Best Kept Secret
Confidence (A Part of Me)
Ken Johnston
When you’re gone
It’s like you never were here
You have been
Replaced by fear
I hate it when
You go out with the tide
The ebb and flow
Is a heady ride
Where do you go?
How can it be
That you are gone?
You’re a part of me
You’re a part of me
The outside
Is just so strong
It points me
To what is wrong
When I listen
That’s when I hear
I don’t like to know
You’re both part of me
Where do you go?
How can it be
That you are gone?
You’re a part of me
You’re a part of me
Ken Johnston
Everyone has their excuses
Everyone protects themselves
Everyone has their agenda
No room for anything else
Everyone is so different
Everyone plays their game
But everyone, despite their diff’rences
They all seem the same
They all seem the same
Indifferent, the first nine
Indifferent, the first nine
One out of ten will really care
One out of ten will work out fine
One out of ten, if I could only
Get past nine
Get past nine
Indifferent, the first nine
Indifferent, the first nine
Patience, and faith
What’s the hurry, enjoy the ride
I believe, me and a few
I’m gonna make it to the other side
I’m gonna make it to the other side
Of indifference, the first nine
Indifferent, the first nine
Ken Johnston
When I look at him
I see me
A repeat
Of history
It’s in the genes
Passed down the line
How can I teach
What I can’t find?
Like father, like son
Like son, like father
But you never know what will happen
How we’ll make… history
Doomed to learn
The hard way
It’s what you do
Not what you say
Like father, like son
Like son, like father
But you never know what will happen
How we’ll make… history
It’s the same old song
In the same damn key
It’s the song and dance that I do
To make my mark … in history
Ken Johnston
Voices inside, the quiet noise, I can’t hear
Instead what is loud is what’s easier to know
My convenient ideas
They fit like a glove
Protecting me, and my good old status quo
Though unheard, still I know they sing
And I know how to let them ring out
To find my voice
Find the words to say
Let myself loose and finally shout
Change, change, how much could it hurt
Change, change, why do I fight so hard, so fast against you?
The pain, the grief, the fear I ignore
They beg me to differ every day
The shame, the guilt
Comforting self-reproach
All that and more is why I keep you at bay
Change, change, how much could it hurt
Change, change, why do I fight so hard, so fast against you?
Planting the seeds, water the soil
Giving everything, giving it all
What is left after all is given
Reach down into the well
Fill your cup
Drink it down, every drop
Bartender
Bring us another round
Raise your glass
Birds, bees, flowers, blossoming love
When will it bear fruit
Already eaten , but at
The same time, still ripening
Fill your cup
Drink it down, every drop
Bartender
Bring us another round
Raise your glass
We can’t avoid, the pitfalls
The weakness, the doubt
If there was nothing to climb out of
We would never reach these heights
Fill your cup
Drink it down, every drop
Bartender
Bring us another round
Raise your glass
Ken Johnston
It seems like everyone
Seems like everyone
Seems like everyone disappoints, disappoints
But of course how could that be
No man is truly alone
But when you’re blind, it’s hard to see, it’s hard to see
It seems like everyone
Seems like everyone
Seems like everyone disappoints, disappoints
Makes me want to just stop trying
It’s easier to rationalize
To turn inside, think I’m enough, think I’m enough
It seems like every one
Seems like everyone
Seems like everyone disappoints, disappoints
Now’s the time to revive the hope
Maybe the next person I meet…
Or finally accept my lot, accept my lot
It seems like every one (I’ve ever met)
Seems like everyone (I get to know)
Seems like everyone disappoints, disappoints
Ken Johnston
Give it up, stare fear in the face
Only then will you reclaim the space
Don’t fight it, listen to yourself
Don’t be too proud to ask for help
Strange truce, it’s so hard
Don’t give up
Strange truce, you fool yourself
Don’t give up
Fighting with yourself, day out and day in
You’d think somebody would lose, or win
Strange truce, it’s so hard
Don’t give up
Strange truce, you fool yourself
Don’t give up
Ken Johnston
Guess what, it’s Friday night
Time to shake the work week down
Let’s celebrate like we know how
It’s time to party!
It’s time to party!!
It’s time to party!!!
Raise your glass, raise your spirits
Remember why you work so hard
Savor it, it’s your night
It’s time to party!
It’s time to party!!
It’s time to party!!!
Call your buds, meet at the bar
Enjoy the camaraderie
Catch a buzz, chew the fat
It’s time to party!
It’s time to party!!
It’s time to party!!!
We’re so different but you don’t agree
The proof is here if only you could see
While you’re out sweet privacy
Time to be who I am
The party is here in my mind
A private party
A private party
A private party
We’re so different but you don’t agree
The proof is here if only you could see
Everyone’s got their opinion
Dr. Phil and Oprah too
It’s so obvious
They must be smarter than you
They’re on TV
Write books that millions read
Venus and Mars
How can you disagree?
Even the Dalai Lama
Wrote himself a book
It’s the friggin’Dalai Lama
Shouldn’t I take a look?
Simple and pat answers
Cookie cutter philosophy
What’s good for the masses
Is not what’s good for me
Even the Dalai Lama
Wrote himself a book
It’s the friggin’Dalai Lama
Shouldn’t I take a look?
The only person out there
On your hopes you can pin
Is the lonely soul
Living in your skin
Even the Dalai Lama
Wrote himself a book
It’s the friggin’Dalai Lama
Shouldn’t I take a look?
Writing music for a band
That doesn’t exist
Making room for no one to fill
Nobody hears it
Best Kept Secret
Diamond in the rough
One of a kind
Waiting for the right time to shine
But then again who’s to say
What does or does not exist
Who has the right to judge
And to dismiss
Best Kept Secret
Diamond in the rough
One of a kind
Waiting for the right time to shine
This non-band that is a band
Rocks as hard as any other
It just needs the right ears
To hear it
Best Kept Secret
Diamond in the rough
One of a kind
Waiting for the right time to shine
What if this is the time?
The start of it all
The journey to respect
A chance to live the dream
Best Kept Secret …