Taking On Water - John Mayer

Download the mp3: http://www.sendspace.com/file/qajhu1

At his Irvine, CA concert on 7/27/08 John Mayer introduced the song "Taking On Water" in it's entirety to the audience, after only posting a few seconds a few months back on his "Take Your Fans To Work Day."

Lyrics:

On a sailboat I am
slowly floating nowhere
Lost the memories of where I am and why

Black ocean churning
a million stars are burning
planetariums were right about the sky

Once upon the day I set off on the journey
Wishing on the wind take me far from home
Now I'm on the waves
And I'm taking on water, hard to see,
I won't always be alone

There was a time when August sun was high and centered on me
but it dipped behind my back and settled down
Used to square up to the land, used to size it in my hand
but it fell behind the line that meets the sky

Once upon the day I pushed off on the journey
Wishing on the wind to take me far from home
Now I'm on the waves
And I'm taking on water, hard to see,
I won't always be alone

Inside this storm whipping in the wind
my sail is torn
In other words, the ends are never not my own

Hard to see I won't always be alone

On a sailboat I am
slowly floating nowhere
Hoping someday I wash up on someone elses shore...

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[cheatingenius07]

@geezloueeze oops

...maybe it means he feels like he's not in control with his own destiny?

[kikstartmyx3]

noooope. im pretty sure its on his new album.

[cheatingenius07]

well....it's not. i already have the CD, and it's not there...and either way the official tracklisting was released a few weeks ago: 1 Heartbreak Warfare 2 All We Ever Do Is Say Goodbye 3 Half of My Heart (featuring Taylor Swift) 4 Who Says 5 Perfectly Lonely 6 Assassin 7 Crossroads (Robert Johnson cover) 8 War of My Life 9 Edge of Desire 10 Do You Know Me 11 Friends, Lovers or Nothing

[adamsimonsmusic]

This is the stuff that should be on the top of the music charts, not lady gaga and owl city. This is beautiful.

[GabrielleLife]

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[karmiquebelle]

Great recording! Thank you for posting!

[MrHomieslice24]

@cheatingenius07 i think kikstar means his new album like now after battle studies

[ogameidentity]

@wolf9140 I have to disagree. He makes more profound stuff now, e.g. New Deep, Great Indoors, Why Georgia, Slow Dancing in a Burning Room, Heartbreak Warfare, Gravity, Clarity, Belief, Stop This Train.

I think he's past his Your Body is a Wonderland days.

[BJNMsince042389]

nothing more to say but to just like john videos and click like to every perfect comments of viewers .

[wolf9140]

@zach2589 a lot of Mayers songs are about sex and drugs.... just from a more spectacular aproach.

[maryscool45]

spent the whole day dreaming of being at the coast and wondering if i made a mistake moving to where i did. felt out of control. then i find this... john mayer works always.

[maryscool45]

spent the whole day dreaming of being at the coast and wondering if i made a mistake moving to where i did. felt out of control. then i find this... john mayer works always.

[fredredfredred]

who thinks thisll be on his next album, "born and raised"?

[s0lost]

The 4 people who disliked this, obviously did not click play...