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Quite Happy

by Ash McDaniel

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    If you purchase the album, you will get 4 bonus tracks, including different versions of 3 tracks from The Smallest Things album and a stripped-down version of "Step Into My Room."
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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of This Sad Song, I Am Not Lost, Quite Happy, Water Dancers, Live from Home: Bare Bones, Heart Shaped Path, Everything I See, and The Smallest Things. , and , .

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1.
I Am Not Lost 02:46
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I am not lost but I am not quite found I keep waiting for you to come around I keep waiting to find what I'm looking for but I'm starting to realize I don't know what that is anymore I have tried so hard to move ahead but I keep clinging to the dead It's so hard to let go when I'm still holding on To the ghost of the past to something so long gone To a ghost from the past to someone so long gone So I say help me unburden this load from my heavy heart Help me start over Help me know how to start I am not lost but I am not quite found I keep waiting for you to come around I keep waiting to find what I'm looking for but I'm starting to realize I can't wait around anymore Yes, I've finally realized I can't wait around anymore Help me unburden this load from my heavy heart Help me start over I don't know how to start I know know where to start I don't know
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Keep Seeing You 02:56
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Since I've been away Now it's only a few days There's only this single thought that's on my mind I've tried all these ways Far too many to name But this feels different to me I'm hoping you'll see That I wanna keep seeing you Wanting to all the time Don't want to give you up and have to stay away I wanna keep seeing you Wanting to all the time Never want to lose this way I'm starting to feel for you Since this whole thing started up Several weeks gone by Slowly growing surer Then you pull away I've played all these games They've all turned out the same What do I want from you Well, you're on my mind And I wanna keep seeing you Wanting to all the time Don't want to give you up and have to stay away I wanna keep seeing you Wanting to all the time Never want to lose this way I'm starting to feel for you Feel for you
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When Will I Learn? 03:06
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When will I learn not to hold onto every movement made learn to ride each one like a wave in the ocean? In the deep blue I see every wave reflected and every wave is a part of me When will I learn not to separate everyone from me learn to accept the oneness of we are all together In the deep blue I see Everyone reflected and everyone is a part of me My heart cries to join yours But you're not far away All I have to do is say Here I am And here we are And here you be with me When will I learn not to hold onto? When will I learn not to separate? And here I am Here we are Here you be with me
4.
Another Chance 03:37
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Another chance lost again Oh, sometimes I think I was wrong But one more time, how could it be? After all, it's been so long Another time, another place Oh, what do you think of me now? Another hour, another day It's hard not to think of you sometimes Would I be happier if you were here? I don't know, I'm so afraid All I know is my decisions seem to draw me nearer to you Will we find each other again? No, I don't think we will Would we trust it if we did? We can't know that we won't fail again Would I be happier if you were here? I don't know, I'm so afraid All I know is my decisions seem to draw me nearer, nearer to you
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Fitting Together 02:51
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I can't help feeling lost inside of everything I do when I'm with you And I can't help getting caught up in Everything I feel inside of me And pieces of me are fitting together so easily, and, oh, I believe I believe in what we're doing, I know that it is good We can keep it going, I really think we could You know your laughter gets me going on so strong I know my head is right this time like it wasn't for so long And pieces of me are fitting together so easily, and, oh, I believe You know I feel so good about you and me I will stay around for you, just you wait and see Oh, just you wait and see
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Hold On 03:25
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Hold on to me Hold on to me How could you leave? You're everything to me I know Each time you're near Everything is clear and I know Hold on to me Feel my skin Hold on to me Again Why would you go? There's no need to go I hope If we weren't doing this oh, wouldn't you miss me? Hold on to me Feel my kiss Hold on to me Like this Why would I leave? You're everything to me I know Please don't go There's no need to go I hope Hold on to me Feel my kiss Hold on to me Like this
7.
My Eyes 02:57
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My eyes are open but I can't wake up In the night time I am frightened of the darkness I've made up Why can't I see? These are my eyes It's as if someone's stolen them from me It's as if someone looks at everything wrongly My eyes try they see you, you're all I see But the vision that's before me is only what I think you should be Why can't I see? These are my eyes It's as if someone's stolen them from me It's as if someone looks at everything wrongly, blindly, fearfully, tearfully When will my eyes be open? And I will be the one who sees everything around me and everything inside of me clearly, fearlessly, truthfully, tearlessly
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Simple Answers 03:54
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Simple answers theoretically speaking should turn up easily, but I am so confused I turn this over and over in my mind all the implications all the time But I can't seem to put it all together The picture I see could just be fantasy Am I fooling myself? Simple answers used to turn up easy Used to be I knew what I was looking for I turn you over and over in my hands Look from every angle where do I stand? But I can't seem to put it all together The picture I see could just be fantasy Am I fooling myself? Simple answers maybe one will never come Always to be hidden, or nothing to be found But still I'll look you over with every word Try beneath the surface of what I heard But I can't seem to put it all together The picture I see it must be fantasy I'm fooling myself
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Quite Happy 02:27
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Can you take me someplace far away from my expectations and my enemies Take me on a cruise far out in the ocean where there is nothing left but romantic interlude I will show you that I am not a dangerous girl and I am quite happy Then we can board some foreign airplane and take our dreams around the world I can see that soon there will be a happy place for you and me We will find there's nothing like some good times to bring us close and keep us smiling Oh, we will have ourselves a good time if we don't let go of our attitudes And there won't be any dangerous anger if the accusations refuse to fly I can see that soon there will be a happy place for you and me We will find there's nothing like some good times to bring us close and keep us smiling
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Wait & See 02:47
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I have felt so lonely, I have been so sad I have sung so many songs where love was nothing but bad games that were played to hurt, yeah, twist the heart all around For some reason that I don't know I'm ready to lay that all down I have been so happy just being around you Talking through the night is something few can do And I've been counting my blessings & your name comes up A gift from the goddess handed to me with no strings attached to cut It's this way I feel about you I don't want to lose my hold This is something precious I know It's been so long since I have let things be I just wanna wait & see you again I've been thinking about you, figuring out things to do A little every day dreaming, the kind that just takes two And I will tell you the truth, you took me by surprise I had been so skeptical, I'd closed my heart and my eyes It's this way I feel about you I don't want to lose my hold This is something precious I know It's been so long since I have let things be I just wanna wait & see you again
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Step Into My Room 03:47
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Step into my room Sit beside my sadness Sit beside my fear If I touch your face If I kiss your lips I'm afraid I'll hurt you Step into my room Slip into my shadow Slip into my eyes Please touch my face Please kiss my lips Please whisper to me anything If I touch your face If I kiss your lips I'm afraid I'll hurt you Step into my room Sit beside my sadness Sit beside my fear
12.
Every Time 02:33
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Every time I utter the words I think they're new I think I'm saying something unique, something so true "It's different this time!" I convince myself by talking about it until I'm blue and my friends are, too Every time I start up something I feel so good "Thank god I've found my soulmate!" I foolishly conclude Don't I ever wonder about the cycles I live I think I'll keep circling awhile until the landing is clear Because I'm tired of the same old trap I'm tired of the same old pain I'm tired of never getting to the end Before I've started all over again Every time the ending comes she leaves and I die What was all the loving about, was it all just selfish cries? Don't I ever wonder about the cycles I live I think I'll keep circling awhile until the landing is clear Because I'm tired of the same old trap I'm tired of the same old pain I'm tired of never getting to the end Before I've started all over again Yes, I'm tired of the same old crap I'm tired of the same old pain I'm tired of never getting to the end Before I've started all over again Every time I utter the words I think they're new Every time I utter the words I convince myself they're true
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It Don't Matter 02:36
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It don't matter 'bout you anymore For all I care you can walk out that door You done me so wrong, I don't understand What's all this talk about some lovin' man You better go and get your head examined 'cause it's failing you, babe You done lost your brain You once said that you loved me so It was all just garbage I didn't need to know You sucked me in and then you turned me around I thought that maybe now I'd finally found a true love but instead all I got was a clown that took me for a ride Got me up and left me dry Now you got to listen to what I say You've gone plumb crazy since yesterday I can see you're pretty gone I can see you're pretty gone You gotta turn your back on that lovin' man Get the jump on him as soon as you can Before he throws you away You gotta listen to what I say It don't matter 'bout you anymore For all I care you can walk out that door You done me so wrong, I don't understand What's all this talk about some lovin' man You better go and get your head examined 'cause it's failing you, babe You done lost your brain
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It'll Always Be You, orig. ver. 01:51
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Ain't no reason to wonder You're always on my mind Ain't to reason to worry Everything's gonna be fine Ain't no one else I think of You're my dream come true If I'm gonna love someone It'll always be you

about

The first 10 tracks of this album were originally "published" in 2004 as a fun family project titled Here I Am, Again. I laid down vocals and rhythm guitar and then pretty much turned everything else over to my brother-in-law. The additional tracks were, if memory serves, recorded much later (2014?), but basically in the same way, although I think I gave a bit more input in terms of the arrangements.
My sis created the artwork and graphic design for the Here I Am, Again CD. The photo used here is not what was used on the original. This is a photo of Gil when he was a wee lad.
If the lyrics provided deviate from what I sing, it's because they've evolved over the years and I'm adding them from memory!

credits

released July 3, 2022

Ash: vocals and rhythm guitar
Gil Knight: every other track with the exception of the "space" intro and piano at the beginning of "Hold On."
Maggie Knight: artwork and graphic design, original CD

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Ash McDaniel Tennessee

I started playing the guitar and writing songs at 15 and have been at it ever since, even though I've "traveled the breadth of extremities" (Joni Mitchell, Hejira) between then and now. Here I am, again.

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