I used to know. ("RPM" cassette, 1988.)

Tim Brickley

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Started in the early '80's (a snippet of the song appears in "The Secrets Greatest Hits" faux-late night TV spot video project), but not completed until a second verse was finally added circa-1986. Some living, Read more

Started in the early '80's (a snippet of the song appears in "The Secrets Greatest Hits" faux-late night TV spot video project), but not completed until a second verse was finally added circa-1986. Some living, apparently, had to occur. As Yusef Lateef once said: If you don't live it, it can't come out your horn. TB says: "Going for that acoustic minor-key melancholy of "Bus Stop" in the guitar intro, with obviously lots of Robert Smith as well." Jeff Chapin on drums, TB on everything else...

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I used to know. ("RPM" cassette, 1988.)

"She woke up with me, bent down to kiss me, asked what she could be."

 

I USED TO KNOW

(Timothy Brickley & David Rheins)

 

She woke up with me,

bent down to kiss me,

asked what she could be.

Would she be my lover,

or just another

friend in my time of need?

Would she be my own,

or be left alone

after she gave her all to me?

Oh no, it can’t be so.

I loved her but I made her go.

She took the space,

but never could replace

the love I used to know.

 

I wake up naked,

lonely without you,

single and feeling old.

What happened to our passion,

in what direction

have our two lives gone?

Is it a lesson learned,

or just a dream deferred?

Where has life left us after all?

Oh no, it can’t be so.

I loved her but I made her go.

She took the space,

but never could replace

the love I used to know.

 

                                                                                                   Copyright 1981, Timothy Brickley & David Rheins

 

Jeff Chapin: drums.

TB: bass, acoustic/electric guitars, synthi, vox.

 

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TB and Renee, DR's NYC apartment, 1988