Name: All I Can Give You (single)
Duration: P00H05M24S
Description: In the wake of a love that has ended, the singer still harbours dreams and ideals for that relationship, and finds emotional release in composing and offering this song about it.

All I Can Give You (single)

by Brian Campbell

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In the wake of a love that has ended, the singer still harbours dreams and ideals for that relationship, and finds emotional release in composing and offering this song about it.

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ALL I CAN GIVE YOU music & lyrics by Brian Campbell © reg. SOCAN

If I could give you all a man could dream for you
It’d be quite simple, a house, maybe by the sea
And enough love and laughter to make you happy,
These if I could would be my gifts for you

But I can only give you this song
I can only give you this song

If I could share now all I long for
It’d be a moment of pure embrace with you
That easy joy we once lived together
When rich with our company
Was our solitude

But I can only give you this song
I can only give you this song

I’d gladly open this life for you
Peel away the layers of mystery
Give you a paintbox of a million colours
To paint anew the mountains, the valleys
The forests and the sea
Our own sea . . .

It is certain now with facile expression
I might even win you back with these verbal bouquets
But in the end, I’m only me and you are you
With our wounds, our anger, sorrow of these days

So I can only give you this song
Oh I can only give you this song
Oh I can give you this song
Oh I can give you this song
Oh I can give you this song
I can give you this song
This song
This song
This song
This song

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released July 23, 2020
Music, lyrics, guitar, voice: Brian Campbell
Arrangements, sound engineering: Martin Bennett. Recorded at Studio Loco, Montreal

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Brian Campbell Montreal, Québec

Brian Campbell is a song-poet, dexterous finger-stylist, and impassioned, heart-felt singer. A widely published poet, Campbell has several critically acclaimed collections to his name. On stage he is relaxed and natural, an entertaining storyteller who spellbinds with his songs. He performs regularly, mostly in the Montreal area. To learn more about him, see campbellmuse.com ... more

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