Janiva Magness – You Were Never Mine

Blues

I saw someone again today
Who remembered me and you
They asked all the same old questions
I gave the same excuse
They said what a shame, what a shame
To lose a love so fine
But I never lost you
I never really lost you
I never lost you
You were never mine

I kept on believing
What I wanted to believe
The unspoken promises
Them that you could never keep
But it’s a sin, oh, it’s a sin to tell yourself a lie
But I never lost you
I never lost you
I never lost you
You were never mine

Did you give me all that you gave me
Just because, ’cause I needed you
But when I needed all your love completely
Was it more, more than you could do

Sometimes deep in the night
When I hold you in my dreams
I get lost in your loving touch, baby
I can’t believe how real it seems
And I know, Lord, I know
I’ll have you ’til the end of time
‘Cause I never lost you
I never lost you
I never lost you
‘Cause you were never mine

I never lost you
I never really lost you
How could I lose you
‘Cause you were never mine
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Janiva Magness (born January 30, 1957) is an American Grammy Award nominated blues, soul, and Americana singer, songwriter, and author. To date she has released 16 albums.

The Blues Foundation named Magness the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year in 2009, becoming only the second woman, after Koko Taylor, to be so honored. The award was presented by B.B. King himself and Bonnie Raitt. In 2014 she released her second album of all originals entitled Original which earned her the award for Song of the Year. Magness has earned seven Blues Music Awards with 29 similar nominations. USA Today stated, “Magness is a blues star.”

In 2019, Magness published her memoir “Weeds Like Us” and the audiobook version was released in 2022. “We get to relive her career with her, as she discovers her own talents, right up to her work with the great Dave Darling over the past decade. It’s a ride that is both thrilling and heart-breaking. But the spoiler is, we know-how it ends because we know that Magness is still producing incredible music. And she’s still a badass.” – LA Weekly’s Book of the Month, Brett Callwood. “When you’re singing “The Blues,” credibility is essential. You can talk the talk, but if you didn’t walk the walk, people can tell. Janiva Magness has been singing the blues professionally for decades, but don’t think for a minute that she didn’t get to where she is now without having a struggle with hard times. And where she is now, it’s a very good place: a highly regarded , award-winning singer and musician with an international following and a cache of critically well-received albums” – The Recoup, Joseph Kyle
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