Has It Really Been A Year

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Freeman · Has It Really Been A Year?

Recorded live through the amp in the van at 'The Groove House'

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Has it really been a year

Since the love affair that never was?

I thought the need would disappear

But now I sit and wonder “why, oh why?”

I used to look at you and want to shout

Now I wonder what the fuss was all about

Once my life was crystal clear

Then you came and smashed to shards of glass

Curiosity and fear

Now I sit and wonder “why, oh why?”

Could it be you never were the one for me

You never were the one for me

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Now I sit and wonder “why, oh why?”

I used to look at you and want to shout

Now I wonder what the fuss was all about

Maybe it was just a phase

Now I'm looking through a crystal glass

Memories so hard to erase

Now I sit and wonder “why, oh why?”

Could it be you never were the one for me

You never were the one for me

So has it really been a year?

Has it really been a year?

The Story of 'Has It Really Been A Year'

Looking back and reviewing things on their anniversaries is always a good cathartic thing to do I've found. This song puts into words the thoughts of once such review back in the early 90s

The song was originally written in G but the melody was too high to sing in that key so I never did much with it at the time. A few years later I played the tune to my mate Hynesie and he, inspired, wrote the lyrics for 'Intra City' to it, and the melody worked well in G for that song, so once again 'Has It Really Been A Year' got left by the wayside.

But I always liked the song and so another decade later I dug it out during 'The SuBtles' sessions and we did a live studio take of it (very badly sung). Once I figured out that I could probably actually sing it if I changed the key to 'D' it once again stood a chance of getting a decent demo, which finally arrived another decade later at The Groove House, Portugal in 2018 Smegorian!

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