JOHN MAYER - SHOT IN THE DARK

SHOT IN THE DARK

JOHN MAYER

SONGWRITER: JOHN CLAYTON MAYER

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: SOB ROCK

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: SOFT ROCK

YEAR: 2021

 

        John Clayton Mayer(/ˈmeɪ.ər/MAY-ər; born October 16, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Born and raised in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Mayer attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, but left and moved to Atlanta in 1997 with Clay Cook. Together, they formed a short-lived two-man band called Lo-Fi Masters. After their split, Mayer continued to play local clubs, refining his skills and gaining a following. After his appearance at a 2001 South by Southwest Festival, he was signed to Aware Records, and eventually to Columbia Records, which released his first extended play Inside Wants Out. His following two studio albums—Room for Squares(2001) and Heavier Things (2003)—performed well commercially, achieving multi-platinum status. In 2003, he won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for his single "Your Body Is a Wonderland".

        By 2005, Mayer had moved away from the acoustic music that characterized his early records, and begun performing the blues and rock music that had originally influenced him as a musician. He collaborated with blues artists such as B. B. King, Buddy Guy, and Eric Clapton. Forming the John Mayer Trio, he released a live album, Try!, in 2005 and his third studio album Continuum in 2006. Both albums received positive reviews, and Continuum earned Mayer a 2007 Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. He also won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Waiting on the World to Change". That album was followed by Battle Studies in 2009, a return to pop, with a Battle Studies World Tour.

        After having several controversial incidents with the media, Mayer withdrew from public life in 2010 and began work on his fifth studio album, Born and Raised, which drew inspiration from the 1970s pop music of Laurel Canyon. However, the discovery of a granuloma on his vocal cords delayed the release of the album until May 2012, and forced him to cancel the planned tour. The album received a generally favorable reception, though was less commercially successful than his previous work. Mayer began performing as a singer again in January 2013, and that year released his sixth studio album, Paradise Valley, which incorporates country music influences. By 2014, he had sold a total of over 20 million albums worldwide. His seventh album, The Search for Everything, a loose concept album based around the theme of a romantic break-up, was released in 2017. Mayer released his latest album Sob Rock, inspired by 1980s soft rock music, in July 2021.

          Sob Rock is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Mayer, released on July 16, 2021, by Columbia Records. The single "New Light", released in May 2018, is included on the album, as are Mayer's two singles from 2019, "I Guess I Just Feel Like" and "Carry Me Away". The lead single "Last Train Home" was released on June 4, 2021, and features guest vocals from Maren Morris. Mayer toured the United States with Dead & Company from August through October 2021 and will embark on a solo tour in support of the album in 2022.

It's a hard run

Loving like we do

Takes way too long to get over you

And remember the line we drew

But call me over and I'm comin' through

 

We're searching for the night together

Where we don't fall apart

Might be now and it might be never

It's just another shot in the dark

It's just another shot in the dark

 

And I wonder what it all means

Strange conversation with you in my dreams

And I don't know what I'm gonna do

I've loved seven other women and they all were you

 

We had a run of bad romances

They always missed the mark

So close your eyes now and take your chances

It's just another shot in the dark

It's just another shot in the dark

 

I want you in the worst way

Is the gate code still your birthday?

 

If you thought you met your Casanova

And he left you with a broken heart

Remember when it's done and over

It was only just a shot in the dark

It was only just a shot in the dark

It's just another shot in the dark

It's just another shot in the dark, come on now

 

It was just another

It was just another now (It was just another)

It was just another now (It was just another)

It was just another now (It was just another)

It was just another now.