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John Paul White

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there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say, stay in there, I'm not going
to let anybody see
you.
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I pour whiskey on him and inhale
cigarette smoke
and the whores and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that
he's
in there.
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say,
stay down, do you want to mess
me up?
you want to screw up the
works?
you want to blow my book sales in
Europe?
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too clever, I only let him out
at night sometimes
when everybody's asleep.
I say, I know that you're there,
so don't be
sad.
then I put him back,
but he's singing a little
in there, I haven't quite let him
die
and we sleep together like
that
with our
secret pact
and it's nice enough to
make a man
weep, but I don't
weep, do
you?
bluebird
charles bukowski

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Member Since: 11/17/2005
Band Website: johnpaulwhite.net
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Record Label: Capitol Records
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Abbey Road

Well, one more dream realized. Yesterday we cut at Abbey Road Studios in jolly olde London. I have to say it was rather surreal. So many records that helped form the artist I am now were cut in the ve...
Posted by John Paul White on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:47:00 PST

Making The Record

We began rehearsals on December 27 at EMI Publishing Studios in Nashville, TN. Spent 5 days with the likes of Paul Moak (guitar, piano, kitchen sink), Ilya Toshinsky (guitar), Victor Broden (bass), Wi...
Posted by John Paul White on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:30:00 PST

OC Soundtrack

I recently recorded a cover version of the ELO song "Can't Get it Out of My Head" for the OC Soundtrack that comes out tomorrow Dec. 5th.  The song will also appear on the show in an as yet ...
Posted by John Paul White on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:17:00 PST

FAME

      When I was growing up, FAME Recording Studios was "the place where the Osmond Brothers recorded" (quoting my dear mother). And at that age, they were a lot cooler than Aretha Fran...
Posted by John Paul White on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:32:00 PST

mike hedges

No more casual flirting. No more one night stands. I'm off the market. Hitched. Who's the lucky guy? Me. Who's got their work cut out for them? Mike Hedges.     Yes, that Mike Hedges. The C...
Posted by John Paul White on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:03:00 PST

The Curse of the Great Smoltz

I'm a Detroit Tigers fan. There. I said it. I have been for as long as I can remember. I was probably the only kid in all of Alabama that begged to wear the number 3 because of Alan Trammell. My dad p...
Posted by John Paul White on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:56:00 PST

¡Hola Motorola!

I feel like I've just had a midlife relationship upgrade. My new love is thinner, faster, sexier, and costs a lot more. I also never know where it is. It's my new cell phone. Actually I'm more of a w...
Posted by John Paul White on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:28:00 PST

the mother of all blogs

The Mother Of All Blogs:Or: The mother of all blogs written by me. The matriarch. The one that will begat all that follow. The one that will look upon its offspring with hope but will be continuously ...
Posted by John Paul White on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:17:00 PST