2025 Competition Entry:
We Make Love Happen by John DeYoung
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Genre
Folk
Artist
Website
Co-writer(s)
no
Performer(s)
John DeYoung – Guitar, Bass, lead & harmony vocals. Bill Jones – Guitar/harmony vocals. Chris Smith – Guitar, slide guitar, harmony vocals.
Description
I wrote this song when my wife was gone for an extended period of time in Australia visiting her son.
Bio
John DeYoung
John DeYoung has been writing, recording and performing music nearly all of his life. As an adolescent he sang in choirs and ensemble groups at church and in high school, and played folk and rock music for various functions. Throughout his career he has played a variety of styles of music in venues from small intimate clubs and private functions to concert stages.
In the 1970’s John began playing professionally and spent many years making his living in the club circuit from San Diego to Santa Barbara. John has opened concerts and shared stages with the likes of Missing Persons, John Hiatt, Marc Cohn, Maria McKee, Debra Davis, Arlo Guthrie, David Lindley, Jesse Colin Young, Albert Lee, and many others.
John completed his first solo album in 1997, entitled “Envisage”, for which he played all the parts, sang all the vocals and recorded and engineered it himself. In January of 1999, John formed the musical group called “Naked Hearts” and they have recorded two albums, and continue working on new material for future albums. In 2006, John composed and recorded music for the play “The Great Election,” as well as other sound tracks for John Stark Productions.
In March of 2011 John immersed his full creative efforts into “Johnny Canuck”, a musical play and one-man show written by Jovanka Bach. While preparing for the role of “Johnny Canuck”, John studied and recorded the traditional folk songs and original lyrics written into the play and composed the music for eight of the plays sixteen songs. These recordings resulted in a soundtrack album of the plays collection of songs that includes one of John’s original songs translated into French. The show opened in August of 2011 at the University of New Mexico’s Experimental Theatre and was then taken to Canada in September and October of 2011, playing at theatres in Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto. All of the performances have received favorable reviews. John continues to write and record his original music and it is available on CDbaby, iTunes, Amazon and most other download sites.
www.johndeyoung.net
John DeYoung has been writing, recording and performing music nearly all of his life. As an adolescent he sang in choirs and ensemble groups at church and in high school, and played folk and rock music for various functions. Throughout his career he has played a variety of styles of music in venues from small intimate clubs and private functions to concert stages.
In the 1970’s John began playing professionally and spent many years making his living in the club circuit from San Diego to Santa Barbara. John has opened concerts and shared stages with the likes of Missing Persons, John Hiatt, Marc Cohn, Maria McKee, Debra Davis, Arlo Guthrie, David Lindley, Jesse Colin Young, Albert Lee, and many others.
John completed his first solo album in 1997, entitled “Envisage”, for which he played all the parts, sang all the vocals and recorded and engineered it himself. In January of 1999, John formed the musical group called “Naked Hearts” and they have recorded two albums, and continue working on new material for future albums. In 2006, John composed and recorded music for the play “The Great Election,” as well as other sound tracks for John Stark Productions.
In March of 2011 John immersed his full creative efforts into “Johnny Canuck”, a musical play and one-man show written by Jovanka Bach. While preparing for the role of “Johnny Canuck”, John studied and recorded the traditional folk songs and original lyrics written into the play and composed the music for eight of the plays sixteen songs. These recordings resulted in a soundtrack album of the plays collection of songs that includes one of John’s original songs translated into French. The show opened in August of 2011 at the University of New Mexico’s Experimental Theatre and was then taken to Canada in September and October of 2011, playing at theatres in Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto. All of the performances have received favorable reviews. John continues to write and record his original music and it is available on CDbaby, iTunes, Amazon and most other download sites.
www.johndeyoung.net
Lyrics
We Make Love Happen
Well You’ve been gone just a little while, but I sure do miss you
Sometimes I get so lonely, but you know I’ll be true
And even though you’re ten thousand miles away from me
I can feel your presence by my side and then I see….
We make love happen
Well the last few weeks have been a trial
Oh, aint it so
Drivin’ out across that desert to old New Mexico
The wind did blow, the days were cold & the nights were long
And I couldn’t wait to get back to you where I belong
Where we make love happen
Well, Friday night we stayed up late, workin’ so very hard
It seems those feelings come out stronger
When you’re away so far
‘Cause every time I pick up this guitar and start to play
Emotions fall like rain, and then I say….
We make love happen
2000 John DeYoung
www.johndeyoung.net
Well You’ve been gone just a little while, but I sure do miss you
Sometimes I get so lonely, but you know I’ll be true
And even though you’re ten thousand miles away from me
I can feel your presence by my side and then I see….
We make love happen
Well the last few weeks have been a trial
Oh, aint it so
Drivin’ out across that desert to old New Mexico
The wind did blow, the days were cold & the nights were long
And I couldn’t wait to get back to you where I belong
Where we make love happen
Well, Friday night we stayed up late, workin’ so very hard
It seems those feelings come out stronger
When you’re away so far
‘Cause every time I pick up this guitar and start to play
Emotions fall like rain, and then I say….
We make love happen
2000 John DeYoung
www.johndeyoung.net
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