Brian Campbell

Lyrics

IF YOU'RE EVER AROUND

If you're ever around
My neighborhood
Consider dropping by
If I'm in
I'll let you in

If you're ever around
Where I happen to live
I won't be mad, nor scared
I'll let you in
I'll let you in

I'll have new songs, and stories
and jokes and anecdotes to tell
And show you some old choice photographs
I hope like old friends we once were we'll find plenty to
laugh about And talk old times
Over a bottle of wine
Over a bottle of wine

How sorrow turns
into joy
And joy such sorrow becomes --
I hope the anguish we suffered, dear,
Has made you sweeter and lovelier still
Yes, lovelier
Than when we were so young --
I hear you're now with another man
Who's doing far better than
Far better,
Dear God I hope than I could have done
Than I could have done

Me, I'm alone, biding my time,
learning the hard lessons of a chosen solitude
reading books and taking notes and taking long walks
reflecting on some of life's incertitudes
Whenever the pangs of loneliness
Get to be too much
I've only to think on the times I spent with you
On the times I spent with you

So if you're ever around
My neighborhood
Consider dropping by
If I'm in
I'll let you in

If you're ever around
Where I happen to live
Knock on my door
I'll be glad to let you in
To let you in
To let you in
To let you in
To let you in

Whatever state I'm in
Whatever state I'm in

Brian Campbell: music, lyrics, nylon string and midi guitars
Pierre Sainte-Marie: arraignments, midi percussions and keyboards programming, sound design, electric guitar, sound engineering