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It Should've Been You

from Autumn 2011 Sampler by Brendan Ryan

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Written and recorded by Brendan Ryan in Braintree, MA during the fall of 2011

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Take a look my way
A single sided highway
where I find the constant sight
from left to right ain't there

Cause I live each week on the chances
that you've got no better plans and
though I never think to ask
and I never even show I care

The same thought comes to me no matter where

It should've been you sitting by me
It should've been you on the phone
It should've been you just rockin while riding shotgun
on that night's long way home
It should've been you cross the table
It should've been you cross my way
But it never was and yet every time I say
It should've been you.

Always just one seat left to the right
Like an invisible reservation sign
That is just right for you
and yet you just have no clue
And that void will stay on since
I rely entirely on the conincidence
that those between us will fill in all the ties

But how rare these tares will tie

(chorus)

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It should've been you tagging along now
It should've been you to make this a pair
There should probably be somebody else, but there's nobody else
so why the hell are you just not there
It should've been you instead of the others
It should've been you fancy or plain
Cause at the end of the night, I always find myself sayin'
It should've been you.

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from Autumn 2011 Sampler, released November 1, 2011
Copyright Predictable Publishing

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Brendan Ryan Braintree, Massachusetts

Raging from the South Shore of Boston, Massachusetts, Brendan Ryan (21) combines his musical influences ranging from The Beatles and Ben Folds to Kanye West and John Mayer making a wide collection of toe-tapping yet thought-provoking guitar and piano-based pop. ... more

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