Even When It Isn't

from Dear Companions by Adam McGrath

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EVEN WHEN IT ISN'T

Do you remember me?
Like I remember you?
Are you forgetting things?
Like I’m supposed to?
Are you doing fine?
I hope you are
I can still hear you singing
With me at the bar

I wanna say your name but I can’t bear it
cause you’re too far, too far to hear it
but its ok its better just to listen
I say its ok even when it isn’t

Did you find another?
Was he a better man than me?
It wouldn’t be hard to believe
It wouldn’t be hard to see
I tell you though I did my best
Even when I did my worst
I guess I’m as equally blessed
As I’m forever cursed

But being ok it’s a relative thing
But Isn’t that something I’d say
In a song I’d sing
If you went away
But then you went away
I guess it’ll be ok
Even when it isn’t

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from Dear Companions, released December 21, 2022
Music and Lyrics Adam McGrath

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Adam McGrath Christchurch, New Zealand

Adam McGrath is a folk singer stationed wherever he can get a key! Described by RNZ as a “National Treasure” and the Herald as “NZ’s toughest minded songwriter”. He has shared stages with and opened for Fleetwood Mac, Steve Earle, Old Crow Medicine Show, Paul Kelly, Jimmy Barnes and many more. At once raucous and tender, McGrath goes straight for the spirit level in all of us. ... more

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