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Scarlet Road Lyrics Page
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This page is dedicated to Jonathan's Band called Scarlet Road. Scarlet Road is composed of two generations of brothers: Jonathan and Richard; Ricky Lee (Jon's Father) and Gary.
Jonathan on his own has put out two records: Homemade #1 and Homemade #2 - Yield. Together with his brother, his dad, and his uncle - Scarlet Road has come up with two albums - Clash and the new one God Candy. These two albums are available only via JJ's Official Fan Club - click here to see if you want to order them: They're both pretty inexpensive compared to commercially available CD's which are about $15-16. God Candy - $12.95; I think Clash is $10 (not so sure about that.) I'm also not so sure how to order them if you're from another country and another continent like here in Asia. JJ has also put out a CD Single for the Soundtrack of one of his most recent flicks - The Deep End of the Ocean (a great movie with a beautiful cast!). He wrote the songs, sung them, and got the inspiration from Jacquelyn Mitchard's novel.
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Homemade #1
Evil Blue Moon
Till I Die
Sweet Melody
Obsessed
I Missed My Culling
Mr. Teacher
Face the Pain
I Believe
Just for Fun (Instrumental)
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Evil Blue Moon
Evil Blue Moon what do you see?
Evil Blue Moon cut down the Christmas Tree
Evil Blue Moon what attracts me to you?

Is it those crooked eyebrows and fantom teeth?
Cause you can knock me out....with a wink
With a wink
And I think
Evil Blue Moon shine down on me
Evil Blue Moon would you just let me be?

With those crooked eyebrows and fantom teeth
Cause you can knock me out....with a wink
With a wink
And I think
Evil Blue Moon is hangin up in my room
Whenever I go to sleep she wants
To haunt me

Goin to the dungen Peter
Goin to the dungeon to meet her
She looks like a painting but she'll bite you

With those crooked eyebrows and fantom teeth
Cause you can knock me out....with a wink

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Till I Die
I want to love you til the day I die
I want to love you so I wont cry
When I saw you standin right there
I knew that that love was to good to bare

I want to love you til the day I die
I want to love you so I wont cry
When I saw that look in your eye
I knew that that look was too good to last
And it was just way to much to ask

I want to love you til the day I die
I want to love you so I wont cry
When I saw that look in your eye
I knew that it was goodbye

I could nothing about that
Maybe I could get her back

I want to love you til the day I die
But I already cried
Please don't let me down this time
I don't want to cry

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Sweet Melody
The first time we told each other how we felt
Our hearts started to melt
Into one

You names brings music to my ears
Your voice brings soft and tender tears
To my eyes

When you say don't ever change
Please stay the same

Just because we drifted apart
Doesn't mean you can't be part of my heart
Forever

I wont ever change
I will stay the same

I wont ever change
I'll stay the same

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Obsessed
I watch you
In your sleep
Through the fog of morning
I peek
Through your window

I paint your picture
In my mind
Through all the shadows of darkness
I find
You sleeping

I see your eyes are closed
But I know your awake
Every time I watch you
I mistake
Of getting noticed
But I've been watching you
Through your window
And I've been taking pictures
With my camera
And I've been dreaming about you
In my own sleep

I get ready early
Just to watch you get up
You eat your own breakfast
And you drink your coffee cup
In the morning

Oh how I long to be
The sugar you dip
And the cream
That you sip
With your mouth

You light my fire
Like  a log
Ya know that looking at you
Is like licking a frog
Like a daisy

But I've been watching you
Through your window
And I've been taking pictures
With my camera
And I've been dreaming about you
In my own sleep

In my own sleep

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I Missed My Culling
I didn't realize it til
I was old
That my life
Would unfold

I searched around town
For something to save me
Someone's heart
To form with mine
But I couldn't find

I missed my culling
I missed my culling

I never planned it to be
Just like this
All it took
Was memories
On the path of life

My day of life
Is not waking up
And reeking
Of smoking that stuff
That's not mine

I missed my culling
I missed my culling

I tried to fix my life
By going to church
On Thanksgiving
And Christmas first
But it got worse

And now I'm here
Figuring out
What I missed
With a shout
Without a doubt

I missed my culling
I missed my culling

I missed it

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Mr. Teacher
I wanna good grade
And now I've made
When ya gonna tell
Me how to spell
I'm gonna learn
How to stand firm
Satisfaction
And subtraction
You got me confused
If you're a teacher
Or a preacher
I wanna know

Mr. Teacher
Don't be my preacher
Just be my teacher
Don't be a peacher
Lookin for a train
That goes no place
Shame shame
On the hull of the human race
I am looking for a train
That's in the fog
Better get their fast
Before it's long gone

Do not tell me
I'm in the wrong

Mr. Teacher
Don't be my preacher
I wanna learn
Not burn
I wanna read
Can't ya see?
Don't play the game
It's not the same

Mr. Teacher
Don't be my preacher
Just be my teacher
Don't be my preacher

Looking for a train
That goes no place
Shame  on the hull
Of the human race
I'm lookin for the train
That goes no place

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Face The Pain
It's been so long
Where did we go wrong?
Oh where?
It's not fair
But who care
Don't despair
And don't complain
Just face the pain
It's not insane
Just face the pain
It's not a game

(It's a game)

Fight it fight it
Kill it kill it
Don't let it in
And don't let it out
Don't shout
And don't give
Me a frown
Oh a frown

I loved you so much
One little touch
And you could melt me
Into such
A crazy man
I couldn't stand
Your powers against me
I paid the fee
I didn't complain
I just faced  the pain
It's all the same
Just face the pain
It's not a game
 

Fight it fight it
Kill it kill it
Don't let it in
And don't let it out
Don't shout
And don't give
Me a frown
Oh a frown

I don't know
What's happening
In my life
Of she goes
I'll face the pain
I wont complain

Oh oh oh whoa

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I Believe
Today my best frien died
Nobody knows how
Right then
My life turned upside down
The last thing that he said to me
Was do you agree with me?
Cause I
Believe in a place called heaven
Right then my friend died
Eversince then
I keep telling myself
That I
Believe in a place called heaven

I believe in a place with joy
I believe in a place called heaven
In that place no one is sad
In that place theres no one bad
I want to go to heaven
I want to go to there

Now I have full faith

In that place there's only love
In that place there's no one above
One other
I believe in a place called heaven
Will you
Will you believe with me
Now we have full faith

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Clash
(The indistinct in the lines mean that the lines cannot be understood very clearly)
No Name Town
Enticement
Clash
Blind
Mayday
Unlucky
Rise
Bellywalk
Bleak Sunrise
No Name Town
Growing up in a town that has no name
Never knowing which young dame to claim
Feeling like this is the only land in the world
Your patriotism each day more (indistinct)

Growing up in a town that has no name
Is your mother eccentric or insane

Is life just another quest
Out of all the questions surely you jest
Well I made a mistake right along the way
My mother ain't crazy she's okay

Growing up in a town that has no name
Rewrite history on the walls of fame

Growing up in a town that has no name
Never knowing which young dame to claim
Hey!

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Enticement
You, you and me its about (indistinct)
An enticement for excitement
Your so cool, your so cool

Oh-O but I won't be your ransom
Just because I'm not handsome
Hey

You linger just to finger
Then you stare
You entice through the sight
You ain't nice, you ain't nice

Oh-O but I won't be your ransom
Just because I'm not handsome
Don't mean I can't ki(ss or ll indistinct).. you

An enticement for excitement
Your so cool, your so cool-a
Your so cool-a, your so cool-a

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Clash
Simple minds, they may clash
But complex brains soothe like a rash.
Superstition is for the shallow mind.
Outside yourself,
Ye shall find the truth, and the life.
Before that day, one last fight

When we clash, the worlds smash.
Clash, clash, clash

Why're you so pale just inhale.
There's so much time to feel sublime.
So sit back, relax, enjoy the show.

When we clash, the worlds smash.
Clash, clash, clash.

Do I run or hide. I don't know.
Do I breathe or sigh. I don't know.
Do I kneel or keel. I don't know.
Do I stay or pray. I don't know.
Am I right or left. I don't know.
Am I up or down. I don't know.
Am I six feet under the ground?
You say to me, don't you come around here no more.

Simple minds, they may clash,
Complex brains soothe like a rash.

Who is love?
I see His son,
To my face, I see your love.

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Blind
Open your eyes to see who's blind
The Light is shining soo bright.

It's our wits
That make us stronger inside.
The ties that bind
Are kind
 

(Indistinct) in the ... to see who's blind
Don't you leave daughter, ride with me

It's our wits
That make us stronger inside.
The ties that bind
Are kind

(Indistinct)

It's our wits
That make us stronger inside.
The ties that bind
Our kind

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Mayday
For seven days, and seven nights
Harold washed,
On Christmas not a day off,
He labored for his wife and his child
In hopes of a day they'd run wild

Mayday! Mayday!

Then one night
The hand of God took control;
His righteous wrath took its toll
Can his lungs rise above the crashing waves?
To let the white man hear his rage

Mayday! Mayday!

The man's child saw Harold's pain
For she was pure
In a sense is the cure

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Unlucky

Your not my brother, not at all.
You saved my sister, so what.
A string of luck was all it was.
You better be careful I'm gonna f**k you up.

Your not my brother
Look at your eyes there a different color,
There a different size
So what's behind those puppy dog eyes
Don't cross the line, its a very thin line
Its a grey shade, called a masquerade.
If you don't show me I'll rip off,
Right down to the bone

You peer down, with eagle eyes
At the one thing that ties
Me to life and love
You suck it out with vampire blood

My mother's crazy she has this side
She has this side,
She has sympathy for the devil's eyes
And though disguised as pure love
A forgotten son should fit like a glove
But behind the mask there is a task
I've acquired a rash that seems to itch
I just might scratch it,
Yeah I just might scratch it and (indistinct)

You peer down, with eagle eyes
At the one thing that ties
Me to life and love
You suck it out with vampire blood

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Rise
There's something about the night
That makes it alright.
There's something about the wind,
That makes me grin.
There's something about the rain
That takes away the pain
There's something about friends,
That make life not end.
There's something about cat's meow
That touches me somehow

Your eyes are filled with hate
Well brother its not to late.
No you've gotta love one another
Like sisters and brothers,
And love one another I will.
You've gotta believe one another
And relieve one another
And love one another until
O-rise
O-Rise above

Look around what do you see?
Children's unity.
So why destroy them? Why destroy them?
Hey... no.

You've gotta trust one another,
Like mothers and fathers.
And trust one another I do.
You've gotta believe one another,
Do not leave one another,
And love one another I do.

Turquoise oceans, peaceful emotions
I'll rise above you
With rainbows of virtue
Love will live on
Hate will be gone
If we rise, if we rise above...

Brother it's not to late, no, no
Sister it's not to late, no, no
Mother it's not to late, I said no
Father it's not to late

If we rise, if we rise above
Rise above me for I am not worthy
I am coming the righteousness is my humble abode
Rise, rise above me now
It's never too late
Rise above me now
The (indistinct) to in the (indistinct)
Rise, Rise

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Bellywalk
I'm crawling on my belly
When i used to fly so high.
Now He created freedom
Some of us will choose to die.
When you think that you can win
Without committing sin
I'm sorry...
I don't lie....
I speak a truth....
You pathetic ear...
You're a loser

Expansion isn't that what you wanted?
You make plants then you haunted them
How long until you bend
And how long till you break
When you think that you can win
Without committing sin

You know he'll be there
To shine his light
You know he'll be there
Whatever's right

When you think that you can win
Without committing sin

You know he'll be there
To shine his light
You know be there
Whatever's right

And the Lord God said to the serpent
Because you have done this
Cursed (indistinct) above all animals
Upon your belly shall you go
And thus shall you be
All the days of your life

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Bleak Sunrise
Ooooo h-oooo
Shining down
(indistinct)

And I hear the church they take me higher
And I'm going there in man's desire.. Oh Lord..
And I'm waiting for the close to take me higher
And I'm down on my knees can't you feel it. Oh.. Lord..
And I'm under the gun, I see a sun
And I taste the glory that's coming down oh.. Lord..
Wake me up, wake me up, wake me up..
(Indistinct)
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Jonathan and his father recordedthe following song in 1990, Jon was but 9 years old.
I Think My Momma Loves you
Today's the day the law allows, for me to see my son
We talked about his puppy & how fast he could run
We talked about his best friend, then our talk came to an end
We both sat there in silence, then he said to my surprise

Daddy, I saw Momma cryin
When she thought I couldn't see
She still sets three plates for dinner
And is the light on in the hallway just for me?
And Daddy, she still talks about you,
When she talks to all her friends
I think my Momma Loves you,
Daddy won't you come back home again

Well it hurt me to the quick,
And then I realized that I'd hurt more deeply
Though he would not criticize
I never knew he missed me, he's only 5 years old
We both sat there in silence, then he looked into my eyes

Daddy, I saw Momma cryin'
When she thought I couldn't see
She still sets three plates for dinner
And is the light on in the hallway just for me?
And Daddy, she still talks about you,
When she talks to all her friends
I think my Momma Loves you,
Daddy won't you come back home again
I think my Momma loves you,
Daddy won't you come home again... 

 
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