1. Let It Show

(This song rides like a roller coaster. Listen for the fun bass line after the first verses.)

Every time that you, reveal your colors true
I'm just not sure what to believe
By descending candlelight, I waited through the night
Lost within this gnarly web we weave

I couldn't bare to let you go
You couldn't bare to tell me what I needed to know
You left me standing in the cold
But still I knew your love was inside

I remember knocking at your door
The day you opened up to me along the shore
Hand in hand you told me everything
But even footprints fade away

One thing I can tell you baby
My heart just can't let go
And I don't care if our colors clash
If you love me let it show
Let it show

I need two, two perfect hands
I need an ace, to help her understand
I need a break, lady luck on my side
Our just a place
Where I can hide

And though I'm no good for you, and you're just no good for me
And you just can't believe that I'm your kind
I'll hold you every night, as I squeeze my pillow tightly
To every other lover I'll be blind

I want that chance to bring you home
Lay by the fire as we touch I read you poems
About a love who couldn't dare to face a
Decision so black and white

One thing I can tell you baby
My heart just can't let go
And I don't care if our colors clash
If you love me let it show
Let it show
Or just let me go
Let it show

December 2007
© John Andrew Suchocki


2. In the Middle

(This is most people's favorite JA pop tune. It nicely endorses diplomacy over unilateralism.)

If I could only reach your mind
If you could only make me see
I'm sure we'd find that place where we
That place where we would always go
Under the apple tree now in the snow
I'm sure this cold would melt by the fire

Cause all it takes is one look, one sigh, one touch we'll meet there in the middle
For just one night, then just for one more day, if I had one wish I'd wish that we could stay right here
Right here in the middle of love
In the middle of love

As we look down upon this world
We see a pale blue dot under the Sun
Where every king and queen has come and gone
So should we fight to make us all the same
When from our differences that's where we came.
Now is the time to nurture the garden, where all it took was
One girl, and one boy, it took just one kiss that met there in the middle of
One night, then just for one more day, if I had one wish I'd wish that we could stay right here
Right here in the middle of love
In the middle of love

A friend of a friend, of a friend of your friend
And you're standing at the door
Of every soul be it lost or found
And the beauty of this relationship is that it
Brings you to the core
Of where we all share common ground

So here you and I we stand together and all I've got to say to you is
Hold my hand I need you near I'm sorry for all the things I've said
When I see you smile I know the weight of the world is equal to my love for you
So join me now under the apple tree where we can be as we are

One girl, one boy, one hope, one joy
We've got one chance to make it to the middle with love
Meet me in the middle with love
In the middle with love

October 2007
© John Andrew Suchocki


3. One More Summer

(A high energy love song featuring Graham Orr, of Burlington fame, on lead vocal and JA's rock 'n roll lead guitar.)

She would always come to me
She’d let me touch her shoulder
She’d seek advice
She’s forever been so far away
Yet closer than my closest friend
But I’ve always known
What we could be

She would never say good-bye
She comforts me and cries
So is it okay?
To sit and watch her go
To simply say how so
I was pleased to meet you
I hope we still stay friends
But I more than need you
And my heart just can’t pretend
For if only one more summer I could see
You again

I just can’t contain myself I’ll jump up and write her a letter
With blood as my ink she’ll know I’m pouring my soul on the line
I’m gonna squeeze the sun to include a drop of pure liquid sunshine
I’ll seal it with saffron and the essence of a first night’s kiss
I’ll say, Dear Kirsten, won’t you please
I’m down, here on bended knees
For if only one more summer I could see
You again

She would never say good-bye
She comforts me and cries
And that’s okay
But now, how things could change
Our lives could rearrange
I’m so, please to meet you
I hope we still stay friends
But I more than need you
My heart just can’t pretend
For if only one more summer I could see
If only every summer we could be
Here again

March 2007
© John Andrew Suchocki


4. A Precious Memory

(A love song of tender energy featuring the consequences of being shy in one's youth.)

A memory in the air
That helps him to breathe
Like he did
The day she appeared

In just a moment of time
She turned with a smile
That left such a spell
That’s held him for years

He still wants her
He still needs her

A clumsy, tender, young love too much for a boy
Who wished to enjoy
The heart of a girl

But he would never forget such a precious jewel
That sparkles and shines
Now buried away

In his pocket
And for her in her locket
As sure as the Sun and the moon
They remain haunted
By all they both wanted
All too soon

January 2008
© John Andrew Suchocki



11. Brand New Day

(This song tells the story of JA's vocal coach, Bill Reed, leaving the big NYC for Vermont.)

There’s no looking back as I’m racing up this highway
I’m a streak of light at 100 miles an hour
And I’m gone, so gone

I was so tied up and bound into the heart of that town
Where the beat it’ll push your pulse
A mouse in a maze, forever lost in the haze
Pushing for more than my most
Until the glare of the spotlight grows dark
And I’m bowing away from my mark

So here I’m tearing my soles from the pavement that stole my breath away
And closing those doors that were so open before I turned away
To this brand new day

I’m trading in that skyline for a garden
Fluorescent city lights for the stars
And I’m gone, so gone, moving on
Another legacy left in my wake
In spinning my wheels there’s no break, this I know

For me there’s no leaving that stage I’m just turning this page to gain more ground
Yes it’s so sad to kiss the past good bye but the Earth is turning fast and I have found
A brand new day

July 2007
© John Andrew Suchocki