Don't You Know I'm Innocent

from A Scottish Child From The 1960s by Jim Byrne

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I've got more left-field with this song called, "Don't You Know I'm Innocent"". It is based on the experience of being stalked (a couple of decades ago) and the effects of a power imbalance in a relationship. Clearly, someone has done something wrong in this story but it's not clear who that is. What genre is it? Perhaps Indie folk-rock? Glasgow singer-songwriter Warren Macintyre provides backing vocals on the choruses.

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Don’t you know I’m innocent

I pick up a penny for your thoughts
post off a pencil printed with my name
and you asked me why
I get you so high

So I make canvas and paint it with your smile
write down all the numbers for the colours that I try
I see you back up your phone
Don’t call me at home 

Don’t you know I'm innocent
Don’t you know my crime was just to play for you
I can never be the man you see - that’s all, that’s all
And as far as all my kindness goes
I’m right behind your righteous cause 
But I cannot pay the final costs - at all

So I push in a candle, and light it for my prayers 
Post of a letter printed with the story of your tears 
Now I pick up the phone 
and I call you at home

Don’t you know I'm innocent
Don’t you know my crime was just to play for you
I can never be the man you see - that’s all, that’s all
And as far as all my kindness goes
I’m right behind your righteous cause 
But I cannot pay the final costs - at all

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from A Scottish Child From The 1960s, released January 11, 2024

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Jim Byrne Glasgow, UK

Glasgow based Jim Byrne is an accomplished folk blues guitar player and songwriter. Jim is a recording artist with Fox Star Records.

He has released 4 critically acclaimed albums since going solo in 2008. ‘The Innocent’ and ‘Every Day is Sunshine’ where particularly well received by listeners and press alike (Q Magazine, UNCUT, Maverick, The Daily Record, Folk Blues and Beyond, Spiral Earth). ... more

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