If, By Chance

from The Stories We Tell Ourselves by Grant McClintock

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This song was inspired by a conversation with Joanne Brown: one of the greatest people I've come to know in life. At one point she had 5 jobs (including leading a Girl Scout troop & working at a women's shelter).
We spoke via phone, while I was driving from Indiana to North Carolina.
I began writing the song after we hung-up with each other...

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V1) A pile of empties, and a crowded head.
Each new thought, better left unsaid.
Can't get this right, each gesture wrong.
No solace found, I sing this song.

CH) I don't know why you called,
We already know.
We cannot go back.
It doesn't work like that.
I don't know why you called.
We already know.
We cannot go back.
It doesn't work like that.

V2) A heart that's full, and an empty bed.
Mistakes of youth, a dream that's dead.
The things we need, what's on our mind.
Yet still we seek, and we don't find.

CH)

V3) The directionless, wish for a map.
Insomniacs, wish for a nap.
The things we want, that we won't get.
Yet still we try, cause we forget.

CH) I don't know why you called,
We already know.
We cannot go back.
It doesn't work like that.
I don't know why you called, (I am the thing, you miss the most)
We already know. (I am the thing, you miss the most)
We cannot go back. (I am the thing, you miss the most)
It doesn't work like that. (I am the thing, you miss the most)

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from The Stories We Tell Ourselves, released August 15, 2019
Grant McClintock: vocals & all instruments

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Grant McClintock Indianapolis, Indiana

Formerly of Indianapolis' McHalo, Square Social Circle & Unicorn Derby, and before that, Pennsylvania bands Zoom Kats & Running From Dharma: Grant has written songs since forever. While largely genera-averse, there's always his voice & usually a guitar present. His new release THE STORIES WE TELL OURSELVES drops 8/15/19. Thanks for listening!
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