Brooklyn alt-country band Karen & the Sorrows “write loss and heartbreak, a… Read Full Bio ↴Brooklyn alt-country band Karen & the Sorrows “write loss and heartbreak, and goddamn are they good at it.” (F*** Yeah, Queer Music) Their debut full-length album The Names of Things is full of “haunting pedal steel work and unvarnished heartbreak” (Bust Magazine) and was voted one of the Freeform American Roots Chart’s best debut albums of 2014. New York Music Daily writes, “Country keeps evolving and Karen & the Sorrows are taking it to a place it’s never been before, a good and creepy one.” Queer country pioneers, The Sorrows co-founded the Gay Ole Opry, the first ever queer country music festival, and host the popular Queer Country Quarterly, helping to build new community for people who love country music even if country music doesn’t always love them back.

It Ain't Me
Karen & the Sorrows Lyrics

I held on as long as I could
I was hurting but I still believed our love was good
Now you're off
Living your new life
And I want you to be happy
But sometimes late at night
I wonder

What if your heart will open up
Wider than it ever opened up before

And a new love comes rushin' through that door?
It ain't easy knowing
It won't be me

I can't complain, it's been awhile
I see you kiss her at the bar and I practice my best smile
And I know
I don't wanna know
But the question eats me up inside
And never lets me go

What if your heart will open up
Wider than it ever opened up before
And a new love comes rushin' through that door?
It ain't easy knowing
It won't be me

Guess I'll have to pack away all of this past
Like I had to pack away everything else
And I'll keep all this love to myself

What if your heart will open up
Wider than it ever opened up before
And a new love comes rushin' through that door?
It ain't easy knowing
It won't be me

Oh darling
It ain't me

Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid

Written by: Karen Pittelman

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