Jack Johnson (musician)

thumb|upright=1.8|Johnson in 2008 Jack Johnson (born May 18, 1975) is a Hawaiian-born singer/songwriter, surfer, and filmmaker. Song lyrics Brushfire Fairytales (2001) Well, dust off your thinking capsSolar powered plastic plantsPretty pictures of things we ateWe are only what we hateBut in the long run we have foundSilent films are full of soundInaudibly freeSlow down everyoneYou're moving too fastFrames can't catch you whenYou're moving like that Inaudible Melodies. Inaudible melodiesServe narrational strategiesUnobtrusive tonesHelp to notice nothing but the zoneOf visual relevancyFrame-lines tell me what to seeChopping like an axeOr maybe Eisenstein should just relax Inaudible Melodies. Well, Plato's cave is full of freaksDemanding refunds for the things they've seenI wish they could believeIn all the things that never made the screen Inaudible Melodies. Well I know some people's they got a little less than nothingBut still find some to spareAnd other people got more than they could useBut they don't shareAnd some people got problems manThey got awful complicationsOther people got perfect situationsWith no provocation Middle Man. Here comes another one, just like the other oneLooking at himself but wishing he was someone elseBecause the posters on the wall they don't look like himAnd so he ties it up he tucks it in, he pulls it back and gives a grinLaughing at himself because he knows he ain't loved at allHe knows he ain't loved at all Posters. You're breaking your mindBy killing the time that kills youBut you can't blame the timeWhen its only in your mind Sexy Plexi. It seems to me that maybe,It pretty much always means noSo don't tell me you might just let it goAnd often times we're lazyIt seems to stand in my wayCause no one no not no oneLikes to be let down Flake. I know she loves the sunriseNo longer sees it with her sleeping eyesAnd I know that when she said she's gonna tryWell it might not work because of other ties andI know she usually has some other tiesAnd I wouldn't want to break 'em, nah, I wouldn't want to break 'emMaybe she'll help me to untie this butUntil then well, I'm gonna have to lie too Flake. His dreams are like commercialsBut her dreams are picture perfect andOur dreams are so related though they're often underestimated Bubble Toes. Well I was eating lunch at the D. L. G.When this little girl came and she sat next to meI never seen nobody move the way she didWell she did and she does and she'll do it again.When you move like a jellyfishRhythm don't mean nothingYou go with the flowYou don't stopMove like a jellyfishRhythm is nothingYou go with the flowYou don't stop Bubble Toes. She's the one that stumbles when she talks aboutThe seven foreign films that she's checked outSuch a fortunate foolShe's just too good to be trueShe's such a fortunate fool Fortunate Fool. A billion people died on the news tonightBut not so many cried at the terrible sightWell mama saidIt's just make believeYou can't believe everything you seeSo baby close your eyes to the lullabiesOn the news tonight The News. Why don't the newscasters cry when they read about people who die?At least they could be decent enough to put just a tear in their eyes. The News. We used to laugh a lotBut only because we thoughtThat everything good always would remainNothing's gonna change there's no need to complain. Mudfootball. Look who's laughing now that you've wastedHow many years and you've barely even tastedAnything remotely close toEverything you've boasted aboutLook who's crying now. F-Stop Blues. Losing hope is easyWhen your only friend is goneAnd every time you look aroundWell, it all, it all just seems to changeBut hanging on is easyWhen you've got a friend to callWhen nothings making sense at allYou're not the only one that's afraid of change Losing Hope On and On (2003) Look at all those fancy clothesbut these could keep us warm just like thoseand what about your soul, is it coldis it straight from the mold and ready to be soldand cars and phones and diamond rings, bling blingthose are only removeable thingsand what about your mind, does it shine ohare there things that concern you more than your time Gone. And I don't pretend to know what you knowno nonow please don't pretend to know what's on my mindif we already knew everything that everybody knowswe would have nothing to learn tonightand we would have nothing to show tonightoh but everybody thinksthat everybody knowsabout everybody elsenobody knowsanything about themselvescause they're all worried about everybody else. Wasting Time. You can't blame me sure the killer was my sonbut I didn't teach him to pull the trigger of the gunIt's the killing on this tv screenyou can't blame me it's those images he's seen.Well you can't blame me says the media manWell I wasn't the one who came up with the planAnd I just point my camera at what the people want to seeMan it's a two way mirror and you can't blame me. Cookie Jar. It was you it was me it was every manWe've all got the blood on our handsWe only receive what we demandand if we want hell then hells what we'll have. Cookie Jar In Between Dreams (2005) Its always better when we're togetherSomewhere in between togetherIts always better when we're togetherYeah, its always better when we're together. Better Together. Love is the answer at least for most of the questions in my heartLike: why are we here? And where do we go? And how come it's so hard?It's not always easy and sometimes life can be deceivingI'll tell you one thing its always better when we're together. Better Together. Never knowingShocking but we're nothingWe're just momentsWe're Clever but we're cluelessWe're just humanAmusing but confusingBut the truth isAll we got is questionsWe'll Never Know. Never Know. The telephone is singingRinging it's too earlyDon't pick it upWe don't need to we got everythingWe need right hereAnd everything we need is enoughJust so easyWhen the whole world fits inside of your armsDon't really need to pay attention to the alarm. Banana Pancakes. Where'd all the good people go?I've been changin' channelsI don't see them on the TV showsWhere'd all the good people go?We got heaps and heaps of what we sow. Good People. They got this and that with a rattle a tat.Testing, one, two, man whatcha gonna do?Bad news misused, got too much to lose.Give me some truth now, whose side are we on?Whatever you say.Turn on the boob tube, I’m in the mood to obey.So lead me astray. Good People. And know that if I knewall of the answers I wouldNot hold them from you. You'dKnow all the things that I'd knowWe told each other, there is no other way. No Other Way. Must I always be waiting, waiting on you?Must I always be playing, playing the fool? Sitting. Well if I was in your positionI'd put down all my ammunitionI'd wondered why'd it take me so long.But Lord knows that I'm not youAnd if I was I wouldn't be so cruelCause waiting on love ain't so easy to do. Sitting, Waiting, Wishing. Well I guess you could sayThat he don't even know where to beginCause he looked both ways but he was so afraidDiggin' deeper through the ditchWith every chance he missedAnd the mess he madeCause hate is such a strong wordAnd every brick he laidA mistake they sayThat his walls are getting tallerHis world is getting smaller. Staple It Together Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George (2006) Who’s to say what’s impossible?Well they forgot this world keeps spinning.And with each new day,I can feel a change in everything.And as the surface breaks, reflections fade.But in some ways they remain the same.And as my mind begins to spread it’s wingsThere’s no stopping curiosity. Upside Down. thumb|right|upright=1.5|And the water below gives a gift to the sky And the clouds give back every time they cry And make the grass grow green beneath my toes... ~ Talk of the Town I want to turn the whole thing upside down.I’ll find the things they say just can’t be found.I’ll share this love I find with everyone.We’ll sing and dance to mother nature’s songs.I don’t want this feeling to go away. Upside Down. With everything ahead of usWe left everything behind.But nothing that we needed;At least not at this time.And now the feeling that I’m feeling,Well it’s feeling like my life is finally mine.With nothing to go back to we just continue to drive. Broken. Well I’m just people watchingThe other people watching me.And we’re all people watchingThe other people watching we. People Watching. And the water below gives a gift to the skyAnd the clouds give back every time they cryAnd make the grass grow green beneath my toes. Talk of the Town. When you’re so lonely lying in bed,Night’s closed it’s eyes but you can’t rest your head.Everyone’s sleeping all through the house,You wish you could dream but forgot to somehow.Sing this lullaby to yourself. Lullaby. External links Jack Johnson's Official Site Category:Multi-instrumentalists Category:Guitarists from the United States Category:Folk singers Category:Singer-songwriters from the United States Category:Composers from the United States Category:Music producers from the United States Category:Film directors from the United States Category:Actors from Hawaii Category:Surfers from the United States Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:Alternative rock singers Category:Philanthropists from the United States Category:American folk music Category:Surf rock Category:Pop rock singers Category:Singers from Hawaii Category:Sportspeople from Hawaii Category:Brit Award winners