{"id":1035,"date":"2007-07-06T12:02:04","date_gmt":"2007-07-06T16:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=1035"},"modified":"2007-07-06T12:02:04","modified_gmt":"2007-07-06T16:02:04","slug":"john-mayer-3rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/john-mayer-3rd\/","title":{"rendered":"john mayer + 3rd row = good times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/07\/06\/john_mayer_7507.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"John_mayer_7507\" alt=\"John_mayer_7507\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/07\/06\/john_mayer_7507.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a>Most of you are probably saying, &quot;<strong>Great&#8230; <em>another<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/catching_fireflies\/2007\/02\/just_10_rows_fr.html\">John Mayer post<\/a>&quot; but I couldn&#8217;t resist showing off my shared stage moment (albeit on a video screen)with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnmayer.com\/\">Mr. Mayer<\/a>.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Xm3wL95YnZ0\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<p>I just happened to be taping the first song that turned me on to John, <strong>No Such Thing,<\/strong> when Mr. Video Man scanned our row&#8230; what are the odds?<\/p>\n<p><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/AsS_tiGIW2s\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite moments is when he played <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Continuum-John-Mayer\/dp\/B000H0MKGK\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1\/102-4049849-9690535?ie=UTF8&amp;s=music&amp;qid=1183737382&amp;sr=1-1\">Stop This Train<\/a> during the encore.&nbsp; I love love love the lyrics&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>No, I&#8217;m not colorblind<br \/>I know the world is black and white<br \/>Try to keep an open mind<br \/>But I just can&#8217;t sleep on this tonight<\/p>\n<p>Stop this train<br \/>I wanna get off<br \/>And go home again<br \/>I can&#8217;t take the speed it&#8217;s moving in<br \/>I know I can&#8217;t<br \/>But honestly, won&#8217;t someone stop this train?<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t know how else to say it<br \/>Don&#8217;t want to see my parents go<br \/>One generation&#8217;s length away<br \/>From fighting life out on my own<\/p>\n<p>So scared of getting older<br \/>I&#8217;m only good at being young<br \/>So I play the numbers game<br \/>To find a way to say that life has just begun<\/p>\n<p>Had a talk with my old man<br \/>Said &quot;help me understand&quot;<br \/>He said &quot;turn sixty-eight<br \/>You renegotiate&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Don&#8217;t stop this train<br \/>Don&#8217;t for a minute change the place you&#8217;re in<br \/>And don&#8217;t think I couldn&#8217;t ever understand<br \/>I tried my hand<br \/>John, honestly we&#8217;ll never stop this train&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Once in awhile, when it&#8217;s good<br \/>It&#8217;ll feel like it should<br \/>And they&#8217;re all still around<br \/>And you&#8217;re still safe and sound<br \/>And you don&#8217;t miss a thing<br \/>Till you cry when you&#8217;re driving away in the dark<br \/>Singing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stop this train<br \/>I wanna get off<br \/>And go home again<br \/>I can&#8217;t take the speed it&#8217;s moving in<br \/>I know I can&#8217;t<br \/>Cause now I see I will never stop this train<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/john-mayer-3rd\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/john-mayer-3rd\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of you are probably saying, &quot;Great&#8230; another John Mayer post&quot; but I couldn&#8217;t resist showing off my shared stage moment (albeit on a video screen)with Mr. Mayer.&nbsp; I just happened to be taping the first song that turned me on to John, No Such Thing, when Mr. Video Man scanned our row&#8230; what are the odds? One of my favorite moments is when he played Stop This Train during the encore.&nbsp; I love love love the lyrics&#8230; No, I&#8217;m not colorblindI know the world is black and whiteTry to keep an open mindBut I just can&#8217;t sleep on this tonight Stop this trainI wanna get offAnd go home againI can&#8217;t take the speed it&#8217;s moving inI know I can&#8217;tBut honestly, won&#8217;t someone stop this train? 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