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FROM WHERE I AM

from THAT PASSED by Patrick Regan Band

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FROM WHERE I AM

(lyrics by Shannon Anderson
music by Patrick Regan)

There's a lot of people in my head
They tell me where I should have gone
They tear me up, they wear me down
As I try to make it one more time around

But it doesn't matter where you could have gone
'Cause you only go one way anyhow
You can't spread your self around
If you want to come down to the here and now

I was ashamed to write this song because
I should have written fifty more before
I was ashamed to sing my pain
'Cause I know I should've already found the cure

I was ashamed to look into your face
But everybody's got to start someplace
Too much back there to erase
I'm gonna start from where I am

When I start from where I'm not
I'm just a puppet on a string
All my words are made of wood
And wooden birds don't sing
When I start from where I'm not
I get the fog inside my head
And fifty different voices crying
Girl, do something else instead
Do something else instead

Should've studied harder back in school
Got to think faster or I'll miss my cue
Got to learn to understand the stock exchange
Got to write Grandma a nice thank-you

But I'll never get it like it's supposed to be
Never gonna go and fix it now
So I'm gonna lay it down
Give the thing a try from where I am
I'm gonna give the thing a try right from where I am

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from THAT PASSED, released January 14, 2023
Lyrics by Shannon Anderson, music by Patrick S. Regan (BMI)

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Patrick Regan Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

A songwriter and singer, I'm handy enough to be a one-man band but lucky enough to rope in great collaborators: Andy Goessling, Dave Pegg, Dave Mattacks, John Andrews, Shannon Anderson, and more.

This is one place I'm preserving and publishing the best of my songs. Look for new releases here throughout 2024.
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