It's Not All Bad - Jimbo MacKellar and Andrew McCann

jimbo MacKellar · February 22, 2019, 12:57:00 PM

This is a collaboration with Andrew McCann, frontman of the band McCann. The lyrics are his, the recording is mine.

Not All Bad

The hardest part of the dying of the light
Is being alone when you turn out the light
The empty space next to you in bed
The guilt of all the little things you left unsaid

But it's not all bad (you've still got memories to take you through the night)
It's not all bad (you've still got little things to make you feel alright)
it'sI what you had (it's all the little things that play inside your mind)
It's what you had (it's little traces that you know I left behind)

They say that time heals
But you know that time also steals
Steals all those memories and things that might have been
Burnished in copper and stowed away in your dreams

But it's not all bad (there's little memories of things you left behind)
It's not all bad (there's little tricks that get played on your mind)
It's what you had (those little things you see around you every day)
It's what you had (you know they're never ever gonna go away)

It's not all bad (there's little things that you've got floating around your head)
It's not all bad (there's little things that you will never forget)
It's what you had (those little things that float around your mind)
It's what you had (the little things that you will never leave behind)

Lyrics by Andrew McCann
Music by Jim MacKellar

SE · February 22, 2019, 06:15:23 PM

Cool blues vibe, excellent vocals and guitar, a well written tune, loved the listen!!

Farrell Jackson · February 23, 2019, 08:01:18 AM

I liked the blues style rhythm you used but you've played the chords in quite a unique fashion. Great vocals, words and guitar solo. Nicely done!

Farrell