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I Wish I Coulda Loved You

from To Be Young Again by N Jay Burr

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Origins date back circa 1996. While rooting around through some ancient paperwork, I found a print-off of this as yet unfinished lyrics to a song. Fast forward to Jan 2021, I wrote the music in about 5 minutes.

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I Wish I Coulda Loved You

It ain’t the ashtray that I’m fillin or the whisky I’ve been spillin
Gonna fill the time I’m killin over a heart that ain’t for you
I know how long you’ve waited over love anticipated
For something that was fated, perhaps destined to be true

You’re still standing at the station with that same old destination
And your wild investigations, but you haven’t got a clue
you see them rolling wheels and you want to make a deal
Well I know just how you feel, but there ain’t no room for you

I wish I coulda loved you, wish I coulda cared
I wish I coulda loved you, still see you everywhere

Now put your cards on the table if you’re ready and your able
The ones in your hand babe and that ace up your sleeve
The hurtin that you feel is not your bones beneath the wheels
Just the love you tried to steal that was never meant for you

Got my guitar at my side babe, walking down the road
No matter how I tried, I couldn’t take the load
No matter I pushed babe, no matter what you’d say
We just didn’t have the touch, it was a game I couldn’t play

I wish I coulda loved you, wish I coulda cared
I wish I coulda loved you, still see you everywhere

I’m running through the shadows, I see you here and there
I’m not lookin back, babe but I’m wondering why I care
Now I’m just another stranger on another lonely street
With another little secret that I don’t want to repeat
But nothin counts for nothin, as far as I can see
I am a part of you, you are are a part of me... and

I wish I coulda loved you, wish I coulda cared
I wish I coulda loved you, our hearts would’ve be spared
I wish I coulda loved you, no time for truth or dare
I wish I coulda loved you, but I always was too scared

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from To Be Young Again, released April 7, 2021
N Jay Burr: acoustic guitar, bass, vocals. Chris Altmann: electric guitar. Jim Casson: drums, percussion.

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N Jay Burr Hamilton, Ontario

Stories unfold by a professional musician turned songwriter. I play a lot of instruments. In the Covid19 summer and winter of 2020 and 2021, I performed and recorded these songs for my 2 solo albums. I hope you enjoy.

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