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Loved and Lost

from Hard as Nails by Alex MacDonald

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Can the heartache of love lost point us to a greater love?

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LOVED AND LOST

I love you when I see your face
I love you in my dreams
And in my dreams you love me back
But nothing’s what it seems
This love will never give me peace
This pain will never end
Your eyes tell me you love me true
Your lips say “just a friend”

Chorus
They say it’s better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved
But they don’t have to count the cost
And learn to be unloved

I wish that I could see you now
And hold you in my arms
And I would show you what I think
Of your beauty and your charms
This longing in my heart’s a fire
That burns into my brain
It eats up all my life and soul
And leaves me in the rain

Chorus
They say it’s better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved
But they don’t have to count the cost
And learn to be unloved

I guess you’ll never know the pain
You’ve given me tonight
Or the emptiness and loneliness
That darkens all my sight

But I want you to know, my love
You’re blameless in my eyes
Your beauty and your loveliness
You never realise

Chorus
They say it’s better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved
But they don’t have to count the cost
And learn to be unloved

But is there someone somewhere else
Who loves without reserve,
Accepts me as I am and gives
The love I don’t deserve?

I’m holding out for such a love
I’m holding on like death
I’m clinging by my fingertips
Until my final breath

Chorus
They say it’s better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved
But they don’t have to count the cost
And learn to be unloved

© Alex J MacDonald

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from Hard as Nails, released November 19, 2021
Alex MacDonald - vocals and acoustic guitar
Cailean Morison - piano
Olivia Ross - fiddle

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Alex MacDonald Edinburgh, UK

Grew up in Kildonan Strath, Sutherland, where I loved the psalms and hymns and the old folk songs my father had learned from his drover grand uncle.Went on to Cash, the Clancys and Corries, Tom Paxton and Dylan. Started playing guitar and writing songs in my teens, but only started recording this century with my rock band sons! Either solo or with my band, I've played all over Scotland. ... more

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