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1.
Never Been in Love 02:22
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I've been a lot of things But I've never been in love I've been a lot of places But I've never been that sure of myself I've met a lot of people But when push comes to shove Can you believe? Silly me I've never been in love It's not you, it's me It don't come naturally Let me be I've never been in love Don't go holding my hand Take me as I am You gotta understand I've never been in love Boy, hold the flowers and candy But rest assured Your efforts don't go unnoticed But I need more I don't need no shiny ring Don't need no fancy car Just need some time To make up my mind I've still never been in love It's not you, it's me It don't come naturally Let me be I've never been in love Don't go holding my hand Take me as I am You gotta understand I've never been in love Oh, oh, oh, It's not you, it's me It don't come naturally But don't let me be Maybe I'm in love I'll let you hold my hand But you gotta take me as I am I think I understand that maybe I'm in love Maybe I'm in love
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Lie to Me 03:03
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Lie to me Don't tell me it's over Lie to me There are worse things you could do There are worse things you have done Lie to me Tell me you love me Lie down beside me There are worse things you could do There are worse things you have done Oh, to return to those glorious days When the sun and the sky had meaning When I didn't have cry all evening over you I'm not over you That's why I need you to lie to me Lie to me Don't tell me her name Lie about where you spend your nights There are worse things you could do There are worse things you have done Still I dream 'bout those glorious days When the sun and the sky had meaning When I didn't have cry all evening over you I'm not over you That's why I need you to lie to me
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Jamie 03:11
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Jamie Why you gotta bring me down? You got me feeling so blue Why can't you relax? Jamie Why you gotta wear that frown? Don't you know? All it does is rain down on your smile Happiness looks better on you Trust me when I say you'll be ok Hey! Jamie! When you laugh the world gets brighter Wish I could make your shoulders lighter Hey! Jamie! Jamie You don't gotta be afraid Things might not go your way But that's today, not tomorrow Jamie You don't gotta run away Your past is gone You're in the here and now Happiness looks better on you Trust me when I say you'll be ok Hey! Jamie! When you laugh the world gets brighter Wish I could make your shoulders lighter Hey! Jamie! Jamie don't you look back On the things that you’re owed You don't even know what you're looking for Jamie don't you fall back On your hopes and your dreams I promise that you're always gonna get what you need Hey! Jamie! Happiness looks better on you Trust me when I say you'll be ok Hey! Jamie! When you laugh the world gets brighter Wish I could make your shoulders lighter Hey! Jamie! Happiness looks better on you Trust me when I say you'll be ok Hey! Jamie! When you laugh the world gets brighter Wish I could make your shoulders lighter Hey! Jamie!
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Gone 03:02
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Gone to the river Can't seem to get clean Gone to the river In search of Godly things Gone to the ocean But the salt stings Gone to the ocean Oh we are a messy bunch Bleeding from our hearts From our souls We can't seem to let go Of our messy hands Of our lack of self control Gone to the mountains In search of silver and gold Gone to the mountains Before we get too old Gone to the graveyard Goes our humanity Gone to the graveyard Oh we are a messy bunch Bleeding from our hearts From our souls We can't seem to let go Of our messy hands Of our lack of self control Gone are the flowers The signs of spring Gone are the flowers We are a messy bunch Bleeding from our hearts From our souls We can't seem to let go Of our messy hands Of our lack of self control
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Used to Love Me 04:41
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I remember the day The hour The minute You made the coffee But it sat there getting cold See, I never drink it Never could It’s too strong for me But that’s when I knew Something had changed You were so quiet For so long Said you’d been up for hours Said you’d been thinking About the last few days Still, you kissed me It was different But somehow the same And that’s when I knew It’s the last time you would love me The cold arrived I closed my eyes You left a gaping hole How was I supposed to know? You used to love me You used to love me I remember the days The hours The minutes We spent them on loving When the loving was fair You told me you missed me And meant it Oh, how I wish you still did I thought that I knew you But that was when you used to love me The cold arrived I closed my eyes You left a gaping hole How was I supposed to know? You used to love me You used to love me By now those days are gone I’ve stopped counting the minutes Since you left me I swear that I’m all right These days I’m better I don’t mind sleeping alone Still my mind always wanders Back to the last time you loved me The cold arrived I closed my eyes You left a gaping hole How was I supposed to know? You used to love me You used to love me
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Fallen 02:55
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It was a winter night And I was on my own You were sitting next to me And I had never felt so alone The silence filled the room But not my empty heartbeat You watched as I cried out But you never again held me We laid down in the ashes Of the world that we knew We clawed at our impurities Til our hands were black and blue We dug our own graves In the ruins of our love And in the darkness We fell The night was filled with starlight As it was in the beginning We hung our heads with shame As the fire claimed our wings We laid down in the ashes Of the world that we knew We clawed at our impurities Til our hands were black and blue We dug our own graves In the ruins of our love And in the darkness We fell It was a winter night...
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Over You 03:23
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I'm not angry at you Oh no I'm well past that point I'm not crying over you Oh no I just laughed so hard My tears got in the way I know you think I'm all torn up Thinking about the way you held me at night But to be honest, darling I like to spread out when I sleep You see I'm happy I'm free And the hold you had over me is gone Been so long since I felt like me I'm not bitter No Just don't wish you well at all I know you'd like to see me crying But I'm done with that And I'm way way over you You always liked to break my heart In fact you made it a habit To tell me you were shipping out You gave yourself far too much credit And at least you had the nerve To tell me about your "side interests" But revenge is well deserved And I won't let you off that easy For once I'm happy I'm free And the hold you had over me is gone Been so long since I felt like me I'm not bitter No Just don't wish you well at all I know you think that I'll be sorry But I'll put two fingers up And get over you It's nice to reminisce about us now and then Just like it's nice to go and chew on broken glass See but I won't go around telling everyone I know about you If only you had that much class At least I'm happy I'm free And the hold you had over me is gone Been so long since I felt like me I'm not bitter No Just don't wish you well at all I know you think it's you I'm missing It's about time you learned to listen Honey, I don't give a fuck I'm over you

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released May 13, 2018

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Abby McCarthy Bangor, Maine

Abby McCarthy is a queer singer-songwriter hailing from Bangor, Maine. Her sound walks the line between bootleg pop and indie rock. Her work is most heavily punctuated by catchy hooks, gritty riffs, and poignant storytelling.

Abby is a multi-instrumentalist who was primarily trained in piano. However, growing, she often found herself playing bass in her friends’ bands and now, her own. ... more

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