2025 Competition Entry:

Evangeline by Eddy-J

Genre

Rock

Artist

Website

Co-writer(s)

no

Performer(s)

Me, Mike Jacobs, performing the original and overlapping guitar and vocal tracks, with a drum machine.

Description

Evie left us 8+ years ago. We thought she was in remission, but the cancer returned and took her within 4 days. She was a beautiful wife, mother, teacher, and friend.

Bio

Lyrics

Evangeline (Still Life)
A…
Bereaved, there’s this window troubling me
A… G A
that left me here to see – what life’s like living without you
A…
If I’m free, why must I keep on running?
A… G A
As if to punish me, as if I had it coming?

C A
Oh Evangeline, you left me here to see
C A
Oh Evangeline, what life’s like here without you
A…

Brought to my knees, now how can I keep loving?
A… G A
All know eventually – this must amount to something
A…
If life’s so sweet, won’t you tell me one thing
A… G A
Except for memories, how’d I end-up here with nothing?

C A
Oh Evangeline, yeah there’s this window troubling me
C A
Left me here to see, what life’s like living without you

BRIDGE …A

A…
Now I’ve seen – my whole world come crumbling
A… G A
Rather have it be, than to see you suffering
A
Let it be, if I’m drunk and stumbling
A… G A
Don’t pity me, closer to the end I’m fumbling.
A…
CHORUS: Evangeline…

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