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Some Other Way

from Past Imperfect by John Allee

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I wrote "Some Other Way" when I was feeling stuck. Musically, it progresses in surprising ways, culminating in a propulsive drum and saxophone jam that really soars.

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Some Other Way
Words and Music by John Allee


Johnny got hooked on a map of the island
And every Sunday night he would study its angles
And every Sunday night he would figure the numbers
And everybody knew it was something he thought of
And everybody’d say “that’s just Johnny, you know,
He is like that, like that”

Somebody told me that nobody changes
The older that we get it’s just more of the same
And everything you are just gets magnified more so
And everyone you know thinks they’ve
Figured you sideways
Like looking at a clock
When you don’t see the numbers
But clocks are just measures
Time is what matters

Time we spend just waking up
Is time that keeps running out
But the times we think there’s nothing more
There’s always the day
Time we spend just waking up
Is time we could chase it down
All the times we think there’s nothing more
There’s always some other way

Johnny got stuck on a bus going nowhere
He tried to pull the cord but the driver was deaf
So Johnny kept his eyes on the road to the right
And everywhere they passed
There was something to look at
‘Til Johnny didn’t care if he’d ever get off
And he laughed at the time gone
And forgot about all of the time to come

Time we spend just waking up
Is time that keeps running out
But the times we think there’s nothing more
There’s always the day
Time we spend just waking up
Is time we could chase it down
All the times we think there’s nothing more
There’s always some other way

© 2023 Portuguese Knees Music/ASCAP

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from Past Imperfect, released May 5, 2023
John Allee, Vocals, Piano; Mike Schnoebelen, Bass; John Harvey, Drums; Javier Vergara, Tenor Saxophone; Jane Lui, Harmony vocals

Engineered by Paul Tavenner and Jeff Peters
Mixed by Jeff Peters
Recorded at Big City and Studio F - Los Angeles
Mastered by Nate Wood at Kerseboom Mastering

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John Allee Los Angeles, California

John Allee is an American actor, singer and songwriter. He is a recipient of the ASCAP/Sammy Cahn Award for excellence in lyric writing and his music has been featured in regional theatre, and on TV. His latest album is 'Bardfly' (“Fantastic!”- Jazz Weekly, “Otherworldly, super-literate and supremely swinging” – Broadway World, “A standout” - All About Jazz) ... more

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