Name: The Big Sad
Duration: P00H03M47S
Description: "The Big Sad" is a phrase that a friend of mine used on her blog. It stuck with me, so I stole it and named a song after it. With that title the natural thing would be to write something a bit dark but that wouldn't fit with this record. So it's a song about loyalty instead.

The Big Sad

from Hits in a Perfect World by Dave and the Not So Daves

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"The Big Sad" is a phrase that a friend of mine used on her blog. It stuck with me, so I stole it and named a song after it. With that title the natural thing would be to write something a bit dark but that wouldn't fit with this record. So it's a song about loyalty instead.

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Sometimes you think too much
About the world in which you live
Sometimes you give too much
Until there’s nothing left to give
Sometimes you care too much
Until it all becomes a drain
Sometimes you feel too much
Until there’s nothing left but pain

And that’s when it hits you
That’s when it gets you

I will be there when the big sad closes in
When you need someone to help you smile again
I will be there, I will be there
I’ll be there for you my friend

Sometimes it’s overwhelming
This life you didn’t choose
It’s always hard to tell when
You’re the one to sing the blues
You put your best face forward
To please everybody else
But sometimes you push so hard
You forget to take care of yourself

And that’s when it hits you
That’s when it gets you

But I will be there when the big sad closes in...

And when the sun stops shining
And your blues all turn to grey
I’ll be right by your side
To get you through the day

Because I adore you
I’d do anything for you

I will be there when the big sad closes in...

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from Hits in a Perfect World, released November 11, 2016

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Dave and the Not So Daves St. Louis, Missouri

David Brink has been in and around the St. Louis music scene since the early 2000s. Dave and the Not-So-Daves is his first solo project.

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