Justin Hayward
Justin David Hayward (born 14 October 1946) is an English musician best kno… Read Full Bio ↴Justin David Hayward (born 14 October 1946) is an English musician best known as songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist for the rock band The Moody Blues. In 2018, Hayward was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alongside the Moody Blues.

Hayward was born in Dean Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, and educated at Shrivenham School in Berkshire and the Commonweal School in Swindon. He was playing in several bands as early as age 15 when he bought his Gibson 335, a guitar that appears on nearly all of his records throughout his career, and a Vox AC30 amplifier. All previous guitars were "unsatisfactory" and required modification. He performed with local Swindon groups in clubs and dance halls playing mostly Buddy Holly songs. One of Hayward's early groups was All Things Bright, which opened for The Hollies and Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. At age 17, he signed an eight-year publishing contract as a songwriter with the skiffle artist and record producer Lonnie Donegan, a move Hayward later regretted, as it meant the rights to all his songs written before 1974 would always be owned by Donegan's Tyler Music. In 1965 he answered an advertisement in Melody Maker and auditioned as guitarist for Marty Wilde and he went on to work with Wilde and his wife in The Wilde Three.

For the most part, Hayward has used a red Gibson ES-335, though he also uses other guitars in both performing and recording, including a 1955 Martin D-28 "Dreadnought", a James Olson six-string acoustic, a black Guild acoustic, a Squier Stratocaster (essentially an inexpensive Fender Stratocaster, as Squier is a subsidiary of Fender), a Fender Telecaster, a blonde Guild 12-string acoustic (tuned to "open C" for "Question"), and in 1967 a black Gibson Les Paul. Between 1965 and 1968, he was without his Gibson 335 and relied on other instruments, most notably a 1964 Fender Telecaster and a hand-built 12-string guitar he had renovated for Donegan (he eventually bought this guitar from Donegan's widow). However, in an interview included on the Lovely to See You concert DVD (2005), Hayward says the 1963 Gibson 335 has been with him since 1967. Recently, he has played a Collings D3 on stage and on recordings. Among other instruments, Hayward also played mandolin on A Question of Balance and sitar on In Search of the Lost Chord.

Written at the end of one love affair and the beginning of another, the song "Nights in White Satin" was, according to Hayward, "in adoration of all women". Hayward married model Ann Marie Guirron on 19 December 1970. His daughter Doremi, who sings on the track "Raised on Love" on Hayward's 1977 album Songwriter, was born on 3 December 1972.

In 2013, Hayward spoke of his learning Transcendental Meditation in 1967, along with other members of the Moody Blues.
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Justin Hayward Lyrics


A Face In The Crowd Life is a struggle Baby you got to choose Hear the call…
A Whiter Shade of Pale Brooker-Reid We skipped the light fandango, turned cartwh…
As Long As the Moon Can Shine Batt I must have known that it existed but I couldn't…
Bedtime Stories Lay along side me beautiful lady Dark as the blackest hour…
Billy Billy left home one morning, he walked right out the…
Blackbird Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken win…
Blue Guitar Blue Guitar Blue guitar, Fortune of my ways Making of my day…
Bright Eyes Batt Is it a kind of dream, Floating out on the tide, F…
Broken Dream One more illusion shattered, one more broken dream Oh, that …
Captivated By You I saw the moon rose over the rooftops last night And…
Children Of Paradise Like the crashing of a wave On the shores of consciousness W…
Country Girl No deposit, no deposit No return, no, no return Knew I had,…
Crazy Lovers I know that you know that we know As plain as…



Doin They tell me that the sun comes up every morning They…
Forever Autumn The summer sun is fading as the year grows old And…
God Only Knows B. Wilson-Asher I may not always love you But long as th…
Goodbye Over and over I keep going over The things that you said The…
i Why worry? It's alright, I'm with you through the night,…
I Dreamed Last Night Oh, I dreamed last night I was hearing, hearing your voice A…
I Heard It I was driving down a lonely highway As the sun went…
I'm Sorry Why don't you write me Call me on the phone Send Western…
In The Beginning In the beginning there was love around our lives In the…
In Your Blue Eyes Across the sky so clear so frozen And the sea so…
Is It Just a Game The world is a lonely place But I soon found out That…
It Beyond the tears Behind her eyes She feels the need To ratio…
It's Cold Outside Of Your Heart The harder I try seems the further I fall The deeper…
It's Not On Beyond the tears Behind her eyes She feels the need To ratio…
It's Not Too Late You say to me, why can't it be Just like it…
Its Not On Beyond the tears Behind her eyes She feels the need To ratio…
Land Of Make Believe living in a land of make-believe And trying not to let…
Lay It On Me I get a yearning when the sun goes down To hold…
Lazy Afternoon As the sun begins to fade On a lazy afternoon And the…
Learning The Game Learning the game Learning the game Hearts that are broken …
Lost and Found I was lost I was wandering in the dark I was searching…
MacArthur Park Spring was never waiting for us, girl It ran one…
Man of the World Shall I tell you about my life? They say I'm a…
Marie We're waiting for the sunrise Marie Marie. We're standing…
Maybe Maybe Maybe I'm wrong To go on thinking, to sing my song …
Maybe It Just like you I'm searching Always looking past horizons Not…
McArthur Park Spring was never waiting for us, girl It ran one…
Moving Mountains The cool of the evening The strange unknown of the night The…
My Brother My brother If you could cast a little light on someone It's…
Nearer To You Nearer, nearer to you I found that it's true that I'm…
Night Flight We were two lonely travelers In the sky that night Two lonel…
Nights in White Satin Nights in white satin Never reaching the end Letters I've wr…
Nights Winters Years Pain, sorrow, tears Long, lonely years With love Having pass…
Nostradamus Do you ever get the feeling That it's all coming true And…
On The Road Standing at the crossroads Something’s got to come my way …
On The Road To Love Standing at the crossroads Something’s got to come my way So…
One Again Why worry? It's alright, I'm with you through the night,…
One Day Upside down and inside out Repeatedly defeated I've been me…
One Day Someday Upside down and inside out Repeatedly defeated I've been mes…
One Day, Someday Upside down and inside out Kicked in the head and out…
One Lonely Room One lonely room Nobody there Nobody sits In one lonely chair…
Out There Somewhere [Repeat x2] Somewhere, somewhere Somewhere, somewhere Somewh…
Penumbra Moon Standing in the moonlight I saw you standing in the moonlig…
Promised Land They came from nowhere, with nowhere else to go, They…
Rail Way Hotel We went to the room and we bolted the door, The…
Railway Hotel We went to the room and we bolted the door, The…
Raised On Love We won't be sleeping on our own tonight The star that…
Remember Me You don't need to ask me if I'll be your…
Saved By The Music When you're swallowing all your pride Do you need somewhere …
Scarborough Fair Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary a…
Shame Everywhere I go, I see our shame Everywhere I go, all…
Silver Bird I can understand The rain that falls Waves that crash upon t…
Something To Believe In Little brother's got a habit That he thinks he's getting…
Sometimes Less Is More This time I'm not gonna go so crazy I'm not gonna…
Songwriter Tried to sleep Woke up dreaming Guitars screaming In the …
Stage Door A long way we have traveled Just to see your name…
Stairway to Heaven There's a lady who's sure All that glitters is gold And she'…
Suitcase Sometimes when I'm dreamin' And I'm far away from home I kin…
Take Your Chances The secret that you keep Is hidden way down deep I see…
The Actor The curtain rises on the scene With someone chanting to be…
The Best Is Yet to Come Where did we go wrong We had all the magic to…
The Eastern Sun Let me be on a mission to your heart On a…
The Lights Are Low The lights are low And the music now is slow And we…
The Promised Land They came from nowhere, with nowhere else to go, They…
The Story In Your Eyes I've been thinking about our fortune And I've decided that w…
The Tracks of My Tears People say I'm the life of the party Cause I tell…
The Way of the World I took a walk Down by the prison wall I didn't know I…
The Western Sky Isn’t it a strange world? With you and me Gazing at each…
This Morning As the dawn is breaking on your future my child Is…
Tightrope Yes I used to walk the highwire every night Yes I…
Troubadour I was only a little boy when I heard the…
Tuesday Afternoon Tuesday afternoon I'm just beginning to see Now I'm on my wa…
Vincent Starry, starry night Paint your palette blue and gray Look o…
Watching and Waiting Watching and waiting For a friend to play with Why have I…
Way Of The World I took a walk Down by the prison wall I didn't know I…
What You Resist Persists The ghosts of the past have always haunted me All of…
When You Wake Up Now as we speed a little faster through the stars To…
Whiter Shade of Pale We skipped the light fandango turned cartwheels 'cross the f…
Who Are You Now Who are you now First love of mine If you could see You'd…
Who Knows Sometimes I find myself searching As I walk the streets all…
you You don't even know my name Time was when you would Take…
Your Wildest Dreams Your Wildest Dream The Moody Blues (Justin Hayward) Onc…


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