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Walk Away I'm Okay

Little By Little

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Dear Fans,

I am so sorry for the late delay of the kick start of this tour. As most of you know 10 months ago, I , Jojo was kidnapped by the person that caused me constant fears through out these last few years. He's in jail now and hopefully I'm done with him now it's off to my next chapter. So I'm here announcing that the day September 14 of this year there is going to be a show, stay tunned to my tweets or the rest of Mocking Bird and Stay Fresh my little tunes!

Jojo Haner ~


September 14th

The crowded halls of the concert hall was insane as a figure in a long sleeved hoodie made its way towards where the backstage door was. Security let them through with the flash of a pass and face recognition.

"You shouldn't be out there." the guard said shaking his head as the figure pulled their hood down. Bright blue eyes gleamed back at the guard.

"I had to see this craziness first hand." the boy said waving at the guard and walking towards the dressing rooms.

"I CAN'T DO THIS." a voice cried out from the room.

"Jojo calm down, you can do this you've been planning this whole thing. You know your dad and the others are behind you on this." CiCi said as she watched her pacing friend as the blue eyed boy opened the door.

"And you have me, I'm going to be up there with you Jo." he said crossing to the pacing brunette, placing his hands gently on her shoulders making her stop and look up at him.

"But Leo I didn't think they would fill the entire stadium up." she whispered

"Their behind you JoJo, they've missed the Mocking Birds." Leo said with a grin.

The door opened to show Eric with Dan behind him. "The stage is ready and it's five minutes JoJo , lets get you in place, we'll get in place too." Eric said with a grin.

JoJo let out a shaky breath before nodding and walking towards the stage and towards a lowered level where a baby grand sat waiting for her on a lift. A kiss on the cheek from Leo and she watched as he dissappeared to the top level. JoJo looked up at the darkened stage hearing the mummering of the crowd before she sat atop the bench and nodding over to the tech and the entire stadium went dark and screams of excitement went through out the crowd. The lift slowly lifted the piano and JoJo as she began the key strokes and the spotlight found her sitting

"2am; where do I begin,
Crying off my face again.
The silent sound of loneliness
Wants to follow me to bed.

I'm a ghost of a girl that I want to be most.
I'm the shell of a girl that I used to know well.

Dancing slowly in an empty room,
Can the lonely take the place of you?
I sing myself a quiet lullaby.
Let you go and let the lonely in
To take my heart again.

Too afraid to go inside
For the pain of one more loveless night.
But the loneliness will stay with me
And hold me til I fall asleep.

I'm a ghost of a girl that I want to be most.
I'm the shell of a girl that I used to know well.

Dancing slowly in an empty room,
Can the lonely take the place of you?
I sing myself a quiet lullaby.
Let you go and let the lonely in
To take my heart again.

Broken pieces of
A barely breathing story
Where there once was love
Now there's only me and the lonely.

Dancing slowly in an empty room
Can the lonely take the place of you?
I sing myself a quiet lullaby
Let you go and let the lonely in
To take my heart again."


At the last note the spotlight went out again as the cheers grew louder. JoJo stood up and took the mic from the stand on the piano and walked where the rest of the band was standing as the next song was set to begin. The lights lit and the song started with Leo, CiCi and Eric playing and Dan came in shortly after. I was still walking around the stage.

"Well I've packed my bags
I'm moving on
Yes I've been waiting far too long
Cuz living with you is like a hole in the head
I know that I'll soon be better off
Cuz living with you is like a hole in the head
I know, well I know

That I don't care about anyone
You know that I'm better off (better off)
Well I don't care about anyone
You know that I'm better off


Oh I've explained
Get off my back
Far too long that I've lost track
Cuz living with you is like a hole in the head
I know that I'll soon be better off
Cuz living with you is like a hole in the head
I know, well I know

That I don't care about anyone
You know that I'm better off (better off)
I don't care about anyone
You know that I'm better off


This is as good as it gets
And you know that
"

JoJo knelt down next to some fans and made a couple of funny faces before getting up and going towards Leo and Cici.

"
I don't care about anyone
You know that i'm better off, better off
I don't care about anyone
You know that I'm better off

I don't care about anyone
You know that I'm better off
I don't care about anyone
You know that I'm better off

I don't care about anyone
You know that I'm better off
I know that I'm better off.
"

Leo ended the song before passing the guitar to a tech and getting a different one as Jojo came to stand in front of the whole band.

"Hello Everyone." Jojo said with a grin. The crowd screamed. "Thank you all for coming here today. I'm sorry for the lateness and the guessing games but we all wanted to keep the low down even though I think this stadium is sold out."

"Oh it is." CiCi said with a grin.

"Anyways I'd like to introduce ourselfs, this lovely creature here with her long locks of brown is CiCi one of the guitarists." Cici did a little rift as the crowd cheered. "Too the left of CiCi is Leo the stand in Mocking Bird guitarist."

"Also her man." Cici coughed into the mic making the crowd whistle and yell.

"Next is this beast Eric!!" The crowd screamed again. "And then Dan on the Drums! And I am JoJo and we are Mocking Birds and I would like to thank you all for coming tonight!!!" Jojo said as the notes to the next song started. "Lets take it down a bit again shall we?"

"There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch, it's bringing me out the dark
Finally I can see you crystal clear
Go 'head and sell me out and I'll lay your ship [shit] bare
See how I leave with every piece of you
Don't underestimate the things that I will do

There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch
And it's bringing me out the dark

The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it, to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

Baby, I have no story to be told
But I've heard one on you
And I'm gonna make your head burn
Think of me in the depths of your despair
Make a home down there
As mine sure won't be shared

(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
The scars of your love remind me of us
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it, to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart inside of your hand
But you played it, with a beating

Throw your soul through every open door (woah)
Count your blessings to find what you look for (woah)
Turn my sorrow into treasured gold (woah)
You'll pay me back in kind and reap just what you sow (woah)
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
We could have had it all
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
It all, it all, it all
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)

But you played it
You played it
You played it
You played it to the beat.
"

The crowd loved it as Jojo finished. "She's an idol of mine I just had too." she grinned

40 minutes later

"Well everyone this is going to be our last song, hope you all like it."

The lights dimmed mostly to where Jojo was sitting with Leo on some stools with microphones in front of them. Leo started to strum and Dan started his tapping.

"Now don't you be afraid
We can always talk about
No need to medicate
Cause I know you're strong without it
You got me through the days
When I thought I couldn't face it
Let me count the ways
The love we have you can't replace it

Just hold on, I'm not that strong

There's a little piece of heaven
Right here where you are
The fact that you keep trying
Is what sets you apart.
Help me find the reason
And I'll help you find the way
To get rid of all your pain
Little by little, day by day


Now, you're far away
And I'm alone to cry about it
It's not a better place,
When you die and leave me here to say

Hold on, I was never that strong

There's a little piece of heaven
Right here where you are
The fact that you keep trying
Is what sets you apart.
Help me find the reason
And I'll help you find the way
To get rid of all your pain
Little by little, day by day


You'll get stronger
If you need me, I'm not far away
So, just hold on
I'll help you find a way
I'll help you find the way

There's a little piece of heaven
Right here where you are
The fact that you keep trying
Is what sets you apart.
Help me find the reason
And I'll help you find the way
To get rid of all your pain
Little by little, day by day


Little by little, day by day."


The crowd cheered as Jojo stood up and grinned, the light glistened and you could see tears gather in her eyes. "THANK YOU EVERYONE!!" She said in her mic as the lights dimmed.

Next day

JoJo sat curled up on the couch her head on Leo's shoulder as E news popped up on the screen.

"Rock group Mocking Bird has released a hiatus statement earlier this morning after last nights amazing performance. We hope to see them come back into the music scene later down the road." the announcer spoke with a smile as a photo of the performance last night popped up in the corner.

"You sure this is what you need Jo?" Leo asked as he brushed her bangs back.

"Yeah I think we all need it or we won't be okay in the long run."

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Song List

Christina Perri ~ The Lonely
Theory of a Deadman ~ Better Off
Adele ~ Rolling in the Deep
Theory of a Deadman ~ Heaven (little by little)