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Voice in Your Ear

from Perfect Fit by Patrick McAvinue

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about

Have you ever had somebody shoot down your art immediately? I started this song in Jan 2014. I was told that it wasn’t worth finishing. The song is about listening too much to outside opinions. I’ve learned to follow my own intuition and inner voice.

Patrick-mandolin & lead vocal, Audie Blaylock-tenor vocal, Scott Vestal-banjo & baritone vocal, Cody Kilby-guitar
Bob Mummert-drums, Alex Lacquement-bass,
Sean McComiskey-accordion

lyrics

From birth we are told
live fast 'til you're old.
For the time will come to act,
and to be bold.
My fears of being left behind
have made me reach out to find,
the steps of life are hard to align.

Chorus
When a face in the crowd
becomes a voice in your ear
telling you how to live, and how to love,
look down your path through the woods and the vines,
and see that you'll always have a friend.

I was acting insane,
and my friends felt the same.
What they could see
they wouldn't dare to explain.
Being under your thumb
with nowhere to run,
and what you said to me can't be undone.

Chorus

We push for the best,
some settle for the less.
Is that really just the way that it goes?
I'm sorry I told you
that we'd make it through
all those years now we know
we'll never have.

I'll take back my ring,
or keep the damn thing.
(It) just reminds me of mistakes
that need to go.
Because time has shown to me
how unhappy we'd be,
it we hadn't chose our separate ways.

All my hurt set aside,
I've finally hit my stride.
For a new love has entered my life.
She's tender and sweet,
and I hope you both meet.
You never know -
she might say, "yes,"
and be my wife.

Double Chorus

credits

from Perfect Fit, released July 12, 2019
©McAvinue Music, BMI
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Scott Vestal at Digital Underground, Greenbrier, TN
Additional recording by David Nachodsky of Invisible Sound Studios Inc., and Mario Palumbo of Omni 1 Productions in Baltimore, MD

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Patrick McAvinue Annapolis, Maryland

Patrick McAvinue is highly regarded in the world of traditional music. He's an International Bluegrass Music Association award-winning artist, known for his technical skill, versatility, and distinctive approach to the fiddle. In addition to his career in the United States Navy Band, he is a founding member of Baltimore, Maryland’s roots quartet Charm City Junction. ... more

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