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Jack Johnson - Taylor
Jack Johnson - Taylor


Jack Johnson - Taylor Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: On And On
Released: 2003

Taylor Lyrics


They say Taylor was a good girl, never one to be late
Complain, express ideas in her brain
Working on the night shift, passing out the tickets
You're gonna have to pay her if you want to park here

Well mommy's little dancer is quite a little secret
Working on the streets now, never gonna keep it
It's quite an imposition and now she's only wishin'
That she would have listened to the words they said
Poor Taylor

She just wanders around, unaffected by,
The winter winds here, she'll pretend that
She's somewhere else, so far and clear
About two thousand miles, from here

Well Peter Patrick pitter patters on the window,
The sunny silhouette won't let him in
And poor old Pete's got nothing 'cause he's been falling
And somehow sunny knows just where he's been

He thinks that singin' on Sunday's gonna save his soul
Now that Saturday's gone
And sometimes he thinks that he's on his way,
But I can see, that his brake lights are on

He just wanders around, unaffected by,
The winter winds here, and he'll pretend that
He's somewhere else, so far and clear,
About two thousand miles from here

Such a tough enchilada, filled up with nada
Givin' what you gotta give to get a dollar bill
Used to be a limber chicken, times have been a ticking
Now she's finger lickin' to the man
With the money in his pocket, flying in his rocket
And only stopping by on his way to a better world

If Taylor finds a better world
Then Taylor's gonna run away

Writer/s: JACK HODY JOHNSON
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING
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Taylor
  • This song is often rumored to tell the story about a prostitute. The prostitute statement is simply a misunderstanding. Jack Johnson wrote this song about a young girl named Taylor, hence the title of the song.

    The song tells the story of three characters. The main character is Taylor, a sweet, young, innocent, lonely little girl, who is searching to find her heart. In the story, Taylor works the night shift, passing out tickets to patrons who want to see her dancing. All this time, Taylor is dreaming of a paradise where sadness is unknown. However, things turn sour when a secret about her life reveals a sudden change. Feeling as though she has been mistreated, Taylor leaves her parents' home, trying to find someone who will comfort her. However, she only finds herself wandering the streets, looking for a place she can call home. As she wanders along, Taylor meets the second character in the story, a young man named Peter Patrick, who is twice her age. Like Taylor, Peter Patrick is trying to find his heart. When Peter Patrick discovers that he's locked out of his own house, he pitter-patters on his window. As he waits with Taylor outside his house, Pete discovers that the third character of this story, his wife, Sunny, won't let him into his own house! Somehow, Sunny realizes that she knows the truth, she knows just where Pete's been going to. Sunny discovers the secret, that Pete has fallen for Taylor! However, Pete realizes all the while that he has made so many mistakes, but he wasn't going to let his love for Taylor be the biggest mistake he's made in his life. So, Pete tries to cover up the situation by thinking that going to church every Sunday will make everything right again.
  • The line, "Two thousand miles from here" refers to Hawaii, Jack Johnson's native home.
  • Johnson made a music video of this song with Ben Stiller, who plays the director.
  • Back when Taylor Swift was a teenage country star, she revealed to Rolling Stone that this song was her ringtone, saying that she ignores "the fact that the song is probably about a prostitute or a stripper."

  • Jack Johnson - Flake
    Jack Johnson - Flake


    Jack Johnson - Flake Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

    Album: Brushfire Fairytales
    Released: 2001

    Flake Lyrics


    Flake
  • This was Johnson's first big hit, a song he did with his good friend Ben Harper. Harper plays slide guitar and Jack plays rhythm guitar.
  • At the end of this song, Johnson makes a reference to The Beatles "Don't Pass Me By" when he repeats, "Please please please don't pass me by."

  • Jack Johnson - Tape Deck
    Jack Johnson - Tape Deck


    Jack Johnson - Tape Deck Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

    Album: From Here to Now to You
    Released: 2013

    Tape Deck Lyrics


    Tape Deck
  • This endearing track finds Johnson recalling the days of his high school Punk band, who did covers of Minor Threat, Fugazi, and Bad Religion tunes. He told WXRT's Marty Lennartz: "It's all about our first band, Limber Chicken. It's the story of that band, how we got our instruments, practicing and stuff."

    "It's funny, because we recorded it on a nylon string acoustic (guitar)," Johnson continued, "and an upright bass and a little hand drum. It's the most un-punk thing you've ever heard. It's pretty funny. As an 18-year-old, I would've just hated me for doing it. The lamest 38-year-old thing to do."

  • Jack Johnson - Radiate
    Jack Johnson - Radiate


    Jack Johnson - Radiate Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

    Album: From Here to Now to You
    Released: 2013

    Radiate Lyrics


    You walk into the world you make
    You lose yourself but you find your way
    I'm gonna watch you
    Radiate
    Radiate
    Radiate
    Radiate

    We turn so slow I know it's hard to wait
    Take your time, sun is yours to take
    I'm gonna watch you
    Radiate
    Radiate
    Radiate
    Radiate

    These rocks they hold heat
    Pools of water cool your feet
    As you walk you believe
    Every part of the dream

    I see you lost in what you create
    All of time in this one single day
    You take it in and you
    Radiate
    Radiate
    Radiate
    Radiate

    Follow your hands as they build
    As they shape, as they follow your mind
    And rose like a wave
    Take it and you radiate
    Radiate, gonna watch you radiate, radiate

    These rocks they hold heat
    Pools of water cool your feet
    As you walk you believe
    Every part of the dream

    Writer/s: ZACHARY DYLAN GILL, JACK JOHNSON, ADAM TOPOL, MERLO PODLEWSKI
    Publisher: Peermusic Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Downtown Music Publishing, REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING
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    Radiate
  • Johnson wrote this upbeat campfire-ready foot-stomper about his six-year-old son's freewheeling imagination. "He's just constantly drawing pictures with his hands," the singer told Rolling Stone, "creating this world and walking into it. I ask him, 'What are you doing in there?'"

  • Jack Johnson - Constellations
    Jack Johnson - Constellations


    Jack Johnson - Constellations Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

    Album: In Between Dreams
    Released: 2005

    Constellations Lyrics


    The light was leaving and the west it was blue
    The children's laughter saying they're skipping just like the stones they threw
    The voices echoed across the ways, it's getting late

    It was just another night with the sunset and
    The moon rise not so far behind
    To give us just enough light
    To lay down underneath the stars listening to
    Papa's translations of the stories across the sky, we drew our own Constellations

    The west winds often last too long
    But when they come down nothing ever feels the same
    Sheltered under the Kamani tree waiting for the passing rain
    Clouds keep moving to uncover the sea
    Stars above us chasing the day away
    To find the stories that we sometimes need
    Listen close enough all else fades
    Fades away

    It was just another night with the sunset and
    The moon rise not so far behind
    To give us just enough light
    To lay down underneath the stars listening to
    All the translations of the stories across the sky to do our own constellations

    Writer/s: JACK HODY JOHNSON
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING
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    Constellations
  • Johnson: "That's one I wrote while I was surfing. I was out longboarding in California. The sun had just set and the moon was rising so it was real nice. It was also summertime and warm, so I could stay out and surf for a while. I was alone, it was really calm and the wind was dead and it was a real magical night. The wind was nonexistent so you could hear things from really far away. And I could hear these kids who were laughing and skipping rocks on the beach. All their dads were there and it was kind of like dads' night out camping with the kids on the beach. The were all sitting around this little campfire and the kids were playing. And it just started getting me thinking about sailing canoe trips my father and I took around the island when I was younger. He'd always show me all the constellations up in the sky and tell me the stories about Pleiades being chased by Taurus the bull, Orion coming to save Pleiades and Orion's little dog following right next to him. Those stories always stuck with me, as did just the time we spent learning about the stars. It was a really nice thing. He always explained to me that the stars made him feel like he was never really lost. That if he found himself somewhere where he didn't know where he was and looked up into the sky at night, he could see where the stars were and put the puzzle together. It made him feel a little more at home anywhere he was in the world. I've noticed with myself now when I travel, that if I'm able to place a few of the constellations I'll get a better sense of where I am in the world."

  • Jack Johnson - Belle
    Jack Johnson - Belle


    Jack Johnson - Belle Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

    Album: In Between Dreams
    Released: 2005

    Belle Lyrics


    Oi linda
    Bella che fa?
    Bonita, bonita que tal?
    But Belle
    Je ne comprend pas français
    So you'll have to speak to me
    Some other way

    Writer/s: JACK HODY JOHNSON
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

    Belle
  • On this song, Jack speaks in Italian (oi lienda, bella che fa?) then in Spanish (bonita, bonita que tal?) then in French (belle, Je ne comprends pas francais) then, of course, in English (So you'll have to speak to me some other way!).
  • This one is not to be taken seriously - Johnson refers to it "a joke." Said Johnson: "My wife speaks a little bit of French. We went traveling around Europe together years ago. It's probably the oldest song I have. I kind of learned these bossa nova chords. And I was joking with her, basically saying, 'Hey beautiful' in a lot of different languages and then said, 'Je ne comprend pas francais,' which is 'I don't understand' in French, 'So you'll have to speak to me some other way.' I toyed around with that in the studio and ended up liking it and put it on the record."

  • Jack Johnson - Crying Shame
    Jack Johnson - Crying Shame


    Jack Johnson - Crying Shame Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

    Album: In Between Dreams
    Released: 2005

    Crying Shame Lyrics


    It's such a tight game
    Will it ever stop?
    How will this all play out?
    Both sides out of mind now

    By now we should know how to communicate instead of coming to blows
    We're on the road and there ain't no stopping us now
    We're burning under control
    Isn't it strange how we're all burning
    Under the same sun
    By now they say if it's a war for peace
    It's the same old game
    But do we really want to blame?
    We could close our eyes it's still there
    We could say it's us against them
    We could try but nobody wins
    Gravity has got a hold on us all
    We could try to put it out
    But it's a growing flame
    Using fear as fuel
    Burning down our name
    And it won't take too long
    Cause words are burned the same
    Then who are we gonna blame
    Now and all

    It's such a crying, crying, Crying Shame
    It's such a crying, crying, crying shame
    It's such a crying, crying, crying shame
    Shame shame shame

    By now it's beginning to show
    A number of people their numbers that ain't coming home
    I could close my eyes it's still there
    Close my mind, be alone
    I could close my heart and not care
    But gravity has got a hold on us all
    It's a terrific price to pay
    But in the true sense of the word
    Are we using what we've learned
    In the true sense of the word
    Are we losing what we were

    It's such a tight game
    Will it ever stop?
    It's not for me to say
    And is it in our blood?
    Or is it just our fate?
    And how will this all play out?
    Both sides out of my mind now
    Who are we gonna blame all and all?

    It's such a crying, crying crying shame
    It's such a crying, crying crying shame
    It's such a crying, crying crying shame, shame, shame

    Writer/s:
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group, DEMI MUSIC CORP. D/B/A LICHELLE MUSIC COMPANY
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

    Crying Shame
  • Johnson said of this song: "I had a few of the lines for it here and there. But what really inspired me to write the rest of it was an interview with Kurt Vonnegut I read where he was asked if he felt that the leaders of today - cultural, political, and artistic - were being responsible to their society. And he had this line that I thought was great where he said, 'Forget about society. What about humanity in general?' And so that was the idea for the song. The first line is, 'By now we should know how to communicate instead of coming to blows.' It just seems that in this day and age with email and telephones, it's crazy how we still have wars. It seems that everything should be able to be worked out through a conversation by now, if there's just a little bit of compassion on every side."

  • Jack Johnson - Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
    Jack Johnson - Sitting, Waiting, Wishing


    Jack Johnson - Sitting, Waiting, Wishing Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

    Album: In Between Dreams
    Released: 2005

    Sitting, Waiting, Wishing Lyrics


    Well I was Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
    You believed in superstitions
    Then maybe you'd see the signs

    Lord knows that this world is cruel
    And I ain't the Lord no I'm just a fool
    And a loving somebody don't make them love you

    Must I always be waiting, waiting on you?
    Must I always be playing, playing your fool?

    I sang your songs, I danced your dance
    I gave your friends all a chance
    Putting up with them wasn't worth never having you

    Aw, maybe you've been through this before
    But it's my first time so please ignore
    The next few lines 'cause they're directed at you

    I can't always be waiting, waiting on you
    I can't always be playing, playing your fool

    I keep playing your part
    But it's not my scene
    Want this plot to twist
    I've had enough mystery

    Keep building it up
    But then you're shooting me down
    But I'm already down
    Just wait a minute

    Just sitting, waiting
    Just wait a minute
    Just sitting, waiting

    Well if I was in your position
    I'd put down all my ammunition
    I'd wonder why it had taken me so long

    But Lord knows that I'm not you
    And if I was I wouldn't be so cruel
    'Cause waiting on love ain't so easy to do

    Must I always be waiting, waiting on you?
    Must I always be playing, playing your fool?

    No I can't always be waiting, waiting on you
    I can't always be playing, playing your fool, fool

    Writer/s: JACK HODY JOHNSON
    Publisher: BUBBLE TOES PUBLISHING
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    Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
  • Jack Johnson explained: "A friend of mine was trying to get this girl, and I tried to write a song that would help him have a laugh at himself because he was spending so much time trying to get her and it obviously wasn't leading anywhere. That was one just to cheer up a friend."
  • Directed by The Malloy Brothers, the music video was shot in one take and played backwards, a technique pioneered by the director Spike Jonze in his video for "Drop" by The Pharcyde, and used by Coldplay in their video for "The Scientist." The challenge for the performer in these videos is singing the song backwards, which Johnson had to learn.

  • Jack Johnson - Good People
    Jack Johnson - Good People


    Jack Johnson - Good People Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

    Album: In Between Dreams
    Released: 2005

    Good People Lyrics


    Well you win, it's your show now
    So what's it gonna be
    'Cause people will tune in
    How many train wrecks do we need to see
    Before we lose touch of
    We thought this was low
    It's bad getting worse so

    Where did all the Good People go,
    I've been changing channels
    I don't see them
    On the TV shows
    Where did all the good people go,
    We got heaps and heaps of what we sow

    They got this and that
    With a rattle of tat
    Testing, one two
    Man what you gonna do
    Bad news, misused
    Got too much to lose
    Gimme some truth
    Now whose side are we on
    Whatever you say, turn on the boob tube
    I'm in the mood to obey
    So lead me astray, and by the way now

    Where did all the good people go,
    I've been changing channels I don't see them
    On the TV shows
    Where did all the good people go,
    We got heaps and heaps of what we sow

    Sitting around feeling far away
    So far away but I can feel the debris
    Can you feel it
    You interrupt me from a friendly conversation
    To tell me how great it's all gonna be
    You might notice some hesitation
    It's important to you it's not important to me
    But way down by the edge or your reason
    Well it's beginning to show
    And all I really want to know is

    Where did all the good people go,
    I've been changing channels
    I don't see them on the T.V. shows
    Where did all the good people go,
    We got heaps and heaps of what we sow

    They got this and that
    With a rattle of tat
    Test down, one two
    Man what you gonna do
    Bad news, missed use
    Gimme some truth
    You got too much to lose
    Now whose side are we on
    But anyway, okay, whatever you say,
    Wrong or resolute, I'm in the mood to obey
    Station through station
    Desensitizing the nation

    Where did all the people go?

    Going, going, gone

    Writer/s: JACK HODY JOHNSON
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

    Good People
  • Johnson: "It's a little bit about reality TV. A TV show called Boarding House was being done in Hawaii. And the lady who was producing it asked if I wanted to play on the grand finale of the show. I said that I wasn't interested. She came up to me while I was having a conversation at this community gathering, which was a fundraiser for Sunset Elementary School. And then she interrupted me again and said that I didn't understand, that this was for national TV and that it would be a great opportunity for me. So that's where that line, 'You interrupt me from a friendly conversation to tell me how great it's all going to be' comes from. That verse is about how sometimes, even when you're trying not to pay attention to it, television and the entertainment industry and all that still sneaks into your world. It's obviously in jest and just a funny song. But it's about that feeling you get sometimes when you flip through the channels and there isn't one thing on TV that's not sensationalized or just completely about some of the lower parts of humanity. And you just start wondering where all the good people are."

  • Jack Johnson - Never Know
    Jack Johnson - Never Know


    Jack Johnson - Never Know Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

    Album: In Between Dreams
    Released: 2005

    Never Know Lyrics


    I heard this old story before
    With the people keeping calling for the metaphors
    But, don't leave much up to the imagination
    So I want to give this imagery back
    But I know it ain't just so easy like that
    So, I turn the page and read the story again and again and again
    Sure seems the same with a different name
    We're breaking and rebuilding, and we're growing always guessin'

    Never Knowing shocking but we're nothing
    We're just moments
    We're clever but we're clueless
    We're just human
    Amusing and confusing
    We're tryin' but where is this all leading
    We'll never know

    It all happens so much faster
    Than you can say a disaster
    Want to take a time lapse and look at it back
    We found the last one but maybe that's just the answer
    That we're after but after all
    We're just a bubble in a boiling pot
    Just one breath in a chain of thought
    The moment's just combusting
    Feels certain but we'll never never know
    Sure seems the same give it a different name
    We're begging, and we're needing and we're trying and we're breathing

    Never knowing shocking but we're nothing
    We're just moments
    We're clever but clueless
    We're just human
    Amusing and confusing
    We're helping rebuilding and we're growing
    Never know

    Never know
    Never know
    Never know

    Knock knock on a door to door
    Tell you that the metaphors is better than yours
    And you can either sink or swim
    Things are looking pretty grim
    If you don't believe in what feedin'
    It's got no feeling so we'll read it again and again and again
    Sure seems the same, so many different names
    Our hearts are strong, our heads are weak, we'll always be competing

    Never know we're shocking but we're nothing
    We're just moments
    We're clever but clueless
    We're just human
    Amusing and confusing
    But the truth is, all we got's question
    We'll never know
    We'll never know
    We'll never know
    We'll never know

    Writer/s: GARY BARLOW
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

    Never Know
  • Johnson: "That one's about people pushing their religions on each other. I actually started writing it when I was in New York doing Saturday Night Live. I picked up the newspaper and on the cover was that horrible thing that happened in Fallujah where they killed those Americans and dragged their bodies through the city. The cover of the newspaper had a photo of their burned bodies, and it was a horrible image. I came up with just the line, 'I heard this old story before, where the people keep on killing for their metaphors.' Joseph Campbell is a writer that I like a lot. He talked about how there's all these different metaphors and different ways of believing in what's unexplainable and people are always getting into conflicts over it. The idea for the song is just about tolerance and not pushing your religion on each other."

  • Jack Johnson -Shot Reverse Shot
    Jack Johnson -Shot Reverse Shot


    Jack Johnson - Shot Reverse Shot Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

    Album: From Here to Now to You
    Released: 2013

    Shot Reverse Shot Lyrics


    Shot Reverse Shot
  • Johnson told the UK newspaper The Sun the story behind this song: "One of my kids said he wanted an edible watch. I asked him what in the world that was. He said: 'You know the ones that just have the numbers on them.' Then I asked him if he meant a digital watch. I had edible digital watch stuck in my head all day. When I sat down with a guitar that night the words just kept spilling out and I got Shot Reverse Shot."

  • Jack Johnson - Bubble Toe
    Jack Johnson - Bubble Toes


    Jack Johnson - Bubble Toes Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

    Album: Brushfire Fairytales
    Released: 2001

    Bubble Toes Lyrics


    It's as simple as something that nobody knows
    That her eyes are as big as her bubbly toes
    On the feet of a queen of the hearts of the cards
    And her feet are all covered with tar balls and scars
    It's as common as something that nobody knows
    That her beauty will follow wherever she goes
    Up the hill in the back of her house
    In the world she love me forever,
    I know she could

    I remember when you and me mmm how we used to be just good friends
    Wouldn't give me none
    But all I wanted was some
    She's got a whole lot of reasons
    She can't think of a single one
    That can justify leaving
    And he got none but he thinks he got so many problems
    Man he got, too much time to waste

    His dreams are like commercials
    But her dreams are picture perfect and
    Our dreams are so related though they're often underestimated

    It's as simple as something that nobody knows that
    Her eyes are as big as her bubbly toes
    On the feet of the queen of the hearts of the cards
    And her feet are infested with tar balls and

    La da da da da da

    Well I was eating lunch at the D. L. G.
    When this little girl came and she sat next to me
    I never seen nobody move the way she did
    Well she did and she does and she'll do it again

    When you move like a jellyfish
    Rhythm don't mean nothing
    You go with the flow
    You don't stop
    Move like a jellyfish
    Rhythm is nothing
    You go with the flow
    You don't stop

    It's as common as something that nobody knows it
    Her beauty will follow wherever she goes
    Up the hill in the back of her house in the wood
    She'll love me forever, I know she

    La da da da da da

    If you would only listen
    You might just realize what you're missing
    You're missing me
    If you would only listen
    You might just realize what you're missing
    You're missing me

    It's as simple as something that nobody knows that
    Her eyes are as big as her bubbly toes
    On the feet of the queen of the hearts of the cards
    And her feet are infested with tar balls and

    La da da da da da

    Writer/s: JACK JOHNSON
    Publisher: Bubble Toes Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

    Bubble Toes
  • This song is titled after a cute nickname Johnson has for his wife. Johnson introduced this tune during a July 2010 concert in Hartford, Connecticut by saying, "I wrote this song when I was trying to get this girl one time." A few bars into the song, he leaned back into the microphone and added: "I ended up getting her, too."
  • Jack and his wife used to live in Santa Barbara, California, and they both went to the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB). The part that goes "I was eating lunch at the DLG when this little girl came and she sat next to me" refers to the De La Guerra dinning hall at UCSB. Apparently Mrs. Johnson was there and some guy she didn't like was trying to hook up with her. She sat down next to Jack so it would look like she was taken. (thanks, tess - sb, CA)
  • In a Rolling Stone interview, Johnson said: "A song like 'Bubble Toes,' I don't know if I would've written that song knowing a million people were gonna hear it," Johnson says. "It was like a joke to my wife around the house, and then a couple of friends liked it, and then people asked for it at shows." When his record sales reached 100,000, Johnson was staggered. "I said, 'We don't even know that many people." (thanks, Jenn - Aberdeen, MD)
  • When Johnson sings "La da da da da da," he had planned on putting words there for the album, but when the time came no words came to mind so he just went with it. (thanks, Harrison - Natchez, MS)
  • Brushfire Fairytales was Johnson's first album. He was working on films when a demo of his music caught the attention of Ben Harper's producer J.P. Plunier, who agreed to produce the album. After a great deal of touring, Johnson built a following and the album reached the Top 40 in the US. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

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