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It's Just the Night, 2003
Written by Richard Thompson, 1999
A song of proud defiance in the face of lost love. The narrator's love no longer dreams of him; the spark has gone out. But does he wallow? Has his entire world ended, as in so many other songs? No. This guy's got shiny shoes and a nice suit and he can do better. "If you don't need me there's someone else who needs me out there / She's kind and tender and one day I'll meet her I swear." This song was first released by Thompson on his 1999 album Mock Tudor in a pathos-drenched slow burn, but here Del McCoury turns it into a fast-packed bluegrass romp. Thompson sounds like he's trying to convince himself; the guy in this version means it.
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