"Originally a demo recording handed over to me some 20 odd years ago. I've held onto it in vice like grip, hoping that one day I would be able to cover it. That day has come. From one of my favorite all time songwriters Don Hawkins.
lyrics
I go crazy
Sometimes when I'm alone
And I thinks things
That really aren't my own
I'm so desperate
I reach for the telephone
For someone to save me
When I'm sinking like a stone
Then you're there even when you're not there
Then you're there even when you're not there
Always like a spark in the distance somewhere
You're still there even when you're not there
I'm awakened
From the longest dream
And I'm shaking
The fear is gripping me
Why can't this be easy
Why can't there be some way around
I'm so trapped by
All the secrets I have found
Then you're there even when you're not there
Then you're there even when you're not there
How can you be both a circle and a square
You're still there even when you're not there
This is what I know
This is what I know
Don't ask me how I know
There's this language
That I don't understand
In between the lines
It slips right through my hands
Certain, I'm frozen where I stand
Listening gently
As every sentence lands
Then you're there even when you're not there
Then you're there even when you're not there
Always like a spark in the distance somewhere
You're still there even when you're not there
Then you're there even when you're not there
Then you're there even when you're not there
How can you be both a circle and a square
You're still there even when you're not there
Words and Music by Don Hawkins
credits
from It's Personal,
track released November 11, 2018
Vocal: Gail George
Acoustic guitar: Don Hawkins
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