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The Strange Story of Johnny Punish Vol. 3: B​-​Sides (2010​-​2016)

by Johnny Punish

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1.
You can take your best shot with a two by four Try and drag me across the floor Send lightning bolts from the skies above But you’re never gonna break me away from the one I’m dreaming There ain’t nothing tougher than love, no no There ain’t nothing tougher than love, no no You can get me up against the wall But I ain’t backing down or taking the fall Swing brass knuckles right at my face but nobody’s ever gonna take my place, don’t shove There ain’t nothing tougher than love, no no There ain’t nothing tougher than love, no no One dance one kiss goodnight LoveTaker Heartbreaker all right, dam it’s rough There ain’t nothing tougher than love, no no There ain’t nothing tougher than love, no no You can take your best shot with a two by four try and drag me across the floor Send lightning bolts from the skies above But you’re never gonna break me away from the one I’m dreaming There ain’t nothing tougher than love, no no There ain’t nothing tougher than love, no no There ain’t nothing tougher than love, no no There ain’t nothing tougher than love, no no Well I can rock with you cause it’s off the wall And make out baby at the school dancehall But I lost ya somewhere under the neon lights Professor Indranee said you’d be all-right An just like rock n roll it moves so fast Our High school days were never meant to last But a stolen kiss on a hot Vegas night Can last hundred years and it feels so ..right…yeah! There ain’t nothing tougher than love, oh no
2.
Where did everybody go No one's at the show I thought we were friends I thought the ride was never gonna end... on a day when we had such fun Jets skis in the sun Red skies at night we danced moonlight as you slipped on by me Somehow I didn't see That my day was done And now I'm on back on the run I'm on the Run I'm back on the run Can't find the sun My day is done My broken heart has come undone Where did everybody go No one's at the show I thought we were friends I thought the ride was never gonna end On the street Where my money was good You said you never thought we could Give up the life on the strip tonight why can't we double down Ah... this was our town But my day was done And now I'm on back on the run I'm on the Run I'm back on the run Can't find the sun My day is done My broken heart has come undone So where did everybody go No one's at my show I thought we were friends I thought the ride was never gonna end On the streetS Where my money was good You said you never thought we could Give up the life on the strip tonight why can't I see oh no The joke was on me And my days were done And now I'm on back on the run I'm on the Run I'm back on the run Can't find the sun My day is done My broken heart has come undone I'm back on the run I can't find the sun My day is done My broken heart has come undone La La La La Na Na Na Na
3.
Backforwards 03:29
Betty can you hear me calling your name Your phone keeps ringing for you I'm insane You turn my head with your hippy hippy shake I gotta get rid of this heartache Cause I find it hard to breath When you're around it makes me believe I got a chance with you What the heck I am suppose to do Backward and forward its' two for the show Three to get ready I got nowhere to go Take 2 steps forward and do it some more Till your heart beats on my door You get me with your tease come hither I know I've always been the kind who stays in control I'm falling backforwards I can't seem to think Your pink dress makes my heart sink That walk with smile on your face Your the girl I can't touch I'm out of Place can you send me a sign Come on girl I wanna make you mine Backward and forward its' two for the show Three to get ready I got nowhere to go I take 2 steps forward and do it some more Till your heart beats on my door Can't you see it's raining out here You know I hate the cold I fear That if our love can't make it shine I'll go back to the future and get lost in.....TIME You say... If I show you something will you give me a kiss Are you kidding Betty gotcha your kiss on my list We sang and sang I want to know what love is And showed me the way those little kids Betty I can see the wink in your eye Now check me out I'm not a real shy guy It's time you should know that my love is all true Tonite oh BABY I love you It took me forever to write your song Could never find the words always seemed to be wrong But I took 2 steps forward and tried it again What I found was my best friend Backward and forward its time for the show Three to get ready we got somewhere to go Take 2 steps forward you know its' true Tonite oh BABY I love you Tonite oh Betty I love you I love you
4.
Beth 03:23
Beth, I hear you callin' But I can't come home right now Me and the boys are playin' And we just can't find the sound Just a few more hours And I'll be right home to you I think I hear them callin' Oh, Beth what can I do Beth what can I do You say you feel so empty That our house just ain't a home And I'm always somewhere else And you're always there alone Just a few more hours And I'll be right home to you I think I hear them callin' Oh, Beth what can I do Beth what can I do Beth, I know you're lonely And I hope you'll be alright 'Cause me and the boys will be playin' All night
5.
Your smile’s like rain falling on the 10 Santa Ana’s creeping through the bedroom window again. I feel the crashing waves when I touch your hips The taste of falling stars upon your sweet lovely lips. The silver screen ain’t never had no use for you and me It seems like the walls around us are crumblin' I found my way to you past the neon boulevard Where the sun keep us safe and the sand is warm And it feels like California when you’re in my arms The glitter and the gutter in all its tragic charm When the ground below us starts to shake no cause for alarm Cause it feels like California when you’re in my arms. I feel the wild fires burning on your fingertips And your eyes shine brighter than the lights on the sunset strip. I hear a sad song playing on the stereo And it hits like the evening shade in el barrio. And night becomes our time as days get shorter. Your silhouette shimmers just like moonlight on water. The world we thought we knew is gone, a tattered postcard As we both seek shelter from the perfect storm. Yeah it feels like California when you’re in my arms Movie stars street cars named Desire can’t do harm. Pacific Coast highways they just keep on keeping on Yes it feels like California when you’re in my arms. Your smile’s like rain falling on the 10 Santa Ana’s creeping out the kitchen window again I feel the crashing waves when I touch your hips The taste of falling stars upon your lips Mulholland scene was never meant for you and me We deserve it more than anyone but they can't see I’ll stay with you and the strays on the broken boulevard Till twilight comes an dances on the edge of dawn And it feels like California when you’re in my arms The glitter and the gutter in all its tragic charm When the ground below us starts to shake no cause for alarm Cause it feels like California when you’re in my arms
6.
When the weight of the world’s on my back she can free me with a smile. Been working my fingers to the bone but it’s alright Cause when the working week is done and its time to have a some fun She’s the only thing I’ve got on my mind The light around your wings suit you well Oh here she comes Here comes my Friday night angel Look like the world is hers to buy or sell. Ain’t nothing wrong with a little bit of heaven on this earth My heart's ringing like a bell like a bell my hearts ringing like a bell When my trains coming off the track She’ll keep me riding straight for miles Ain’t no point in looking back when it feels like home When I see you shuffling down the street to the place where we’re gonna meet I don’t know how I ever made it on my own I don’t need a second guess or time to tell Oh here she comes. Here comes my Friday night angel. Look like the world is hers to buy or sell Ain’t nothing wrong with a little bit of heaven on this earth My heart's ringing like a .... Bell telling me its you You feel the same as well I caught you as you fell To earth - there ain’t - no way I’m giving you back now the winds in our sails in our sails the winds in our sails If the skies fade to black She can take away the rain When the weekend comes around it’s gonna be just fine That downtown summer breeze rolling through the happy trees and It let’s me know your lovin's going to be on time I think you left your halo on my window sill oh here she comes. Here comes my Friday night angel Look like the world is hers to buy or sell oh here she comes Here come’s my Friday night angel
7.
I started a joke which started the whole world crying But I didn't see that the joke was on me oh no I started to cry which started the whole world laughing Oh If I'd only seen that the joke was on me I looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes And I fell out of bed hurting my head from things that I said 'Till I finally died which started the whole world living Oh If I'd only seen that the joke was on me I looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes And I fell out of bed hurting my head from things that I said 'Till I finally died which started the whole world living Oh If I'd only seen that the joke was on me Oh no that the joke was on me
8.
I‘ve stuck around here long enough to know These streets aren’t paved with diamonds and gold This rusty avenue’s movin' away way too slow for me I need some time for reflection new faces and a new direction The front page of this travellin’ section says I can make a disconnection from the world I’m living in… I should be getting In getting in to the wind… I should be getting In getting in into the wind… Summer rains still ain’t washed away The ashes of your memory The bus stops and traffic lights are the same anywhere any night Man sometimes I feel so old I turn the page of a tale untold A cold lonesome winter lay just ah head I'm Hidin' neath the covers of my bed Oh what a fine situation I’m in I should be getting In getting in to the wind… I should be getting In getting in into the wind… I should be getting on, on with things, joint checking accounts and wedding rings I should be getting on, a red eye tonight, into the setting sun, a new horizon at daylight that's how I feel tonight yeah The clock on the wall says it’s getting late the city lights dance on my fire escape I sing myself to sleep wid the radio on I guess the another year has gone the best laid plans often go awry the grass ain't greener on the other side I’m too full yeah to swallow my pride the first steps come before a stride And sometimes the losers, they win I should be getting In getting in into the wind… I should be getting In getting in into the wind…
9.
Jannette Angelle My baby downtown belle Those days have long since gone It's your time now and you're the one Jannette Angelle the sweetest little girl I could tell that you watched the movies dreaming away You'd be there directing someday When the light shines on your face As you stare out into space from the fortress With everything that came before ya, nobody could dare ignore you Jannette Angelle Having fun with your sista Marcelle But its'time to venture out And live your dreams there ain't no doubt Jannette Angelle left town on a hollywood trail The family you left behind Are rooting for you every time And we knew your time would come so pack your bags and bang the drum to your stardom a brand new world is coming close-a grab on tight it's a rollacoast-tah Jannette Angelle Papparazzi on the red carpet yell La,la,la, la, la, la la, la, la, la, la Jannette Angelle My baby downtown belle Those days have long since gone It's your time now and this is you're song Jannette Angelle, the sweetest lil girl dont' rebel la,la,la,la, la,la..... Jannette Angelle, never ever the ne'er-do-well la,la,la,la, la, la..... Jannette Angelle, movieholic baby b bombshell la,la,la,la, la, la..... Jannette Angelle, Having fun with your sista Marcelle la,la,la,la, la, la..... la,la,la,la, la, la..... la,la,la,la, la, la.....
10.
Knockout 03:21
Will you gimme something I can feel good about Every time you walk my way you make me want to scream and shout I want the world to know that for the first time I want to be the one and only hope you don't mind If anybody wants to feel the way I do when I'm alone with you What a sensation Just cant hide ide My anticipation No no oh.... Screamin down the rider good vibrations My heart was like a ghost town Till I found salvation So lonely those days before Now you're the only one I live for Oh oh oh Will you gimme something I can feel good about Every time you walk my way you make me want to scream and shout I want the world to know that for the first time I want to be the one and only hope you don't mind Oh what a knockout I am dancing on freedom street Thinkin's bout nuthin' cept being wild and free Alone wid you
11.
They say wise men keep silent when they really need to be Deep doubts, deep hurts; small minds, little wisdom screamin'at me So I push and I shove my revenge seems to always find That my eye for an eye policy makes the whole world go blind And I can't always change what I really know All I can play is a clown act show So I move to the left Then I move to the right I can't find the center so lost Lost in the street tonight They say If you're afraid of being lonely don't try to be right Look for lovers and strangers give it up and baby you just might Find a place in the sun and your name on the big marquee Playin' for all the lost people who can't decide on who they should be And I can't always change what I really know All I can play is a clown act show So I move to the left Then I shake to the right I can't find the center so lost Lost in the street tonight a poet a know-it a plumber there goes a handy man a singer a player a writer in a one man band a mehcanic in panic there goes a man without his pipe I guess I never find my way uptown so call me mister guttersnipe They say a man by himself is in bad company So I'm looking for lovers and friends but no one really looking for me So I sit all alone with my rants am I going insane Sometimes I feel so lonely cause no one's ever really gonna know my name And I can't always change what I really know All I can play is a clown act show So I move to the left Then I run to the right I can't find the center so lost Lost in the street tonight
12.
Mad World 04:59
All around me are familiar faces Worn out places worn out faces Bright and early for the daily races Going nowhwere going nowhere Tears are filling up their empty glasses No expression no expression Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrow No tomorrow No tomorrow And I found it kinda of funny And I find it kinda of sad When the dreams in which I'm dying Are the best I've ever had And I find it hard to tell you And I find it hard to take When people run in circles It's a very very.... Mad World Mad World Mad World Mad World Children waiting for the day they feel good Happy birthday happy birthday And to feel the way that every child Sit and listen sit and listen Went to school and I was very nervous No one knew me no one knew me Teacher tell me what's my lesson Look right through me Look right through me And I found it kinda of funny And I find it kinda of sad When the dreams in which I'm dying Are the best I've ever had And I find it hard to tell you And I find it hard to take When people run in circles It's a very very.... Mad World Mad World Mad World Mad World And I found it kinda of funny And I find it kinda of sad When the dreams in which I'm dying Are the best I've ever had And I find it hard to tell you And I find it hard to take When people run in circles It's a very very.... Mad World Mad World Mad World Mad World
13.
MarijuanaPotWeed, MarijuanaPotWeed, MarijuanaPotWeed Now MarijuanaPotWeed, MarijuanaPotWeed, MarijuanaPotWeed Now My first day of school thought this place was cool they told me all these things and made me out a fool ideas of destiny to conquer peoples land from sea to shiny sea yea thats the master plan my father told me son you do what you can Freedom in the hour now thats the master plan MarijuanaPotWeed, MarijuanaPotWeed, MarijuanaPotWeed Now MarijuanaPotWeed, MarijuanaPotWeed, MarijuanaPotWeed Now my father told me son you do what you can Freedom in the hour now thats the master plan MarijuanaPotWeed, MarijuanaPotWeed, MarijuanaPotWeed Now MarijuanaPotWeed, MarijuanaPotWeed, MarijuanaPotWeed Now my father told me son you do what you can Freedom in the hour now thats the master plan MarijuanaPotWeed, MarijuanaPotWeed, MarijuanaPotWeed Now MarijuanaPotWeed, MarijuanaPotWeed, MarijuanaPotWeed Now
14.
Radio Town 03:00
We used to walk down every street moving to the beat inside our heads, our heads. The skyscrapers were looking down to shade our way and follow us around, downtown. Memories were fading fast, portraits of a checkered past hearts wound up in the lost and found in a place called Radio Town a place called Radio Town sad to hear you won’t be coming a-round, oh yeah World was ours to keep no one else could wake us from our sleep, much too deep Thought the days would never end now I know I’ll never see your face, again Cause you went your way I went mine we grow older we might find that now and then we still might hear the sound from the streets of Radio Town the streets of Radio town so sad to hear you won’t be coming ‘round, oh yeah my friends all good things must come to an end I can honestly say I would never ever trade a day from the past such a shame they never last with a smile sublime with you we're frozen in time, immmmeee... oh We used to walk down every street moving to the beat inside our heads, our heads Skyscrapers were looking down to shade our way and follow us around, downtown I cried the day it all came down no innocence to be found until the day we die we’ll both be bound to the streets of Radio Town the streets of Radio Town sad to know you won’t be coming round the streets of Radio Town this used to be our home town the streets of Radio Town the streets of Radio Town
15.
Get a Clue Yes it's true The system just broke in two Life's not fair So ya stare Deer in a headlight glare Run over by a truck Ain't no luck Chuck Clampdown always makes a buck with a Knife in your Back Jumping flash jack Let it go and don't look back Don't look back to the past When life was sweet and we ran fast The future is still ahead of us We just gotta take the right bus Into town look we found A million people on the ground Just like us Riding the bus gus Nowhere to go not in a rush on the streets hear the drum beats Police and thieves kill to compete On Judgement day What can they say It doesn't matter anyway Don't look back to the past When life was sweet and we ran fast The future is still ahead of us We just gotta take the right bus Don't look back to the past When life was sweet and we ran fast The future is still ahead of us We just gotta take the right bus It's not me or you its all of us Riding the bus
16.
Southbound 04:05
Well I'll be heading out round midnight Pack up my car freedom don't wanna be found I Want to live where my feet touch the ground an if you call my name in the moonlight you won't hear a sound Ah just round midnight I'll be southbound Ah just round midnight I'm going be, gonna be southbound Well you can keep on laughing on my CDs smash my guitar with your big theories, class clown Tell them I'll won't be coming around Sorry ya'll, didn't mean to let you down Ah just round midnight I'll be southbound Ah just round midnight I'm gonna be, gonna be southbound Southbound on the highway heading for a new day I never thought I would feel so free I got the cure that fits me whistling dixie No more paying the rent with my memories oh yeah, oh yeah, whoa yeah, oh yeah yeah yeah Well I'll be heading out round midnight Lookin' ahead clear roads are coming around I Want to live where my feet touch the ground And if you call my name in the moonlight you won't hear a sound Ah just round midnight I'll be southbound Ah just round midnight I'll be southbound Ah Just round midnight I'm gonna be, gonna be southbound gonna be southbound I'm gonna be southbound gonna be southbound bye ya'll
17.
Suddenly there's so much to talk about Suddenly it seems that theres'never even a doubt You and I would wind up here today Suddenly the sun is shining all the time Tomorrow is looking brighter than yesterday we left behind Now the love that we once shared just started knocking at the door Who connected love who can say for sure? We said our goodbye years ago But now it's plain to see This all seems to happen about So suddenly Suddenly there's apple pie in the sky Suddenly a young girls dreams really come true don't ask why Cause you and I are standin' here today Suddenly musics playin' all the time Tomorrows on the upbeat baby leave that downbeat behind Now the love that we once shared has opened up the door I feel the love and I can say for sure We said our goodbye years ago But now it's plain to see This all seemed to happen about So suddenly And when you went away I never knew your name But now I know what's the game to play, today Now the love that we once shared has opened up the door Now I feel the love and I can say for sure We said our goodbye years ago But now it's plain to see This all seemed to happen about So suddenly
18.
Time to Go - I Just want you to know -that I Love you so and would do it all again They say we're all just Dust in the wind - but I'm okay cause I know where I've been On the long road up - I found The short road in Was a hellava ride please forgive my sins But I am not alone I can See the stones of All those before and some of my friends So I'll wait for you and your Spirit too But not just yet cause you gotta live You gotta live, You gotta live, You gotta live, You gotta live Live now cause there ain't no going back 100 billion people testify to that They hit the wall when they did't think they should It always hits ya when you really looking good ...cause We all hit the wall We all hit the wall We all hit the wall We all hit and Fall down never hit the ground and fly all around on the stars Blast off to another universe Billions of people want to see who will go first It could be you or the freddy on the floor It doesn't matter when it's knocking at your door cause We all hit the wall We all hit the wall We all hit the wall We all hit the Fall down never hit the ground and fly all around on the stars cause we all hit the wall We all hit the wall We all hit the wall We all hit the wall Yes we all hit the wall We all hit the wall We all hit the wall We all hit the Wall..... Time to Go - I Just want you to know -that I Love you so and would do it all again They say we're all just Dust in the wind - but I'm okay cause I know where I've been On the long road up - I found The short road in Was a hellava ride please forgive my sins I wish I could stay but I But I made my way My story is done And this is the end Yes, I hit the wall and I Took the call I did the best that I can So I'll wait for you and your Spirit too but Not just yet cause you gotta live You gotta live, You gotta live, You gotta live, You gotta live

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released September 28, 2016

Produced by Johnny Punish, Dan and David Cordero
Mastered by Black Dog Mastering Studios

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Johnny Punish Ensenada, Mexico

Former punk rock lead singer from 90s underground band Twisted Nixon (1996-2002) Johnny Punish is now pushing his artistic boundaries into the 21st century creating diverse music that matters. In addition, he's also engaging around the world as a global social justice political activist, eco-activist, socially responsible businessman, and syndicated writer.. ... more

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