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The Night
03:40
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Verse 1
BRING ON THE NIGHT
'COS I’M ALL ALONE
BRING ON THE NIGHT
I JUST NEED YOU HOME
LOOK OUT OF MY DINING ROOM WINDOW
WHAT DO I SEE
THE VOID WHERE YOU ONCE WERE
NOT LONG AGO
Verse 2
BRING ON THE NIGHT
THE DAYS ARE SO LONG
BRING ON THE NIGHT
BACK WHERE YOU BELONG
YOUR TERM OF DUTY IS OVER
YOUR TIME IS UP
RED EYE WILL BRING YOU BACK,
BACK IN MY ARMS
Outro
I'M ALL ALONE
I'M SO ALONE
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2. |
Riot In My Heart
03:47
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I think it was a Monday
In the summer of 77
She was only 17
I was not much more
Standing in a doorway
Looking for a class
Friends or lovers, either way
This friendship was to last
[Chorus]
I think it was a Tuesday
Well it’s actually most days
Friendship was the outcome
But that is still OK
Married and with families
But living separate lives
Friends for ever all the same
I still get misty eyed
[Chorus]
I think it was a Thursday
About 25 years on
Sitting in an airport
I just picked up the phone
Staring out the window
Of a hotel room that night
Talked and talked for hours
Everything felt right
[Final Chorus]
Chorus
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There was a riot in my heart
Worlds were torn apart
A wonderful adventure
Friends for ever more
A riot in my heart
Explosions of a kind
Feelings running rampant
And a riot in my mind
Final Chorus
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There is a riot in my heart
The true love of my life
Finally together
We live as man and wife
There’s still a riot in my heart
And explosions of a kind
Feelings running rampant
And a riot in my mind
Feelings running rampant
And a riot in my mind...
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Bunyip
05:48
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Bill was a lean and wiry bloke
Been droving sheep for 20 years
He'd seen it all on the Victorian tracks
But never had he seen the likes of this
As the sun was setting in the west
And the last rays glinted on the water
He thought he saw some movement
And then he lost two sheep
Quiet as you like it was
Not a struggle or a splash
Just a ripple on the water
And they were gone
But I've seen this all before
Last month up at Murchison
Just as dusk was falling
A young boy was there, and then he'd gone
Quiet as you like it was
Not a struggle or a splash
Just a ripple on the water
And the young boy was gone
Some say it's just in your head
Some say it's a trick of the light
But I know what it really is
It's the ancient Aussie beast
Diprotodon be damned
It's not a hippo or a manatee
It has a thousand Aussie names
But to me it is the Bunyip
Quiet as you like they are
Not a struggle or a splash
Just a ripple on the water
And you are gone
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4. |
Serenade
03:50
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The soft cry from an oboe rises
To slowly pierce my soul
And remind me of my childhood
A once strong figure
Slowly paces throughout the room
A presence of stature and strength
Pain consumes me as I float into the music
In his wake a void is filled with memories
of music spreading through our home
He becomes the sounds around me
He conducts to life
The softness of the winds
He animates the story
Reaching deep into his heart, he explodes with passion
He shares with us the composer’s song
Father, I see your arms
Outstretched, eyes closed
And softly swaying to Mozart’s Serenade of Winds
Pain consumes me as I float into the music
In his wake a void is filled with memories
Of music spreading through our home
He becomes the sounds around me
He conducts to life
The softness of the winds
He animates the story
Reaching deep into, his heart
He explodes with passion
He shares with us the composer’s song
In the darkness, with his red wine,
Emotion, energy and mind consumed
A soft sigh of completeness, of pleasure…
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5. |
ScoMo is No Mo(re)
02:20
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Ian Rutherford Melbourne, Australia
Ian is a Melbourne keyboard player and songwriter.
The Plus Five band is a range of
mainly vocalists, drummers and guitarists that perform my compositions and augment my keyboards.
Nickname: Rutherz
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