Fix You - Coldplay CoverMackenzie Johnson2015-01-26 | New single “Breakthrough” out 7/30 🌼 Pre-Save here: https://onerpm.link/mackenziejohnsonbreakthrough Lights will guide you home
Follow me on Instagram! http://instagram.com/mackenziemusicMackenzie Johnson - Passenger (Original)Mackenzie Johnson2023-03-14 | Here’s “Passenger,” a tune of mine I’m entering into NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest this year. It’s a song about surrendering to love by allowing yourself to be its passenger, to ride its ever-changing waves of beauty and hurt. No matter the outcome, I’m really proud of this one, and I hope you love it too 🥲
LYRICS: verse 1 it carries me like the waves on an open sea wading, wandering, capture me and hijack my heart
it moves my mouth and the words that are coming out whispering turns into a shout and I fall apart
pre-chorus take me for a ride, take me for a ride I’ll let you hold me you can be my guide till the day I die just shape and mold me
chorus cause I’m just your passenger I’ll hang on your every word until we crash and burn I’ll still dance in the flames of you
verse 2 you threw me out rocked the boat, left me there to drown discarded like the lost and found and I’m sinking deep
ooh, but I’ll swim back up for more reach the surface and the promise of the shore siren song, I am hooked on your allure sing me to sleep
pre-chorus and take me for a ride, take me for a ride I’ll let you hold me a gravity that I never could defy why fight the inescapable beast
chorus cause I’m just your passenger I’ll hang on your every word until we crash and burn I’ll still dance in the flames of you
you’re gone in a flash and then you’re holding my hand again I never know where or when but I’ll stand here and wait for you
cause I’m just your passenger
bridge I’m tied to your rhythm I write every song about you with or without you I’m your willing victim shortsighted and wrong, you told me to guess I’ll never learn I will only return, just say when
closing chorus cause I’m just your passenger swear you off then I surrender it’s worth a whole world of hurt just to dance in the flames of you
you’re gone in a flash and then you’re holding my hand again I never know where or when but I’ll stand here and wait for you
cause I’m just your passenger oh, I’m just your passenger I’m just your passenger
you carry me like the waves on an open sea wading, wandering, capture me and hijack my heart
Mackenzie Johnson Music 2023
#mackenziejohnson #tinydeskcontest #passengerComment some random words, song ideas, or phrases and I just might spin them into a new tune ✍🏼Mackenzie Johnson2023-03-03 | ...Mackenzie Johnson - Will You Still Be My Love? (Original)Mackenzie Johnson2023-02-13 | Got to thinking about love after the honeymoon phase, when the romance fades a little, and your love takes a new form each day. Those thoughts gave way to this wistfully sweet country tune. I hope you love it. Happy Valentine's Day, lovers ❤️
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Lyrics:
when the roses have wilted and the letters are in a box when the music fades out honeymoon comes to a halt
when I’m tired, uninspired and I just don’t wanna talk will you still be my love?
when the glitter doesn’t shimmer quite the way that it ought I feel bitter that it didn’t go the way that I thought
lift the curtain, see my hurtin’ when the going gets tough will you still be my love?
when the flutter of my butterflies isn’t as strong musta flown south, snow it falls down got the cold to confront
tell me hard truths, make me face them I don’t wanna fess up will you still be my love?
when we’re older and we’re grayer and the kids have gone away when we’ve been through everything two lovers can take
even though time has flown by we’re a new form of us will you still be my love? will you still be my love? will you still be my love?
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What started as a handful of witchy words sent to me by a fan on TikTok, slowly but surely evolved into this magnificently mystical tune, a reflection of the dark whimsy within that was desperate to break free and run off into the spellbinding woods. So thrilled that you all get to follow me there now, where we can light a candle in the darkness and dance around under the harvest moon together.
✦ Music & lyrics by me ✦ Produced by Mikey Slowey ✦ Mixed by Joe Carrell at Mansion Sound ✦ Additional engineering by Leah Schattschneider ✦ Mastered by Alex Psaroudakis ✦ Video shot & directed by Oliver Covrett ✦ Lyrics edited by me
#MackenzieJohnson #TheSisterhoodSet your full moon intentions & get ready for my spooky new single “The Sisterhood,” out 11/11 🐈⬛Mackenzie Johnson2022-11-07 | ...Happy Halloween 🧙🏻♀️ Make sure to Pre-Save my single, “The Sisterhood,” out 11/11! Link below 🪶Mackenzie Johnson2022-10-31 | ...Follow me to the woods on ✨11/11/22✨#TheSisterhoodMackenzie Johnson2022-10-27 | Pre-Save The Sisterhood here: https://linktr.ee/mackenziemusicMackenzie Johnson - Holly Jolly Melancholy (An Original Christmas Tune)Mackenzie Johnson2021-12-17 | Seasons greetings from the seasonal affective one.
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"Holly Jolly Melancholy" written by me
Lyrics: verse 1 why am I like this every year? tired of politeness and Christmas cheer
sugar plum fairies so sweet, so swell to me it’s a special kind of saccharine hell
merry good mornings of yuletide joy smiles on the faces of girls and boys
call me bah humbug, I can’t help but frown and choke on the fake snow that covers the ground
pre-chorus gather ‘round everyone open presents this is fun seasons greetings from the seasonal affective one merry merry Christmas
chorus and a Happy New Year I’m not happy here wrap me up in ribbon I’ll try to be sincere
all the tired, old classics ring on in my ears treetops, they will glisten and so will my tears
I’m making up my own, heartsick holiday tradition where I’m cold and I’m broke and frostbitten gonna have a holly jolly melancholy kind of Christmas
verse 2 dreaming of silence, o holy night spiking my eggnog with rum and rye
decorative darlings, have fun while it lasts you’ll be a scrooge like me soon enough ghosts from your past will sing
merry merry Christmas
chorus and a Happy New Year I’m not happy here wrap me up in ribbon I’ll try to be sincere
all the tired, old classics ring on in my ears treetops, they will glisten and so will my tears
I’m making up my own, heartsick holiday tradition where I’m cold and I’m broke and frostbitten gonna have a holly jolly melancholy kind of Christmas
instrumental
bridge gather ‘round everyone open presents this is fun seasons greetings from the seasonal affective one
merry merry Christmas (x3)
why am I like this every year?
Mackenzie L. Johnson Music 2021
#MackenzieJohnson #HollyJollyMelancholyMackenzie Johnson - Sun Shy (Official Music Video)Mackenzie Johnson2021-12-16 | Mackenzie Johnson - Sun Shy (Official Music Video)
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Shot by Oliver Covrett Directed by Oliver Covrett & Mackenzie Johnson Assisted by Jeanette Lynne Edited by Oliver Covrett & Mackenzie Johnson
Music & Lyrics by Mackenzie Johnson Produced & Mixed by Joe Carrell Mastered by John Mayfield
Lyrics: I don’t wanna be here I just wanna go home closing all my curtains turning all the lights off pour myself a glass of something a little sweet but strong just fuel to distract me
but the light of day, it peeks through I just focus on the shadow and the worries that I’m hiding with a mask, I’m fucking shallow
and you’ll never really know me cause I’m the one who has to own me who could ever love what lies underneath?
chorus the sleepless girl who thinks too much who’s infinitely in a rush but fears the future at the same time
always the first to second-guess can never put mistakes to rest so all-consuming like a gray sky
on the days I’m feeling sun shy on the days I’m feeling sun shy
I hold their opinions closer to my own ones listen to the wicked breathe it into my lungs
it’s my strange addiction and I don’t know how to fix it once upon a time I wasn’t just
chorus the sleepless girl who thinks too much who’s infinitely in a rush but fears the future at the same time
always the first to second-guess can never put mistakes to rest so all-consuming like a gray sky
on the days I’m feeling sun shy on the days I’m feeling sun shy
so sweet on the outside, eat me up I need you to fill my cup just so I can empty it again
I’m high on the voices in my head telling me I should quit
the sun is out and I’m the fool who squints and get in my own way again
chorus the sleepless girl who thinks too much who’s infinitely in a rush but fears the future at the same time
always the first to second-guess can never put mistakes to rest so all-consuming like a gray sky
on the days I’m feeling sun shy on the days I’m feeling sun shy on the days I’m feeling sun shy why do I feel sun shy?
#MackenzieJohnson #SunShyMackenzie Johnson - Sun Shy (Official Lyric Video)Mackenzie Johnson2021-11-30 | Mackenzie Johnson - Sun Shy (Official Lyric Video)
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Shot & Edited by me Additional clips shot by my momma & my bff Jeanette Lynne :)
* Written by me * Produced & Mixed by Joe Carrell * Additional engineering by Leah Schattschneider * Mastered by John Mayfield * Recorded at Treasure Isle Studio in Nashville, TN * Joel Key - Acoustic Guitar * David Dorn - Keys & Synth * Jacob Lowery - Bass * Joe Carrell - Drums & Percussion Programming
LYRICS: I don’t wanna be here I just wanna go home closing all my curtains turning all the lights off pour myself a glass of something a little sweet but strong just fuel to distract me
but the light of day, it peeks through I just focus on the shadow and the worries that I’m hiding with a mask, I’m fucking shallow
and you’ll never really know me cause I’m the one who has to own me who could ever love what lies underneath?
chorus the sleepless girl who thinks too much who’s infinitely in a rush but fears the future at the same time
always the first to second-guess can never put mistakes to rest so all-consuming like a gray sky
on the days I’m feeling sun shy on the days I’m feeling sun shy
I hold their opinions closer to my own ones listen to the wicked breathe it into my lungs
it’s my strange addiction and I don’t know how to fix it once upon a time I wasn’t just
chorus the sleepless girl who thinks too much who’s infinitely in a rush but fears the future at the same time
always the first to second-guess can never put mistakes to rest so all-consuming like a gray sky
on the days I’m feeling sun shy on the days I’m feeling sun shy
so sweet on the outside, eat me up I need you to fill my cup just so I can empty it again
I’m high on the voices in my head telling me I should quit
the sun is out and I’m the fool who squints and get in my own way again
chorus the sleepless girl who thinks too much who’s infinitely in a rush but fears the future at the same time
always the first to second-guess can never put mistakes to rest so all-consuming like a gray sky
on the days I’m feeling sun shy on the days I’m feeling sun shy on the days I’m feeling sun shy why do I feel sun shy?
#mackenziejohnson #sunshyMackenzie Johnson - Sun Shy (Official Audio)Mackenzie Johnson2021-11-05 | Stream/Download “Sun Shy” here: https://onerpm.link/sunshy ⛅️
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* Written by me * Produced & Mixed by Joe Carrell * Additional engineering by Leah Schattschneider * Mastered by John Mayfield * Recorded at Treasure Isle Studio in Nashville, TN * Joel Key - Acoustic Guitar * David Dorn - Keys & Synth * Jacob Lowery - Bass * Joe Carrell - Drums & Percussion Programming * Cover photo by Oliver Covrett
LYRICS: I don’t wanna be here I just wanna go home closing all my curtains turning all the lights off pour myself a glass of something a little sweet but strong just fuel to distract me
but the light of day, it peeks through I just focus on the shadow and the worries that I’m hiding with a mask, I’m fucking shallow
and you’ll never really know me cause I’m the one who has to own me who could ever love what lies underneath?
chorus the sleepless girl who thinks too much who’s infinitely in a rush but fears the future at the same time
always the first to second-guess can never put mistakes to rest so all-consuming like a gray sky
on the days I’m feeling sun shy on the days I’m feeling sun shy
I hold their opinions closer to my own ones listen to the wicked breathe it into my lungs
it’s my strange addiction and I don’t know how to fix it once upon a time I wasn’t just
chorus the sleepless girl who thinks too much who’s infinitely in a rush but fears the future at the same time
always the first to second-guess can never put mistakes to rest so all-consuming like a gray sky
on the days I’m feeling sun shy on the days I’m feeling sun shy
so sweet on the outside, eat me up I need you to fill my cup just so I can empty it again
I’m high on the voices in my head telling me I should quit
the sun is out and I’m the fool who squints and get in my own way again
chorus the sleepless girl who thinks too much who’s infinitely in a rush but fears the future at the same time
always the first to second-guess can never put mistakes to rest so all-consuming like a gray sky
on the days I’m feeling sun shy on the days I’m feeling sun shy on the days I’m feeling sun shy why do I feel sun shy?Mackenzie Johnson - Your Gravity (Official Lyric Video)Mackenzie Johnson2021-09-10 | Stream/Download "Your Gravity" here: https://onerpm.link/yourgravity
Video Edited by me Photography by Oliver Covrett
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Written by me Produced & Mixed by Joe Carrell Additional Engineering by Leah Schattschneider Mastered by Alex Psaroudakis Recorded at Treasure Isle Studio in Nashville, TN Joel Key - Acoustic Guitar David Dorn & Cory Prim - Keys & Synth Jacob Lowery - Bass Joe Carrell - Drum & Percussion Programming
LYRICS: you are nonexistent like you were never there like you never touched my body or run your fingers through my hair
and now you want some recognition like you did something right like you actually expected forgiveness as if you’d somehow seen the light oh no, no
chorus you got a dark soul and I don’t wanna be there anymore, no there’s ice inside your heart and in this black hole where love goes to die but lord, I’m alive your gravity won’t win this time
oh no no
you’ve got so many issues that you refuse to face one day you love me with your whole heart next one you’re gone without a trace
why won’t you just fucking admit it tell me you knew this all along instead you let me fall into oblivion now you have the nerve to call
oh no, no
chorus you got a dark soul and I don’t wanna be there anymore, no there’s ice inside your heart and in this black hole where love goes to die but lord, I’m alive yes, I am
you’ve got a strange hold on women that you wanna be with just so you get just what you want and then you let go I see through the lie try as you might but your gravity won’t win this time
if I get pulled back in I won’t ever come out King of the Heartbroken took my love I’ll take your crown the tables’s turning now you gained my trust and burned it to the ground but I rise from the ashes
you’re cursed and cruel I’m not your fool, oh no
chorus you’ve got a dark soul and I don’t wanna be there anymore, no there’s ice inside your heart and in this black hole where love goes to die but lord, I’m alive yes, I am
you’ve got a strange hold on women that you wanna be with just so you get just what you want and then you let go I see through the lie try as you might your gravity won’t win this time
#MackenzieJohnson #YourGravityMackenzie Johnson - Your Gravity (Official Audio)Mackenzie Johnson2021-08-27 | Stream/Download "Your Gravity" here: https://onerpm.link/yourgravity
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Written by me Produced & Mixed by Joe Carrell Additional Engineering by Leah Schattschneider Mastered by Alex Psaroudakis Recorded at Treasure Isle Studio in Nashville, TN Joel Key - Acoustic Guitar David Dorn & Cory Prim - Keys & Synth Jacob Lowery - Bass Joe Carrell - Drum & Percussion Programming
Photography by Oliver Covrett Cover Design by me & Casey Johnson
LYRICS: you are nonexistent like you were never there like you never touched my body or run your fingers through my hair
and now you want some recognition like you did something right like you actually expected forgiveness as if you’d somehow seen the light oh no, no
chorus you got a dark soul and I don’t wanna be there anymore, no there’s ice inside your heart and in this black hole where love goes to die but lord, I’m alive your gravity won’t win this time
oh no no
you’ve got so many issues that you refuse to face one day you love me with your whole heart next one you’re gone without a trace
why won’t you just fucking admit it tell me you knew this all along instead you let me fall into oblivion now you have the nerve to call
oh no, no
chorus you got a dark soul and I don’t wanna be there anymore, no there’s ice inside your heart and in this black hole where love goes to die but lord, I’m alive yes, I am
you’ve got a strange hold on women that you wanna be with just so you get just what you want and then you let go I see through the lie try as you might but your gravity won’t win this time
if I get pulled back in I won’t ever come out King of the Heartbroken took my love I’ll take your crown the tables’s turning now you gained my trust and burned it to the ground but I rise from the ashes
you’re cursed and cruel I’m not your fool, oh no
chorus you’ve got a dark soul and I don’t wanna be there anymore, no there’s ice inside your heart and in this black hole where love goes to die but lord, I’m alive yes, I am
you’ve got a strange hold on women that you wanna be with just so you get just what you want and then you let go I see through the lie try as you might your gravity won’t win this time
"Breakthrough" Produced & Mixed by Joe Carrell Additional Engineering by Leah Schattschneider Mastered by Alex Psaroudakis Recorded at Treasure Isle Studio in Nashville, TN Joel Key - Acoustic Guitar David Dorn - Keys & Synth Jacob Lowery - Bass Joe Carrell - Drum & Percussion Programming
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Written by me Video shot & edited by Oliver Covrett Produced & Mixed by Joe Carrell Additional Engineering by Leah Schattschneider Mastered by Alex Psaroudakis Recorded at Treasure Isle Studio in Nashville, TN Joel Key - Acoustic Guitar David Dorn - Keys & Synth Jacob Lowery - Bass Joe Carrell - Drum & Percussion Programming
LYRICS: well, I’m closer to 30 than I am to 20 now naiveté taught me I’d have my shit figured out well, well
got so many notches in my belt and cries for help songs on the shelf bad cards were dealt
helped me find myself within the fire of a personal hell
but I feel light now ain’t no other time like right now ain’t no better me than the me I’ve found a me I’d like to be around she gon’ make me proud
chorus no hill I can’t climb no song I can’t rhyme no gold I can’t spin just to make it all mine
nothing I can’t chase go at my own pace might catch up to you now I’m back in the race
like a flower in bloom I am ready to breakthrough I am ready to breakthrough
now I’m close to the edge of a brand new sunrise maturity taught me how to step into my own light I, I
learned so many lessons in the dark that pulled me apart but the worse you have it the better the art
what if it’s just the start? of revolutionary change in my heart
cause I feel light now ain’t no other time like right now ain’t no better me than the me I’ve found a me I’d like to be around she gon’ make me proud
chorus 2 no hill I can’t climb no song I can’t rhyme no gold I can’t spin just to make it all mine
nothing I can’t chase go at my own pace might catch up to you now I’m back in the race
ain’t no weight I can’t hold I’m young but I’m bold and my quiet triumph is meant to be told
like a flower in bloom I am ready to breakthrough, ooh I am ready to breakthrough
bridge you can find me flexing on the people that said it’s a no back-alley business men a and reality shows all the wolves tryna take over in sheep's clothes so many of you I’ve had the displeasure to know
so bold to make me think you were holding the keys when you knew all of this time they were always with me I’ve accrued all of the wisdom a woman could need think it’s time to let myself just breathe
chorus no hill I can’t climb no song I can’t rhyme no gold I can’t spin just to make it all mine
nothing I can’t chase go at my own pace might catch up to you now I’m back in the race
ain’t no weight I can’t hold I’m young but I’m bold and my quiet triumph is meant to be told
like a flower in bloom I am ready to breakthrough ain’t got nothin’ to lose I am ready to breakthrough I’ve got mountains to move I am ready to breakthrough I am ready, I am ready to breakthrough
#MackenzieJohnson #BreakthroughPre-Save My New Single “Breakthrough!”Mackenzie Johnson2021-07-19 | Stream/Download my music here: https://linktr.ee/mackenziemusic 🌼
#MackenzieJohnson #BreakthroughMackenzie Johnson - Random Word Songs (Volume I)Mackenzie Johnson2021-06-14 | Stream/Download my music here: https://linktr.ee/mackenziemusic
Thought I'd share the first bunch of Random Word Songs I wrote on TikTok! I've been having so much fun exploring this new side of my songwriting. I hope you enjoy it too.
Lyrics: I am so cold It feels like I’m nothing but bones Next thing I know I’m awake at my own funeral
And the flowers aren’t arranged quite the way that I had hoped Who tied the rope around the roses? And the photograph displayed like a plaque in white and black is not the one I would have chosen
Chorus But that’s just being dead, I guess I’m new to this Just like you I’m coming to the news that I do not exist I don’t know what comes next As I’m laid to rest Is it heaven? Is it hell or something else instead? That’s just being dead
I’m walking alone On a road that I know leads me home It's something strange, I suppose Well, perhaps it’s the fact I’m a ghost
But why do I keep coming back to the place that I left when I left it? In the meantime I’ll fade into blackness And mess with the lights in the attic
Chorus
Bridge That eulogy was beautiful It made my bloodless heart just swell Thank you all for wishing me well It isn’t over for me It’s just beginning, you see
The grass is more gray here than green But I’ll still push daisies to put in your vases and visit your dreams
No need to scream It’s so serene
Chorus That's just being dead, I guess I’m new to this And just like you I had no clue about the things I should expect But you’ll get used to it and all the skeletons Cause after all that’s all we are no matter where, no matter when And that’s just being dead
Mackenzie L. Johnson Music 2020 ASCAP All rights reserved.
#MackenzieJohnson #Halloween #DeadIGuessexile - Mackenzie Johnson & Charles Walker (Taylor Swift feat. Bon Iver Cover)Mackenzie Johnson2020-08-10 | Stream/Download my music here: https://linktr.ee/mackenziemusic
I think I've seen this film before #folklore
Please welcome my very talented friend Charles Walker to my channel for a little remote quarantine duet. We hope you love it.
Welcome to week 4 of my minis 🎹 Be sure to follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and Tik Tok so you don’t miss a new one! Stay well, my friends. #miniquarantinecovers
My mini keyboard: Casio SA-46 My mini guitar: Taylor GS Mini
The songs of week 4: 22. I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do) - Hall & Oates 23. Shout - Tears For Fears 24. Lovefool - The Cardigans 25. Missing You - John Waite 26. Dreams - Fleetwood Mac 27. Burning Down The House - Talking Heads 28. You’re So Vain - Carly Simon *Bonus Mini* Hard Place - H.E.R. (virtual duet with Cat Burns)Mini Quarantine Covers: Week 3Mackenzie Johnson2020-04-21 | Stream/Download my music here: https://linktr.ee/mackenziemusic
Welcome to week 3 of my minis 🎹 Be sure to follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and Tik Tok so you don’t miss a new one! Stay well, my friends. #miniquarantinecovers
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The songs of week 3: 15. The Sign - Ace of Base 16. I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder 17. Candy - Mandy Moore 18. That’s the Way the World Goes Round - John Prine 19. Doo Wop (That Thing) - Lauryn Hill 20. Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes 21. Strange Magic - Electric Light Orchestra
The keyboard I’m playing is the Casio SA-46 🎹Mini Quarantine Covers: Week 2Mackenzie Johnson2020-04-14 | Stream/Download my music here: https://linktr.ee/mackenziemusic Stream/Download "Breakthrough" & Pre-Save my next single "Your Gravity" here: https://linktr.ee/mackenziemusic
Welcome to week 2 of my minis 🎹 Be sure to follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and Tik Tok so you don’t miss a new one! Stay well, my friends. #miniquarantinecovers
The songs of week 2: 8. Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen 9. Tints - Anderson Paak ft. Kendrick Lamar 10. Stayin’ Alive - The Bee Gees 11. Como La Flor - Selena 12. Dreams - The Cranberries 13. Don’t Dream It’s Over - Crowded House 14. Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
The keyboard I’m playing is the Casio SA-46 🎹Mini Quarantine Covers: Week 1Mackenzie Johnson2020-04-06 | Stream/Download my music here: https://linktr.ee/mackenziemusic Stream/Download "Breakthrough" & Pre-Save my next single "Your Gravity" here: https://linktr.ee/mackenziemusic
I decided to make the most of this time at home with daily mini covers on my little Casio SA-46. Be sure to follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and Tik Tok so you don't miss a new one! Stay well, my friends. #miniquarantinecovers
The songs of week 1: 1. Maneater - Hall & Oates 2. Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears 3. Say You'll Be There - The Spice Girls 4. Cuz I Love You - Lizzo 5. Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley 6. Like That - Doja Cat 7. Blinding Lights - The WeekndSong Of Good Hope (Glen Hansard) - A Self-Quarantine CoverMackenzie Johnson2020-03-17 | Stream/Download my music here: https://linktr.ee/mackenziemusic
Please take care of yourselves and each other during this time and may the song of good hope walk with you through everything 🍀
Got together with my bff Jeanette to put our own acoustic spin on this adorable song by Lauv. Needless to say, we had fun (despite having to hold our instruments awkwardly LOL). We're thinking of making car covers a thing so stay tuned!
Lyrics: Verse 1 So nice of you to drop in Didn’t know you’d come to visit But baby, won’t you stay a while?
I had a closed sign up on my door You’d never been here before But suddenly I didn’t mind
Pre-chorus To let you inside Been such a long time I thought my heart was broke beyond repair But just like that you’re standing there And isn’t it a little bit Beautifully strange?
Chorus To wake up one day In the haze of your last heartbreak Thinking I don’t wanna do this again I don’t wanna let anyone in
But you just walk right through Effortless, I’m just drawn to you Beautiful stranger, face of an angel Everything’s changed now And I’m not the same
Verse 2 Now I can’t help but think about you Every single thing that I do I see your face, I feel your vibe, oh
And all those late night talks in your car I’m starting to see who you are Open heart, living piece of art with a brilliant mind
Pre-chorus And now I can’t hide I think I may have just died Never believed the things they said to me How love comes unexpectedly
Guess everything’s a little bit Kinda cliche But I like it this way
Chorus One day In the haze of your last heartbreak Thinking I don’t wanna do this again I don’t wanna let anyone in
But you just walk right through Effortless, I’m just drawn to you Beautiful stranger, face of an angel Everything’s changed now And I’m not the same
Bridge So used to being by myself now I don’t wanna be with nobody else How’d you do it? It’s like I’m under your spell It’s amazing just how quickly that I fell for you
and you know that all I want is gold boy I found it, you’re a diamond and it shows boy They say when you know it then you know And yeah, I think I know
Chorus I woke up one day In the haze of my last heartbreak Thinking I don’t wanna do this again
But you just walk right through Effortless, I’m just drawn to you Beautiful stranger, face of an angel Everything’s changed now And I’m not the same
So nice of you to drop in Didn’t know you’d come to visit But baby, won’t you stay a while?
Mackenzie L. Johnson Music 2020 All Rights ReservedWatermelon Sugar - Harry Styles CoverMackenzie Johnson2020-01-27 | Stream/Download my music here: https://linktr.ee/mackenziemusic
Thanks again to Alvarez Guitar for partnering with me to bring you this video! You can find the ukulele I'm playing here: alvarezguitars.com/guitar/au90s-2Blue Year - OriginalMackenzie Johnson2019-12-24 | Stream/Download my music here: https://linktr.ee/mackenziemusic
When the clock strikes midnight I'll just hide my tears...
I tend to get a little blue during the holidays despite the joy and the lights and the general celebratory atmosphere. It's this strange juxtaposition I feel more deeply with each passing year. I was having a bit of a melancholic moment last week, so I sat down to write and this is what came out. I'm really proud of this blue little tune and I really wanted to share it before the year was over. I also wanted to say thank you for listening. Happy Holidays everyone and have a Happy Blue Year 💙
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LYRICS: Verse 1 Everyone likes to feel the glow Of Christmas lights through the window And everybody’s home
But everything I didn’t do this year Comes into view A little bit too clear to me And I just can’t believe
Chorus Another’s year’s gone by In the blink of an eye All the memories we made will be left behind
Another story told Makes me feel I’m getting old
And when the clock strikes midnight I’ll just hide my tears On this blue, blue New Years
Verse 2 These winter days have me stuck inside I reminisce on all the better times in life Wish I could just rewind
Cause when you’re young The time, it goes so slow You wish it away, I really wish you won’t Cause one day you will know
Chorus Another’s year’s gone by In the blink of an eye All the memories we made will be left behind
Another story told Makes me feel I’m getting old
And when the clock strikes midnight I’ll just hide my tears On this blue, blue New Years
Dm
Bridge The ribbons and streamers The new year believers The joyous feelings I could only feign
But you know, I’ll be there With glitter in my hair And love in my heart Even though it is breaking
Chorus Another’s year’s gone by In the blink of an eye All the memories we made will be left behind
Another story told Makes me feel I’m getting old
And when the clock strikes midnight I’ll just hide my tears On this blue, blue New Years
Mackenzie L. Johnson Music ASCAP All Rights ReservedLose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez CoverMackenzie Johnson2019-11-08 | Stream/Download my music here: https://linktr.ee/mackenziemusic
We'd always go into it blindly, I needed to lose you to find me
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LYRICS: Ever since I was a little kid I knew what I wanted But I was a bit shy so I never ever flaunted haunted me all my life like a ghost in the night but I wasn’t afraid to leave the closet open wide
& growing up gets a little tough when the kids are all mean & they’re leaving you out & they’re saying that you’re not enough but you’re gonna get through this see what the truth is the cool kids from the past are gonna be biting their tongues
Oh yes, I know I’m young but I know things won’t come if I don’t try time really isn’t on my side What’s gonna happen tomorrow?
But right now I’m breathing, I’m alive I’d rather seize it all & thrive than reach the day I die wish I’d have done it before cause
Life is short, life is short So I’m gonna do what I want I’m gonna do what I want with it [x2]
Now I’m looking to the future, learning from the past & the present is a present but it isn’t meant to last in the fast lane with the fast pass screaming my name don’t forget it you’re gonna regret it cause you letting me go, a damn
shame on you, you didn’t believe it before claim that you could read all the signs on the door fame was something that was inevitable I bet you wish you could touch me now
but I’m high up in a sky with a thousand stars lies were being told & creating scars & I know why cause all the hurt has taken me far the haters & the naysayers are gonna be wishing they’d swung
Oh yes, I know I’m young but I’ve learned that it’s worth it when you try cause you’ve gotta fall a thousand times before you die you gotta live through the sorrow
See the forest for the trees & be able to find the reason for the letters & the words that never rhyme Cause when it is your time, you’re gonna wish you’d have done it before
[chorus]
[bridge] starting over now starting over now before it’s over now over now, now now (x2)
let the symphony of rejection fuel your jet engine a little n-o never slowed down the builders, the leaders, the overachievers the grass’ll be greener when they give a red light let it really mean go judging you from that one time when they don’t even know so go tell ‘em, tell ‘em, tell ‘em tell ‘em, ‘em
[chorus]
Mackenzie L. Johnson Music 2019 ASCAP All Rights ReservedCruel Summer - Taylor Swift CoverMackenzie Johnson2019-09-12 | Stream/Download my music here: https://linktr.ee/mackenziemusic
My best friend Jeanette and I decided to sing this gorgeous tune by a singer-songwriter (and fellow Pennsylvanian) that we both really admire, Liz Longley. And yes, we totally recorded this in J's Subaru! Hope you guys love it and please let me know if you'd like to see more Subaru Sessions with J!
When in Asbury Park (Springsteen's hometown) for a movie premiere centered around all of his music, you whip out your guitar and film an impromptu phone video singing one of his greatest hits.
TikTokers featured: dakotaolave, marvinhoward, samgh0sh, ezgizems, & yakari.7A Song For My Gizmo 🦋Mackenzie Johnson2019-07-23 | My family and I just lost the sweetest boy, our 14 year-old puppy Gizmo. It was hard searching for the right words, so I did my best to write them into a song. This is for you, my Giz and anyone who may be feeling what I'm feeling right now 🐾
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LYRICS: Verse 1 It’s been forever but not long ago Four little legs and a Christmas bow I’d never seen a sweeter sight before Even though you came in and peed on the floor
Three little kids who were in love with you Our big sister and our parents too Held us together just like you were glue So many things around for you to chew
You watched me go from girl to awkward teen Sat right beside me when the kids were mean Barked at other dogs up on the tv screen So crazy but you were my sanity
Chorus Good boy, good boy Sit down, stay forever Let’s play together
But you don’t feel good boy, good boy Promise you’ll feel better up there in heaven
Still can’t believe that you could leave Who’s gonna greet me at my door? Holding your leash as you leap up in the backseat of that Ford
Every single little thing about you, baby bear I swear I’m gonna miss My Giz
Verse 2 You’d always win when we would race back home You were so strong for such a little one But over time we’d find that you’d go slow So we took our time with you but we did know
That you weren’t exactly how you’d always been Your face was gray, the clock was ticking quick A little body and too big a heart How mom would cry watching you in the yard
And the medications had become a chore Not fair for you to handle anymore Just too good for this world to watch it turn You left it soon cause you had less to learn
Chorus
Bridge You held down the fort Since 2004 Yeah, life is too short But I can’t see you like this You were my constant My loyal sidekick Saying goodbye, Gizmo Is so painful, I can’t describe it
I walked our path the day we let you go Pretended you were walking with me, Mo I turned around and something caught my eye Right on a tree, a big blue butterfly
Its wings looked just like your big wispy ears The ones I’ve known for over 14 years They call you papillon because of those It’s French for butterfly so now I know Each time I see one flutter by it’s you Following me just like you always do
Good boy, my Giz My baby bear, my bubba My buddy My brotha from anotha motha Tough talkin’ “was” and not “is” I miss my Giz
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Hope you have an awesoME time learning to play this cute tune, y'all!
Chords: C Am F G
I should note - I didn't include an up/down guide to the strumming pattern in the video since it's not how I personally learned to play. As I mention in the video, it sort of confuses me. But as I was editing, I realized it could be useful for those of you who do like to learn that way so here you go (I think this is right lol)
Here's some fresh T-Swift for y'all! When I found out Brendon Urie was featured on this track I audibly gasped. My 16 year-old self is QUAKING, truly. Taylor and Brendon are responsible for creating so much of the art that shaped me as an musician in those formative years. I also realized I had a thing for guyliner LOL