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American Hotel

by John Hewitt

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1.
Going Down the Only Road 04:28
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Boodah, boodah, boodah… How does it feel to be? (It Feels Fine) Walking down a dead end street How does it feel to be? (It feels fine) Lost within another mans dream You’re going down the only road Going down the only road you know Going down the only road Going down the only road you know Boodah, Boodah, Boodah… How does it feel to be? (It feels fine) Lost within another mans drink How does it feel to be (It feels fine) You know you’re just the same old creep You’re going down the only road Going down the only road you know Going down the only road Going down the only road you know Boodah, boodah, boodah… I remember when I was young… How does it feel to be (It feels fine) Walking down a dead end street How does it feel to be (It feels fine) You know you’re just the same old creep Going down the only road Boodah, boodah, boodah…. Going down the only road… -John Hewitt-
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Tel Aviv Nine 03:33
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We packed up all we had And we headed for the moon Life would soon be waiting for the sun And as we took off I could see the peasants flee Felt as though I would be The only one I don’t know what I’m gonna do without your love I don’t know what I’m gonna do without your love I don’t know what I’m gonna do without your love I don’t know what I’m gonna do to make it right The air had faded And the night would soon return The lights were blocking out the sun The world we left behind Was filthy and obscene An eye for a tooth And a gun for a gun I don’t know what I’m gonna fo without your love I don’t know what I’m gonna do without your love I don’t know what I’m gonna do without your love I don’t know what I’m gonna do to make it right -John Hewitt-
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Mason's Garden 03:44
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Mason was a dealer He sold heroin on the black market Spent his life a wanted man To finish what he started You don’t call, you don’t call I like it Mason wore an overcoat And stepped into the city Promised all the girls out there He’d never go down with me You don’t call, you don’t call I Like it Mason met a girl he loved And brought her back to Boston Poisoned her with cyanide And buried her in Austin You don’t call, you don’t call I like it Will I see you again, no my friend, oh no my friend Will we meet here again, no my friend, oh no my friend Mason left the dealing trade To take care of his woman Built a box around her grave And tended her a garden You don’t call, you don’t call I like it Mason was a dealer Who sold heroin on the black market Spent his life a wanted man To finish what he started You don’t call, you don’t call I like it Will we meet here again oh no my friend oh no my friend Will I see you again oh no my friend let go my friend Will we meet here again no my friend oh no my friend Will I see you again Oh no my friend let go my friend -John Hewitt-
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Shine On 03:30
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I don't care who’s wrong or right Or who could ever find the truth Ill give my eye for yours babe Ill give my tooth for your tooth So let them all shine on forever Let them all shine on forever And baby don’t you let go Ain’t it a shame to feel so small Yeah its a shame to feel so down I will bury you in the jailhouse babe Ill steal your thorny crown So let them all shine on forever Let them all shine on forever He who’s the fool is surely living He who receives is surely giving He who’s running never stops He who’s poor knows what he’s got So let them all shine on forever Let them all shine on forever -John Hewitt-
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Broken Hearted Lovers 04:04
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Broken hearted lovers think they party all night and they drink They sing their songs and drink their wine All good things will come in time Broken hearted loves say, their time will come any day They tell you when it’s time to go They know it’s time to go Broken hearted lovers steal they covet cry command and squeal Tear apart their broken dreams, broken hearts torn at the seams Broken hearted boys and girls Sitting all across this lonely world They’ll sit along their fence at night Until it’s time to go Don’t tell me that I’ve got to go Don’t tell me that I ought to know Tell me that you’ve got it all Don’t you know I’m not that kind of guy? Come to me my darling do not cry You’ll know… Broken hearted lovers do everything they want you to They party all night and they drink Drop the ring into the sink Broken hearted lovers feel the hollow sound, the threat is real They sit along their fence at night Until it’s time to go… -John Hewitt-
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Too Many People 03:32
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Too many people are bringing me down Ive got to get out of this one horse town Im gonna let you down Im gonna let you down Too many people tend to get in my I think its time I move on and get away Im gonna let you down Im gonna let you down Thought I needed something more than this Thought I was ready for a change Thought I needed something more than this I Sit back and wait for it every day Too many people tend to get up in my face I think its time I get up, take myself and move away Im gonna let you down Im gonna let you down Thought I needed something more than this Thought I was ready for a change Thought I needed something more than this Sit back and wait for it every day Too many people are bringing me down Too many people are bringing me down Too Many people are bringing me down Too many people are bringing me down -John Hewitt-
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If You Need Another 03:12
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Maybe you won’t call Maybe you won’t call but that’s okay If you do… Maybe you’ll wander Maybe you‘ll wander out in the rain If you need a lover If you do If you need another If you do Well I know, yes I know What if I found you In another time Lord in another place Would you call? What if you found me Another mind Lord and another face Would you do If you need a love If you do If you need another If you do Well I know, yes I know If you need a lover, if you do If you need another, if you do If you need a lover, if you do -John Hewitt-
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Ballad in Eb 03:35
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I had a shiver and I had a fever I went down to the mines If found you down by the river That’s when you came And held me to the sun With eyes like that, How had it all begun? I came running as you were calling Lord I just don’t understand You’re with me who sit and pretend They’re holding you in their hands That’s when you came You called me to the sun But with lies like that How had this all begun? I was calling as you were falling Down to the ground in which you stand I came running as you were stalling Lord I just don’t understand I was calling as tears were falling Down into the sand I came running and you were crying In the arms of another man -John Hewitt-
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Listen to the Beatles 02:18
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Oh my babe, I do it for you I listen to the Beatles every time I’m blue Oh my my I’m gonna love you til’ we both grow old Oh my babe I’ll do it again I’ll meet you by the river Don’t try and jump in Oh my my I’m gonna love you til’ we both grow old Hey my babe, what’ll you do? Wait for me tonight and I’ll see you through Oh my my I’m gonna love you til’ we both grow old Oh my babe, I do it for you I listen to the Beatles every time I’m blue Oh my my I’m gonna love you til’ we both grow old -John Hewitt-
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Happy All the Time 04:25
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My baby’s gonna let me down She tells me everyday I oughta leave this town But I know there will come a day when we’ll both be underground But my baby’s happy all the time She tells me I have gone insane Says that I’ve got something that’s wrong inside my brain I know there will come a day and I know I can’t complain Cause my baby’s happy all the time Oh ah I don’t know what to do Oh ah My Mind is set on you Oh ah I just don’t know what to do Everybody says I’ve lost my mind I think my mind is on the brink I’ve thought of everything, everything I think But I know if she comes back I would leave her in a blink Cause my baby’s happy all the time There’s got to be another way I know I’ve got it wrong, but still I’ve got too say And if she wants me back, I’m gonna die another day Cause my baby’s happy all the time Oh ah I don’t know what to do Oh ah My Mind is set on you Oh ah I just don’t know what to do Everybody says I’ve lost my mind -John Hewitt-
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Thank You For the Rose 02:29
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I cannot repay All you’ve done for me And I can’t forgive What I couldn’t see I remember that cold, cold night Her hair it was red I’ll never forget The last thing she said… Take care, And thank you for the rose I’ll water it when I get home Take Care And thank you for the rose I’ll water it when I get home - John Hewitt
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Longtime Girl (Bonus Track) 02:55
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The debut album by John Hewitt was released at the being of the 2020 Pandemic. The energy and inspiration the band had prior to the release was not stifled by the world event and they continued to create music in the same wheelhouse.

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released March 28, 2020

John Hewitt, Benjamin Williams, Jazz Nipp, Nigel Gale, Jordan Dempster

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John Hewitt Edmonton, Alberta

John Hewitt was born in Northern Ontario. From an early age he took inspirations from the arts to create a bond between expression and emotion. From the Beat Generation to the Beatles, Quentin Tarantino to John Steinbeck all of the images in John's songs have some relation to the giants before him. ... more

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