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Always a Little Bit Sad

from Ever Ahead by Joey O'Neil

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I’m always a little bit sad

I’ve got an underlying lingering feeling
That flavours any feeling that comes along
With a bitter, icky whisper it comes creeping
Reminding me it’s been there for too long

How many times it’s tuned out my laugh-track
How often it arrives when I finally thrive
How regularly it impairs me when I’m high
And compares it to the lows of my mind

I’m always a little bit sad
I’m not trying to whine, just trying to be true
If I ain’t got too much, then I ain’t got too much to lose
It’s my whole lot in life to have a whole lot of the blues
I’m always a little bit sad

I can’t ever get knocked down off my high horse
If my horse is lying sadly on the ground
And I never understood the point of a happy song
If there’s never any sad bridge to overcome

For now, I’m far too forlorn to fight it
I’ve accepted my dejected state of being
I’m certain one day I’ll feel settled in uncertainty
Instead of uncertainty settling down on me

I’m always a little bit sad
I’m not trying to whine, just trying to be true
If I ain’t got too much, then I ain’t got too much to lose
It’s my whole lot in life to have a whole lot of the blues
I’m always a little bit sad

Not glad
I’m always just a little bit sad

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from Ever Ahead, released April 10, 2020

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Joey O'Neil Dawson, Yukon

Joey O'Neil is a critically-acclaimed Yukon folk musician bewitching audiences with hauntingly heartfelt anecdotes from a woodland life.

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