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You Knew What I Was Looking For Before I Did

by Andy Fitzpatrick

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1.
I don't know why I get so down Living high above the town With all of life’s amenities Taking care of all my needs I don’t know why I get caught up In little things that don’t add up To all that much when pulled apart But that’s too late when it’s blown your heart Sometimes it feels like a dying Sometimes it feels like a dying I don’t know why I can not sleep I lie awake digging deep Into the promised land that was never found I don't know why I get so down Sometimes it feels like a drowning Sometimes it feels like a drowning I don’t know why I can not sleep I lie awake digging deep Into the promised land that was never found I don't know why I get so down
2.
I’m no stranger to loneliness Loneliness won’t leave alone Spent my life seeking happiness Happiness wasn’t at home Take my hand and walk me through that door Take me to somewhere I’ve never been before I’m no stranger to this old town This old town is getting me old Crossed the water for peace of mind Peace of mind and lost my soul Take my hand and walk me through that door Take me to somewhere I’ve never been before I’m no stranger to loneliness Loneliness won’t leave alone
3.
You gotta get yourself help Before you go under You gotta get yourself help Before you fall asunder You’ve lost too many days With your masks and and your parades You gotta let them dogs out They is barking at your heels You gotta see tomorrow Where the sun will forever shine Don’t you believe in tomorrow And the last of summer wine Just like mother’s pride You got nothing to hide but the devil inside
4.
When I fell in love with you There was nothing I could do You were pulling me under Under the water I had a dream I couldn’t swim And the sky was caving in It sounded like thunder It tasted like slaughter When I fell in love with you There was nothing I could do You were pulling a number I was chasing disaster Like a needle in a groove There was nowhere I could move I was stuck in a circus I was searching for laughter Now you ask me how I feel Now its as clear as steel I couldn’t find reason And I couldn’t find pleasin’ It felt like sabotage Emotional sabotage
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A song within a song Which rang out all night long I couldn’t hear the tune From staring at the moon It sounded familiar But couldn’t quite place it Kept playing again From the start A dance within a dance Which held me in a trance I couldn’t bear to see What stood in from of me And if I had a voice I would Tear your heart out with a song
7.
I got time for no one And no one’s got time for me I sit hear staring At the lonely sea Far out on the horizon I could hear the sirens scream Did the sun get in my eyes then Or was I blinded by a dream I do declare I’m down I swear And I can’t believe What’s becoming of What’s becoming of me I live in a big house But it’s caving in on me Nowhere left to go to There’s nowhere I want to be I do declare I’m down I swear And I can’t believe What’s becoming of What’s becoming of me
8.
It’s raining I know and it sure looks bad As I’m passing thru my home town It couldn’t be worse if I was stuck in a hearse Dressed up in a silken gown Don’t let the weather, don’t let the weather Don’t let the weather get you down Obit’aries read straight out of bed Over the morning tea And leaving some bread on top of the garden shed For the birds to make it back to sea Don’t let the weather, don’t let the weather Don’t let the weather get you down Play, play come out and play Before you wish your life away Sing, sing what can you sing You wouldn’t stand a round in the ring The face in the cloud looks like the Turin Shroud And it’s becoming abundantly clear As mama would say in her peculiar way You’re up the paddle with no creek I fear Don’t let the weather, don’t let the weather Don’t let the weather get you down
9.
No more sad songs Or going mad songs Enough of those songs From now on Why hesitate you Go on, go on you What is wrong you For so long It’s a new day each and ev’ry morning It’s a fine day to begin You can take it, as far as you can make it It’s a new day again You’ve been going Around in circles You’ve been losing Your mind If you let you Step outside you It may surprise you What you find It’s a new day each and ev’ry morning It’s a fine day to begin You can take it, as far as you can make it It’s a new day A new day each and ev’ry morning It’s a fine day to begin You can take it, as far as you can make it It’s a new day again
10.
You knew what I was looking for Before I did You saw something inside of me You saw the dream that I hid Behind an eternal summertime Each day repeating a pantomime You knew what I was looking for Before I did You gave me courage I never knew I could possess Strength to admit I had been untrue Lord, help me, now I confess Yes, I have left so much behind Searching for something I couldn’t find You knew what I was looking for Before I did
11.
I know the darkness inside I know the pain it can hide I know there’s much to be done I know we’re all on the run You gotta believe You gotta believe I know I have been weak I know I’ve kissed every cheek I know the high and the low I know when there’s nowhere to go You gotta believe You gotta believe When there’s no way out When you can’t break through When you’re lost in doubt Without a point of view I know I know You gotta believe You gotta believe
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credits

released February 11, 2021

Recorded in Dublin and Youghal, Co. Cork, Ireland - August 6th to September 3rd, 2019

Andy Fitzpatrick - vocals, classical guitar, electric guitar, banjo, bass, piano, organ, keys, percussion, drum programming

Additional recording in New York City:

Jamie Alegre - bass on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, body drums on track 3, backing vocals on track 9, percussion

Mark Marshall - electric guitar on tracks 4 and 10

Mixed and mastered by Matthew Basile at The Hooper, Brooklyn, NY

Cover painting - “The Sea" by Lily Brockie

Produced by Andy Fitzpatrick and Jamie Alegre

Words and Music by Andy Fitzpatrick © 2021 (ASCAP)


Thank you: Jamie Alegre, Matthew Basile, Mal Blackie, Colm Clancy, Lindsey Freeman, Mark Marshall, Will Merriman, Ronan Quigley and Paul Walsh


For Mary and Dermot




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