Jonny Was

Jonny Was, started as a 3 piece formed by Shane West in 1998, and took California by surprise with their witty true-to-life music. They got off to a good start gaining popularity with the success of Shane’s film "A Walk To Remember," co-staring with pop-star Mandy Moore. Also, Shane later on landed a role alongside Sean Connery in "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," as well as a regular spot on hit t.v. show "E.R." All the fame contributed by each of these roles enabled Jonny Was to destroy and conquer various venues around Los Angeles and Orange County.
Fast forward to early 2005, Jonny Was kicked off the year with the announcement of their transformation to a 5 piece band. Inclusive of lead singer and guitarist Shane West; Brett Klorer of Hollywood Endings, Mind Driver, and Dekker on guitar; Casey McGuire of Hollywood Endings, Beauty School Dropouts, Dekker, and Weir on keyboards; Matt Jefferson of Hollywood Endings, Up Syndrome, and The Middle on bass. With a sound of dynamism and all the pawn in place, Jonny Was is preparing for battle.
Powerful lyrics, enchanting harmonies, and a bond between the members unlike any other band on the scene, lead to their rapidly growing fan base and well deserved attention. Feats including sold out venues all over California, an appearance on VH1 and t.v. show E.R., and songs on soundtracks for hit movies "A Walk To Remember," and "Bringing Down The House."
According to their Myspace Jonny Was are now in a undefined break

Source: Jonny Was Myspace

Lyrics

The A-List
Average Jo
Billie Jean Is M.I.A.
So what does it all mean?
JonnyWas…
Let’s get marching Scooter (and start a gang)
Compliment
Motel 666
Soundproof
Sunny Day
LA Water
GPK
I’ll See You
Less Than Zero
Silhouettes
Wanna Go to London

The A-List

Recorded: Love Juice Labs, 2003
Song Info: Off The Box Lunch E.P.
Written in 2003

Right now, my entire world is changin’
At this time, everything is looking grand
Well, I’m not sure if its gonna end soon
One thing I know is I got the upperhand
so bow down….

Well alright, let’s start from the beginning
At the top, lots of shit is goin’ down
We got chicks, we got dicks, we got the has-beens
All these wannabees seem to stick around

They all love to say
that are friends of mine
They never go away
well, it doesn’t matter ‘cuz I see right through you so bow down!

All you guys, act like your the tough shit
when you don’t know what tough is all about
Don’t be shy you know who you are
How’s it feel to be new "where are they know’s?"

They all love….

I don’t think that things will be the way they were before
It’s alright I dont care
I just want to choose the right door
It don’t seem right to be havin’ this much fun
I gotta smile
I’ll let ya know when I’m done

Right now, you can see I set the record straight
I’m not scared
there is nothin’ I will hide
You’ve seen a side of me I never relay
So I ask you now, are you on my side?

I don’t think that….
What ya see is not what you get
Ya better watch your book or you’ll end up in debt
All I know is I speak from the heart
and I ain’t done until I’ve left my mark

yeah I ain’t goin’ anywhere

Will I lose all my faith or is this something I can hold onto?
I won’t throw it all away
I will never walk away
I’ve waited all my life for one try
So, i gotta stay strong
with my new life
that I’ve been handed to on a silver knife
I close my eyes
and hum a song
and think of all the things I won’t do wrong

Average Jo

Recorded: Love Juice Labs, 2003
Song Info: Off The Box Lunch E.P.
Written in 2003

I’ve been thinking how we used to be before
Now that I’ve been sleeping all alone
It’s kinda funny but I thought I’d miss ya more
But instead I’m sleeping like a stone
Well, I’ll be honest ‘cuz it hasn’t been easy
getting out there into the unknown
Everytime i start to feel a bit queasy
I remember to unplug the phone!

I know that, yes, we tried
but I could not get over
All the times you had to lie
Its been hard
but I am finally ready
to look past your charm

Do you remember when we lived on Hollywood
walkin’ up an down the streets alone
I remember all the words you said to me
I remember because you were stoned

I know that, yes……

Haha! It’s good to be on my own
Don’t gotta deal with your shit no more
You probably thought I wouldn’t kick you out of my home
But now that I have I know you want more

I know that, yes…..

(I know) it was hard for you to stay
(I know) that you couldn’t walk away
(But now) I think we can give it up
(Right now)I don’t wanna push our luck

Billie Jean Is M.I.A.

Recorded: Love Juice Labs, 2003
Song Info: Off The Box Lunch E.P.
Written in 2001

She said…..

I look in the mirror and wash my face
I try and tell myself you needed space
Ya say your sorry its just a passing fling
Its hard not to watch the phone until it rings.

she said….

How can you be so thick headed?
you cannot see what’s in front of you
Will it take an act of God to make you understand?
Or do I hold your hand to prove to you?

I see ya standin’ there
Ya run your fingers through your hair
and ya stare at me
I see you stare at me
But then the feelin’ changes
I don’t know where your smile has gone
We’re back to friends again
just back to friends again

Can you tell me why I like you when you don’t act the same way I do?
Maybe one day you’ll realize what you threw away
and maybe that we will run away

Take a walk with me
I’ll show ya how great we can be
Don’t turn your head
Did ya hear what I said?
Well, I’ll give ya some time
to think it over in your mind
I have to mkae it clear
I can’t wait for years

Take a walk with me and hold my hand and I will try to make you understand

She said….

So what does it all mean?

The day I first met you
Well I thought it quite funny
Your eyes were so damn blue
Your smile was a drug, your style was money

So what does it all mean?
To find someone who makes you cry inside?
Shes got the players on her team
How could I smile when all she did was say HI?

That one day when he is gone
Ill get my chance to ask you out
And then I’ll show my colorful life

I’d like to be like you
With a rep like yours my little honey
Im not sure what I can do
Just know that I aint no fuckin dummy

So what does it all mean?
To try so hard to get the right word out
Well I wish I can come clean
I’ll give it my all but I have my doubts

That one day when he is gone
Ill get my chance to ask you out
And then I’ll show my colorful life

JonnyWas…

Recorded: Love Juice Labs, 2003
Song Info: Title track, written in 2001

Jonny was a street walker….

He travels light
ooh you should see him
Walks right past ya
You would not believe it
Lyin’ on the street corner wearin’ next to nothin’
yet he sports a smile

All the times
you bow your head and look away
Cross the street to try to get away
He can’t help but feel ashamed ‘cuz
he has got nowhere to go now!

Jonny was a street walker

He move around
to a new location
Town to town
to find his next vacation
in is ripped up jeans and tshirt
pack of smokes on the side
How about a dime?
To help him get a bus ride
Maybe a dollar
to help him stay the night
anywhere but on the cold streets
Not in an alley or the cop’s beat

Jonny was a street walker!

Let’s get marching Scooter (and start a gang)

I knew from the start that you were good for me
I felt it in my heart
I wasn’t sure that we could ever be
Pulled apart
No one could write this story
Better than it’s coming out
No one could paint a picture
More perfect than it is right now
To me you are so special
I think you are very special
You are my fucking special girl!

I knew from the start that we were meant to be
I know, you’ll be alright
Will you run away with me
I know, you’ll be alright
I know, you’ll be alright
I know, you’ll be alright

All these things you said to me
You could tell me anything

No one could write this story
Better than it’s coming out
No one could paint a picture
More perfect than it is right now
To me you are so special
I think you are very special
You are my fucking special girl!

Girl, yeah yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeahhhhh yeah yeahhhhh!

Compliment

You’ve got your hands around my throat
Now breathing is the hardest thing to do when you’re this way.
You’ve got this feeling I can’t fake.
No cry or try to take away from me
There’s still a price you have to pay.

It’s okay won’t stay
There’s got to be a better way.
I feel like slipping through the door.
It’s all right tonight you’ve got me standing in the light.
Just tell me what I’m waiting for.

You hold me up against the flames.
The hotter that it gets the more you make me want to stay.
You break the harder that I try.
I hate this feeling that you left inside.
Just help me help you get away.

It’s okay won’t stay
There’s got to be a better way.
I feel like slipping through the door.
It’s all right tonight you’ve got me standing in the light.
Just tell me what I’m waiting for.

Motel 666

Yah, I don’t know if i’ll ever see you again, yah
You looked so lost I don’t know where you’ve been
Oh Yah

Can you tell me why you ran away and made the dark your life?
Can I take you home and bring you in the light

Well you might think that should not want it to get any better,
And in a way that might be true,
But workin’ one more night will only make you better,
There aint much more you can do.

Yah, The streets are so lonely they call your name,
yah, Why would you ever want to play that game?
Oh Yah, People come and go and and get there bits of what you
offer them,
Can I take you home because you’ll never win.

Well you might think that should not want it to get any better,
And in a way that might be true
But workin one more night will only make you better
There aint much more you can do

Jump! Well its safe to say whats goin on is getting the dough,
Take it from me a middle class night for a turn about run about,
Well get your cash,
Well Motel 6 will get you nowhere,
Pack your bags your on your way,
wo wo wo
wo wo wo

Soundproof

I don’t think that this is good for you
I think that this will destroy you
But still you try
But still you try

Hello, can you hear me?
Knocking on your fucking soundproof walls
Did everything change when you left me?
Did everything change when you made it to the top?

Today-
I don’t know why
I don’t know why

Look out! Can you see them?
Patting your back as you walk down the line
Did they all forget who you once were?
Or do they surrender from time to time?

I dont think that this is good for you
I feel like this will destroy you
but still you try
but still you try

Sunny Day

All those things
You said to me
You said to me
Were they true ?
Just tell me now
Just tell me now
For once
I don’t know why I cried
I don’t know why I cried
All those times
I tried to tell you
I tried to tell you
Well, it’s all gone now
You lied to me
You lied to me
For once
I don’t know why you lied
I don’t know why I cried
I don’t know why you lied
Oh Oh !
Talk to me !
Let me see !
Just why I’m paranoid
Or what you think about
How would you allow
Something we can’t afford
I know Je sais You know
Tu sais I know we made mistakes
Mistakes !
Maybe one day we’ll learn to breathe
To breathe !

LA Water

Well here we go again
Yeah you’ve heard it all before
With this joker grin
Yeah you lose out on the floor
Oh yeah

Cheat Cheat it’s all in your eyes
Cuz you’re one of those
All you *####* are just hypnotized
By the truth you think you know

For all the times you shook my hand but couldn’t say it to my face
Well I just couldn’t believe it well

I don’t like you
I can’t stand the way you feel

You know, your life is a total waste
It may not get any better but,
You can’t break me
You can’t change the way I am

When the sun does rise
And I’m walking out the door
Sometimes you just can’t win
When you don’t know what’s in store
Oh yeah

Jean Jean I’m telling you twice
Now its time to go
All you *####* are just hypnotized
By the truth you think you know

For all the times you shook my hand but couldn’t say it to my face
Well I just couldn’t believe it well

I don’t like you
I can’t stand the way you feel

You know, your life is a total waste
It may not get any better but,
You can’t break me
You can’t change the way I am

All the times you shook my hand but couldn’t say it to my face
Well I just couldn’t believe it well

I don’t like you
I can’t stand the way you feel

You know, your life is a total waste
It may not get any better but,
You can’t break me
You can’t change the way I am…

GPK

No one said this would be easy
Take a breath and make it big
Underwater for too long
And this is all you’re gonna get
Since you wanna live forever
But nothing seems to satisfy
Is there a way to make you see?
No one else would ever try

Two steps to breaking your heart
Been dying since the very start

You’ve got a ways to go
But you don’t seem to see
You keep on turning off and on and all you get is me
Don’t try to fight this time
Don’t wanna make you scream
You keep on turning off and on and all you get is me

If this last cut could make you listen
If this last cut could make you breathe
Take this razor to my heart
To give me everything I need
Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone who cares?
Everybody’s on your side
But no one seems to think that’s fair.

Two steps to breaking your heart
Been dying since the very start

You’ve got a ways to go
But you don’t seem to see
Keep on turning off and on and all you get is me
Don’t try to fight this time
Don’t wanna make you scream
Keep on turning off and on and all you get is me

I’m two steps to breaking your heart
Been dying since the very start

You’ve got a way to go
But you don’t seem to see
Keep on turning off and on and all you get is me
Don’t try to fight this time
Don’t wanna make you scream
Keep on turning off and on and all you get is me

I’ll See You

By Brett Klorer

Moving slowly
I’m Going nowhere
I can’t figure out

Lost control
I can’t stand still
What were you all about?

Really glad you showed me
Bleeding hearts tonight
I’m not the one you wanted

Really glad I told you
Dying here tonight
I’m not the one you wanted

Scratch the surface with your nails
Don’t bother me with lies
Hold my body next to your
It’s comforting inside

Really glad you showed me
Bleeding hearts tonight
I’m not the one you wanted

Really glad I told you
Dying here tonight
I’m not the one you wanted

Will we laugh again?
Wearing me so thin
Changing thoughts from yesterday

Look into my eyes
Tell me it’s all right
Make it words from yesterday

Really glad you showed me
Bleeding hearts tonight
I’m not the one you wanted

Really glad I told you
Dying here tonight
I’m not the one you wanted

Less Than Zero

By Shane West

Everything is spinning quickly
As the sweat rolls down my face
We’re not concerned of what they’re thinking
When all they do is kick me in my place

I don’t know,
Why every time I tried a tragedy’s included
I can’t sta……y
Well someone broke my heart
Now I feel so low
Wrapped up in a web I’m hopelessly devoted

All way down
Gotta say – gotta say something
I’ve been round
Gotta say – gotta say something
Doing on my own
Gotta say – gotta say something
I feel all alone
Gotta say – gotta something

I’m on my own I’m fading faster
The pounding never breaks
Unless I try to get one passed her
I see the problems caused by my mistakes

I don’t know,
Why Every time I tried a tragedy’s included
I can’t sta……y
Well someone broke my heart
Now I feel so low
Wrapped up in a web I’m hopelessly devoted

All way down
Gotta say – gotta say something
I’ve been round
Gotta say – gotta say something
Doing on my own
Gotta say – gotta say something
I’m still all alone
Gotta say – gotta say something

Baby
You know you know you really want it
Baby
You know you wanna touch it
As you slowly slip away

Baby
You know you know you really want it
Baby
You know you wanna touch it
As you slowly fade away

Now you have me feeling less than zero
And you don’t play by the rules
All I wanted was to be you hero
Instead I play the fool

I don’t know,
Why every time I tried a tragedy’s included
I can’t sta……y
Well someone broke my heart
Now I feel so low
Wrapped up in a web I’m hopelessly devoted

Well, I feel all alone

Silhouettes

By Shane West

For all the times you were lost in the (?)
I would hope you would excuse my misdirection

(Let me help you understand)

All and all we are now on our own
I could not apologies for my indecisions

Well I would always say…
That I hope you sta……aay
Well I would always know…
That you’ll always go…..oooo

You and I should always share a…a throne
Cuz I do not want to lose that great connection

(Let me help you understand)

Time and time again we’re on our own
I could not take any more of this separation

Well I would always say…
That I hope you sta……aay
Well I would always know…
That you’ll always go…..oooo

Well I would always say…
That I hope you sta……aay
Woooo woooo
Well, I would always know…
That you’ll always go…..ooo

Woooo woooo Tell me no….ow.

Wanna Go to London

(By Shane’s dad band)

I’m gonna have a bloody good time
Get drunk on English Stout
If I don’t plan on doing something
I wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna go to London

Now can I go to London?
Now will I go to London?
So leave me mother England

Show me round your sleepy town
Where Holmes and Watson worked
And is this still Baskerville?
I wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna go to London

Now can I go to London?
Now will I go to London?
So leave me mother England

The girls all dress so sexy
The guys all lookin’ trash
And everyone is proud to be
Of the working class

WORK! WORK! WORK! WORK!

If I don’t love it – so .I’ll leave it
I’ll go to Liverpool
? —–? Brighton ???????
I wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, I wanna go to London

Now can I go to London?
Now will I go to London?
So leave me mother England

I wanna see the home of Hitchcock
It’s right down right down by that (Pip)?
If I don’t go I’ll be undone
I said if I, if I, if I, if I, if I don’t go to London
Then my life will be undone (?)

If I don’t go to London
Then my life will be NO GOOD!

This is NO FUN! (This is NO GOOD!) ?

WORK! WORK! WORK! WORK!

Not to make a _____ ?
Not to go to Waikiki
Not to Egypt or Japan