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"The old Victrola at my grandmother's house always had something by Ralph Stanley or Flatt & Scruggs on it. Add to that a certain fondness for 'train songs', with just a dash of Carl Perkins and a smidgen of Chet Atkins, and this is what you get. Love to you, wherever you are, Tony. Written in October of 1995." - Brian

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Gossip and rumour followed you around
Malicious innuendo spreading all over town
I took a detour from loneliness
"Stay away," they said, "from that one ahead,
He might as well be dead."

We sat together alone in the crowd
Affectionate invitations were made within the hour
I knew from the first you were not like the rest
The scars and the lies that we'd burie3d inside were like a puzzle, a perfect fit

CHORUS
Drag queens in the doorway saying
"He's a loaded gun"
Your spirit calling out to be
I know you're the One
Shot through to the soul. I'm in love.

So back to my place we made our way
Where a piece of my heart I freely gave away
I've never loved so strong, I've never been so afraid
My defenses down I finally found the other half of Me

You held me tightly your breath against my neck
We talked about love in the darkness and sex and life and death
I knew going in our love would be brief
Pulled apart by confusion and art, by career and disease

CHORUS

And if you should pack up and leave on the next train
I'll be with you every step of the way
If not in body then in soul and in mind
We're united 'till the end of time

An eye toward the future and one on the past
Delicious recollections of every kiss, every glance
Through joy and misery we walk hand in hand
Together as one till the living is done
Giving everything we can.

CHORUS

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from Hanging On For Dear Life (The 20th Century Demos Volume 1), released October 26, 2000
All words and music by Brian McKnight (ASCAP), Tragical Mirth Music
Copyright 1998
Recording copyright 2000

Produced by Brian McKnight
Engineered by Phil Mehaffey

Joshua Gartland: background vocals
Brian McKnight: guitars, drums, piano, bass, tambourine, vocals

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The Baker Street Irregulars Chicago, Illinois

Somewhere between Plastic Ono and Rolling Thunder, THE BAKER STREET IRREGULARS bring an LGBTQ twist to the classic folk/folk rock/indie milieu. Brian McKnight – the singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist at the center of this one-man-band – enlists the aid of the occasional musician (thus the irregular line-up) to record original songs that are at once deeply personal and entirely universal. ... more

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