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Little Fish

from Could've Been King by Blair Packham

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More musing about my "career", and about my dad, too, who had just passed away. (The Toronto Star liked this one, calling it "an elegy worthy of Eliot or Beckett". Funny how I usually remember the bad reviews, but that one stuck with me this time)

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Blair Packham

Little fish, little pond
Forgotten but not gone
Coulda been a mighta-been
But never-was he was

Water turns steel to rust
Dreams undreamt turn to dust
A picture fades a thousand ways
Regret burns on so bright

What might have been
Might have been nothing at all
If you never climb
You never have to fall

Take a step, then step back
Suspicious it’s a trap
Reward yourself for risking what
Was never yours to lose

Lie awake in the night
Your hopes at least as bright
As all the stars that wink and fade
With the coming dawn

What might have been
Might have been nothing at all
If you never climb
You never have to fall

Little fish, little pond
Forgotten but not gone
Coulda been a mighta been
But a never-was he was
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© 2002 No. 1 Imperfects {SOCAN}

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from Could've Been King, released January 31, 2004
Blair Packham, acoustic guitar and vocal. Doug Elliott, Hammond bass pedals. Kevin Fox, cello. Engineered by Colin Nairne and assisted by Mike Rogerson. Recorded at Baker Street, North Vancouver, BC, Canada. Mixed by Jeremy Darby at Canterbury Music, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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New album "The Impossible Dream" coming soon! Thirteen years after 2004’s “Could’ve Been King," Blair Packham returned with a collection of clever and heartfelt songs, called “Unpopular Pop.” A bit Beatle-y, with shades of Elvis Costello, Blair’s songs are undeniably all his. He made the record at home and then called on Ron Sexsmith and ex-Barenaked Ladies’ Steven Page to make vocal appearances. ... more

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