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Bob McKillop: Music

Back When I Used to Say Those Things

(Bob McKillop)
2008-04-19
Music by Bob McKillop, Words by Bob McKillop and John Coale
We all owe the people we love at least one thing - to be who we really are!

Bob - acoustic guitar, vocals /
Alan Dickson - bass /
Jeff Trippe - fiddle /
Vanessa Torres - backing vocals /
Eric Bettencourt - electric guitar /
Jason Ingalls - drums
Verse 1

You would turn around and look me in the eye
And I would lie
But I remember you believed my words were true
And baby, I believed them too
My lies were rocks to which our shipwrecked hearts would cling
Back when I used to say those things


Verse 2

You met the man that I’d been told to be
It wasn’t me
And it took you years to finally realize
You fell in love with my disguise
You never heard the secrets I was whispering
Back when I used to say those things

Bridge

One night I dreamed that you loved another man
But he left you, and I heard the front door slam
You woke up with a stranger
And I woke up to who I really am…


Verse 3

Since we split, we haven’t got along so well
But what the hell
At least now we’re dealing with reality
I piss you off authentically
The truth might hurt, but I would rather feel the sting
Than go back to when I used to say those things