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Except For Losing You

from My History Of The North by Leslie Rich

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I wrote this shortly after losing my Father-in-law in 2015. I was thinking about a great cat I once had and how everyone, or everything we lose, leaves an indelible mark, no matter how large, or small. This is for everyone we lose and that keeping them alive inside us, is a choice we can make.

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Did you hear they’re coming back
It’s as if they never left us, as if they never left anyway
They come back every single day
And my chest feels so alive
My chest it also hurts, my chest it also hurts
Oh, I could die
Inside they’re so alive

Did I leave you
Did I leave you all behind
Or, did you leave me
Did you leave me here to die
And if you’re thinking that I’m running
Oh, well, you might be right

Did it come, did it go
Did I rescue your soul

I never meant to fly away
Least-ways not without you and I always made excuses
Up to now
Of how I never had a choice
But if I could write to you
This is what I’d say, this is what I’d say, I’ve no regrets
Oh, except for losing you

I was nothing. I was nothing without you
There’s no excuse now, let’s try to understand
And you’d cry, you’d cry, and say you’re so alone
Oh, and I, and I, and I’d come running home
I was always there
I’d still be if I could

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from My History Of The North, released August 11, 2018
© Leslie Rich (ASCAP) 2018

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Leslie Rich Minneapolis, Minnesota

Belfast born singer-songwriter, Leslie Rich grew up listening to a mix of punk, acoustic songwriters and traditional Celtic music. Inspired by artists like Luka Bloom and Throwing Muses, Leslie became a hard working solo performer in the bar scene. He founded the Rocket Soul Choir in 1994, mainly as an acoustic response to the heavy, guitar-driven, Irish bands cropping up at that time ... more

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