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Dedicated to my father Seán Callaghan. Dad always said that there were was too much electronic racket in my production, so I prepared a song for him that was all acoustically derived.

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Looking back from the mirror
I reflect and you're reflecting too
Every day I was your mirror
Now you're in mine, can I change you too?
So remember your Shakespeare
To thine own self be true, dear
And I want it to be perfect
But nothing ever is
And I ask
Is this what love means?
And does it really matter?
And is this what love means?
And do I have to say?
Worry lines, every wrinkle,
Fading hair, reclaim my face as mine
In my smile and in my dreaming
You are there, we're combined
Be it ever so humble
There's no face like mine
Whether past or the future
I am fighting time
But I try
And is this what love means?
And does it really matter?
And is this what love means?
And do I have to say?
Every day I will look back
And on the wall you'll back at me
In a crowd all the people
Look my way, whose face do they see?
Ever the showman
Leave 'em wanting more
And although I don't know it
Who could love you more?
And I know
And is this what love means?
And does it really matter?
And is this what love means?
And do I need to say?

credits

from John Callaghan's Cortical Charabanc Vol 2, released August 4, 2021
Banjo: David Wade Evans davidwadeevans.bandcamp.com
Clarinet: Hypnotique www.youtube.com/user/misshypnotique
Bass: Namtao namtao.com
Violin: Jenny Cobb
Vocals: Elizabeth Yates, Louise Jones

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John Callaghan UK

John Callaghan is an unusual songwriter / performer of thoughtful and spiky electronica from Birmingham (UK).
More of his songs can be found at bleep.com/artist/153 (the stuff on Warp Records, basically, including "I'm Not Comfortable Inside My Mind").
He is 173cm tall, weights 73kg and has a blood pressure of 110/60Hg. ... more

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