guy
and I got my dues to pay, so it’s
life on the road and music to be
played and I long for the day
when I won’t have to roam and
I’ll spend all my time with you
making, music at home and I’ll be
kissing your lips, instead of a microphone
and when we make love babe, well
it won’t be on the phone.
But, folks tonight I’m quite
happy, to be here with you, tell
you my stories and play you some
blues and I will always remember
these times that we’ve shared
for in life these are the moments
that truly are rare and
if I’ve done my job and I’ve been
on the square and if I
entertained you with these songs
that I’ve aired and if you are able
and if you dare, put your hands
together now and show how much you care.