Written by Amanda McCarthy

I had the pleasure of being asked to write a very special song for a couple that reunited after being separated for decades. Their love story is truly something out of a movie. When this woman approached me about writing this song, I asked her to tell me some specifics about their circumstances and some thoughts and feelings she had on their time apart and how she felt as they were finding each other again. I used those thoughts to put together phrases that were specific and personal to their story. I got to perform this song for them right before Christmas and recorded this demo so they could hold on to that memory. 


Hey, how ya doing? It's been a while
Haven't forgotten a thing
The years gone by couldn't age your smile
How 'bout we go for a drink?

Looking back on when I called you mine
I guess some things just won't fade with time

(Chorus)
I believe in second chances
I believe that what we had was true
I don't believe in coincidences
I think deep down inside I always knew
That life would come around just in time
To bring me back to you

The seasons cycle and then they go
The joy and pain were no oversight
Being with you is like coming home
So familiar, but feels so right

Maybe you and I could reignite
As history and future align

(Chorus)

First love, last love
Is it true love? I don't know love
All I know love
Is that I found you again, I found you again

(Chorus) x2

Back To You (Acoustic)

Written by Amanda McCarthy

Staring up at the sky
From the bottom of a hole I dug myself
Heaven knows I'm alive
But I'm living up a pity party in the hell

Of my own four bedroom walls
Blankets and pillows are my only friends
But a little voice calls
Saying "it's not over yet"

I gotta give one last shot, one last shot
I know I'm losing everything I got
But I believe in one last, one last shot

Kicking off all the sheets
And I'm making up with my anxieties
Breaking bread with the past
'Cause I don't know nothin' if I don't know peace

So excuse me if I sound
Like I'm preaching to an empty lonely church
It's pathetic, I know
But the alternative is worse

I gotta give one last shot, one last shot
I know I'm losing everything I got
Sick of being all the things I'm not
I gotta give one last shot, one last shot
I know I'm losing everything I got
But I believe in one last, one last shot

And all of the demons that brought me down
So low can all go and fuck themselves
I'm in for a hell of a ride
But I owe it to myself

I gotta give one last shot, one last shot
I know I'm losing everything I got
Sick of being all the things I'm not
I gotta give one last shot, one last shot
I know I'm losing everything I got
But I believe in one last, one last shot

One Last Shot (Demo)

Multi-genre singer & songwriter
Nashville based, New England raised
www.amandamccarthy.com

Amanda McCarthy

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