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Another Song I’ll Never Sing

The songbook

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr. Listen to the recorded versions and follow the lyric below.

Original Doug Heyes lyrics · AI-generated music & vocals

I wrote it with you in the room, even when you weren't there. Now the words wait where I left them, and I can't quite bring myself to pick them up. Funny how a love song can outlive the love and still have nowhere to go. I keep reaching for the beginning. It keeps asking why.

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Recorded versions

3 recordings. Different voices and arrangements bring another side of the song into the light.

Lyrics

Another Song I’ll Never Sing

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr

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ANOTHER SONG I’LL NEVER SING

Another song I'll never sing
The one I wrote for you
Tried to give you everything
And you tore my heart in two
I turned around and you were gone
It was the end of our love song
Like it wasn't anything
Another song I’ll never sing

One more time before you go
Why was I the last to know?
Why did you come through my door?
Why’d you promise so much more?
I turned around and you were gone
It was the end of our love song
Like it wasn’t anything
Another song I’ll never sing

Another sad goodbye
Instead of a lullaby
Another time to wonder why
Why love always makes us cry
If it’s time to fade away
I just don’t know what to say
I would have had it
Any other way

I have seen it all before
All is fair in love and war
I did not know what to do
When I saw it come from you
Is there something I should know
Before I let you go?
Should I go or should I stay?
Or just turn and walk away?

Another song I'll never sing
The one I wrote for you
I tried to give you everything
You tore my heart in two
I turned around and you were gone
It was the end of our love song
Like it wasn't anything
Another song I’ll never sing
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