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Looking for a Light

by Jacksonport

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1.
"Time to Dream" sometimes it’s hard to tell when I hear the thunder roar if It’s miles and miles away or right here by the door the patient and the doctor have tried to tell me sometimes what you hear you can’t see the mirrors on the wall are making me feel small I can’t recall the way to stand that won’t offend anybody in the end a storm is out across the bay counting up receipts for damage paid thank you for the gifts the lovely oven mitts you didn’t mean to send them did you dear the lines are hard to read between is what I need a good night’s sleep and a pint of beer monumental skies reflecting in the eyes of my father’s home the spirits flying high the smell of apple pie and packing foam a last hurrah tonight, the stars are still in sight drinks rimmed with the salt of our childhood esteem the bottle’s shifting weight, the hour’s getting late it’s time to dream time to dream time to dream time to dream time to dream time to dream
2.
Chicago 04:27
"Chicago" night falls hard and night falls fast in Chicago the street lights flip on and suddenly you belong in Chicago remember that first kiss in the mist? now a relaxed fist rests on an unfinished list and that’s Chicago where the cement pours into the shore and I could care less about anything at all and rather than trying they start lying this is the only place I could fall if you catch me in Chicago and feel my weight against your arms set me down cause I feel like falling Chicago doesn’t care at all Chicago doesn’t care at all Chicago doesn’t care at all Chicago I feel like falling if you counted up all the gas receipts the bottles the cans the motel walls you’d find me kissing a sign that said missing in the only place I had someone to call if you catch me in Chicago and feel my weight against your arms set me down cause I feel like falling Chicago doesn’t care at all Chicago doesn’t care at all Chicago doesn’t care at all Chicago I feel like falling Chicago doesn’t care at all Chicago doesn’t care at all Chicago doesn’t care at all Chicago I feel like falling
3.
"Western Stars" who are you and who am i to watch the world go by? sipping from the moon between bites of apple pie we're two little lights at the edge of a dock two little lights: Western Stars burning bright we guide the Night the whole World's dark. It's a little bit cold out here, but the Sky's so clear i can see alright now look me in the eyes. i know you see yourself in mine, i see a troubled mind that's a little bit lost out here but if you choose there's a path in front of you the starlight's shining through the corner of your windowpane. we're two little lights: Western Stars burning bright we guide the Night the whole World's dark. It's a little bit cold out here, but the Sky's so clear i can see alright two little lights: Western Stars burning bright we guide the Night the whole World's dark. It's a little bit cold out here, but the Sky's so clear i can see alright i can see alright
4.
Candlelight 03:19
"Candlelight" would you like to play a game? it's missing a few pieces, though a penny works the same i don't mind if you go first- the box is by the window frame i'll light a candle while you think about the move to make candlelight burning bright the wick and wax are gently breathing and so it seems the candle's made of dreams i wish that i could sit here for a lifetime long i don't mind if you go first i love you and my hearts to blame it's burning like this candle soft and low and hot as the flame candlelight burning bright the wick and wax are gently breathing and so it seems the candle's made of dreams i wish that i could sit here for a lifetime long how nice it'd be to sit here for a lifetime long
5.
Patience 03:15
"Patience" a seagull woke me up this morning called Your name outside my door i'd forgotten if you'd left here in the nighttime or in the morn Patience you're a beautiful man walking so slowly, a gun in each hand Patience tell me what do i do? I've killed all my darlings, i've only got you i've only got you if i went walking on a rainbow would you watch me from a cloud? we'd both rather have it ice cold down at Jerry's Roadside on the edge of town Patience you're a beautiful man walking so slowly, a gun in each hand Patience tell me what do i do? I've killed all my darlings, i've only got you i've only got you i've only got you i've only got you
6.
Just One 03:50
"Just One" I went searching for a seashell and came upon a piece of glass the sweet hazy green was like your eyes when I saw them last so i sat down there for hours, my thoughts spinning away and when it turned to twilight the glass had washed out to the bay just one reflection can become a million fast just one projection can take down your whole past just one letter can put me up in bed all day just one believer sends me on my way I am writing from an island somewhere off the distant key the weather could not be better and there's so much beauty here to see yet I tend to stare off blankly, somewhere high above the clouds and I'd like to get back down here, but i'm afraid i don't how just one reflection can become a million fast just one projection can take down your whole past just one letter can put me up in bed all day just one believer sends me on my way
7.
The Table 03:15
"The Table" clouds are black with swallowed sunshine spitting rain into the sea arms reached out to the horizon here's my little boat and me sailing off the port New Hampshire where Sam was born and Ginny died I'm counting up beads to the Blessed Mother that I might see the supper time but they don't ask me to the Table, they don't ask me to the Table they don't ask me to the Table anymore There's a Pharoah in the desert outside of Tucson to this day who gathers round his loyal subjects and alleviates their dismay I'd like to fight him with my bare hands I'd like to make him kiss the ground for Mother Nature is my daughter and all my kids are prison bound but they don't ask me to the Table, they don't ask me to the Table they don't ask me to the Table anymore It's all become too much for Mother she's taken her pills with a glass of wine the lampshade softens up the feeling of an empty house at suppertime she's forgot all about New England she's forgot all about the Sea I look into her eyes and I can't tell if my own Ma's forgotten me but they don't ask me to the Table, they don't ask me to the table they don't ask me to the table anymore
8.
A Better Man 04:09
"A Better Man" Sitting here at "Jerry's", a shot glass in my hand, when an old pal comes and leans on my shoulder. He says "now there, Johnny, there's nothing you can do, and there's no use sitting 'round growin' older." So we step outside, me myself and I, and start walking down to the shore. When I find a seat there's a red rose at my feet, and I look out on a town that I adore. You had your reasons. You had to go. You had your heart to consider on the unpaved road. You had your prospects. You had your plans. You had your reasons, honey. Go find a better man, if you can. Sometimes when I'm driving I think on back to you, some old memory comes and hits me like a boulder. I pull over the car and head to the nearest bar, a bourbon neat and whichever beer is colder. Just one for me, and one for you, then I'm back to working with the crew. I'm still searching for the person that can look me in the eyes, real certain. Know me for who I am and why I do. You had your reasons. You had to go. You had your heart to consider on the unpaved road. You had your prospects. You had your plans. You had your reasons, honey. Go find a better man, if you can. Go find a better man, if you can.
9.
"Looking for a Light" blue waves, sea of velvet bullet holes in a helmet plump red lips of fire burning sheets from a dryer cast iron flames of yellow mortars sing like a cello plastic cups, sticky hands ziplocks of contraband i am looking for a light in the middle of the night i am looking for a light wooden bats, leather gloves peanut shells, chocolate tongues hurricanes, forest fires evac teams hanging from wires i am looking for a light in the middle of the night i am looking for a light in the middle of the night i am looking for a light
10.
"Tougher than the Rest" It's Saturday night, you're all dressed up in blue I've been watching you a while, maybe you've been watching me too So somebody ran out, left somebody's heart in a mess Well if you're looking for love, honey I'm tougher than the rest Some girls want a handsome Dan or some good looking Joe On their arm, some girls like a sweet talking Romeo Well 'round here baby, I learned you get what you can get So if you're rough enough for love, honey I'm tougher than the rest The road is dark and it's a thin thin line But I want you to know I'd walk it for you any time Maybe your other boyfriends couldn't pass the test Well if you're rough and ready for love, honey I'm tougher than the rest Well it ain't no secret I've been around a time or two Well I don't know baby, maybe you've been around too There's another dance, all you gotta do is say yes And if you're rough and ready for love, honey I'm tougher than the rest If you're rough enough for love, baby I'm tougher than the rest
11.
Haunt Me 03:23
"Haunt Me" I was always one to be checking the time always one with something on my mind but not on days I spent with you, seeing things the way you do how does it feel in the great beyond? there's a storm down here but the rain won't come and I'm running out of tears to cry you gave me wings, but it hurts to fly would you haunt me? could you haunt me? I'd like you to haunt me, would you? I dreamed that I was walking down the road with your hand in mine to have our fortunes told I didn't care what might be said with your eyes so blue and your lips so red I count from one to two to three and wish that you were next to me all my love is in your bones and your love in me just keeps on growing would you haunt me? could you haunt me? I'd like you to haunt me, would you?
12.
"Everything But Love" you give me everything you give me everything everything but love you give me everything you give me everything everything but love your handmade rings and your guitar strings a kiss for a king everything but love the ibuprofen you bring for my bumblebee sting i wish it was love the frown that you spring when i'm just joking i wish it was love the late night calling the morning wandering the afternoon wanting i wish it was love i wish it was love i wish they were love a weekend fling spent on your box-spring you're down for everything everything but love everything but love everything but love everything but love
13.
"Your Protector" i'm watching the wind battle the rain outside your window nobody knows that i am here resting in shadow or that i am chosen to be your protector my body's tattooed with fury and fire and the wrath of angels i traded away the wrath of a home for the heat of tomorrow but now i am chosen to be your protector your protector i am chosen to be your protector your protector i am chosen to be your protector

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the debut album from Jacksonport

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released April 2, 2021

Hannah Read (fiddle and backing vocals tracks 2,3,4,11,13)
Taylor Ashton (banjo and backing vocals, tracks 1,2,3)
Buck Meek (backing vocals, tracks 12,13)
David Moss (backing vocals, tracks 2,3,4)
Chris Ott (conch shells)
Julian Pollack (keyboards)
Adam Brisbin (electric guitar, pedal steel, bass guitar)
John Fatum (acoustic guitars, percussion, vocals)

produced by John Fatum (Jacksonport)
engineered by Mike Siegel at Warrior camp (Somerville, MA)
additional engineering by Alec Spiegelman at The Chamber of Commerce (Brooklyn, NY)
mixed and additional production by Phil Joly at The Schtoodio (Queens, NY)
mastered by Philip Shaw Bova at Bova Labs (Toronto, Canada)

all songs written by john fatum (bmi) except for "Tougher Than The Rest", by Bruce Springsteen.
copyright tularosa records 2020

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Jacksonport Los Angeles, California

Jacksonport comes from the imagination of singer/songwriter John Fatum, named for the small town in Door County, Wisconsin where he spent summers growing up.

John now lives in Los Angeles where he produces records, performs locally, and plays drums for touring acts including GRAMMY winner Sarah Jarosz, Watkins Family Hour, Jack Symes, Wilsen, Buck Meek, and Maya Hawke.
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