SERENADE - ALL LYRICS & INFO
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01. GOOD FRIENDS
Music & words by Keith Potger
© 1990 Circle Music Publishing & Production
Good friends find a way
To be near enough to bend a shoulder
Warm enough when thoughts grow colder - good friends
Good friends only stay
‘Til the circle moves much closer to
The loving feeling they all knew as good friends
And just to talk with you tonight
Takes the sadness out of sight
Makes the wrong words all seem right
And in your laughing company
I can tell how strong a friend you are to me
Good friends take the time
For the love they bring to find its mark
To light a candle in the dark - they’re good friends
Good friends realise
There’s a world of joy beyond the pain
Where fallen dreams can rise again with good friends
And just to talk with you tonight
Takes the sadness out of sight
Makes the wrong words all seem right
And long before the night is through
You will know how strong a friend I’ll be to you
Good friends find a way
To be near enough to bend a shoulder
Warm enough when thoughts grow colder - good friends
Good friends realise
There’s a world of joy beyond the pain
Where fallen dreams can rise again with good friends
Info:
All acoustic guitars and vocals - Keith Potger
Electric guitar - Michael Cristiano
All other instruments, programming, mixing and mastering - Michael Cristiano - Soundplant Studios
02. AS LONG AS I KNOW YOU LOVE ME
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 1997 Circle Music Publishing & Production
Just thought I’d call to say hello
(And) Pass the time of day
I can face the nights alone
While you’re away
Long as I know, long as I know, long as I know you love me
Your letters filled with sacred lines
(I) Read them every one.
Darkness falls but I don’t mind
You’re my morning sun
Long as I know, long as I know, long as I know you love me
As long as I know you love me, Whenever you’re thinking of me, Everything is possible, You make my world so wonderful
And as we watch the seasons roll
Time and time again
When other stories have been told
Ours will have no end
Long as I know, long as I know, long as I know you love me
INSTRUMENTAL
As long as I know you love me, Whenever you’re thinking of me, Everything is possible, You make my world so wonderful
And as we watch the seasons roll
Time and time again
When other stories have been told
Ours will have no end
Long as I know, long as I know, long as I know you love me
Info:
Acoustic guitars and all vocals - Keith Potger
Electric guitar, other instruments, programming, mixing and mastering - Michael Cristiano - Soundplant Studios
03. GUARDIAN ANGEL/GUIDING LIGHT
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 1996 Circle Music Publishing & Production
You and I, we’ve come this far
Through the long and lonely night
And you’ve always been my guardian angel
Always been my guiding light
We’ve been on this road so long
And sometimes not known where we are
But somewhere along that lost horizon
You would be my Shangri La
Praise slips out so easily
It may not sound sincere
But it only seems to come to me
Whenever you are near
When the sun was far too strong
When the wind was cold as ice
You've always been my life’s oasis
Always been my paradise.
So thank you for the joy you bring
Thank you for your love each night
You’ll always be my guardian angel
Always be my guiding light
INSTRUMENTAL
You always know the kindest words
Your praise is so sincere
And the love I feel inside just grows
Whenever you are near
So thank you for the joy you bring
Thank you for your love each night
You’ll always be my guardian angel
Always be my guiding light
Info:
All guitars and vocals - Keith Potger
All programming and mixing - Keith Potger - Circle Music Studios
Mastering - Michael Cristiano - Soundplant Studios
04. HERE WE GO, ROUND AND ROUND
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 2020 Circle Music Publishing & Production
Chorus:
Here we go, round and round
Might as well be in a one horse town
Who knows how or who knows when
We’ll ever get back on our feet again but
There’s a tunnel and I see a light
Everything’s gonna be alright
Sometimes up and sometimes down
Here we go, round and round
Verse 1:
People told what to do
People told what to say
There are people who could care less and
Some people might pray
We could open our mind
Try some yoga or zen
We could find a great new messiah
But ‘til then
Chorus
Verse 2:
Not just déjà vu days
We’ve been through this before
But the difference is who knew what and
Who opened the door
Now some people believe
We’re all pawns in a game
And some others believe that life won’t
Be the same
Chorus
Info:
All guitars and vocals - Keith Potger
Programming, mixing and mastering - Keith Potger - Circle Music Studios
05. NOTHING AT ALL
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 1995 Circle Music Publishing & Production
In one crazy lifetime I’ve been everything
From rich man to poor man, from servant to king
And each time I’m proud that I always stood tall
But if I lost your love I’d be nothing at all.
I’ve tasted some bad times and wasted some good,
Been up here and down there and misunderstood
Had long lonely nights I can’t bear to recall
But if I lost your love I’d have nothing at all.
Without your sweet smile where’s my rainbow
The colours would all fade to grey
But I’ve got your strong heart to lean on
And trust that just grows day by day
For you bring the sunshine that brightens my world
The warmth of my best friend, my lover, my girl
I’ll be there beside you ‘til the last bugle call
For if I lost your love I’d be nothing at all.
Without your sweet smile where’s my rainbow
The colours would all fade to grey
But I’ve got your strong heart to lean on
And trust that just grows day by day
For you bring the sunshine that brightens my world
The warmth of my best friend, my lover, my girl
I’ll be there beside you ‘til the last bugle call
For if I lost your love I’d be nothing
Yes, if I lost your love I’d be no-one
Oh, if I lost your love I’d be nothing, nothing at all
Info:
Drums, programming and mixing - David Clark - Heavy Weather Studios
All acoustic guitars and vocals - Keith Potger
Pedal steel guitar - Lucky Oceans
06. OLD KARRI TOWN
Music and lyric by Keith Potger
© 1999 Circle Music Publishing & Production
Keep hearing those
Breezes blowing through the karri trees
Like some siren song across the seas
All of my life they’ve been calling to me
That’s why I’m in love with this old karri town
You probably
Knew me well enough to realise
I’d been searching for my paradise
You put it here right in front of my eyes
That’s why I’m in love with this old karri town
“Hold my hand, let’s walk this road together,” I could hear you say.
“Understand that what we have is ours forever, come what may.”
Most miracles
Pass me by without a second glance
Some, like this one, gave me half a chance
Came for the song and I stayed for the dance
That’s why I’m in love with this old karri town
What a fast, sophisticated life it was we used to lead
Now at last we’ve come to know that this is what we really need
So maybe now
Picture you and me at break of day
After loving half the night away
Here in your arms is where I want to stay
That’s why I’m in love with this old karri town
Info:
All acoustic guitars and vocals - Keith Potger
All other instruments, programming and mixing - Michael Cristiano
Mastering - Michael Cristiano - Soundplant Studios
07. GLIDE ON THE MORNING
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 2009 Circle Music Publishing & Production
Glide on the morning
Feel the new dawning arise
Open your eyes and see
How your day has begun
Fly to your lover
You will discover the prize
Open your eyes and see
How your love has begun
Lean back in wonderment, circuses, carousels
Whirling through your mind
Midnight, the lift carpet turnaround magic
Was there for you to find
Once upon a time
Tides and horizons
Older and wiser they rise
Open your eyes and see
Who your babies become
Chase down the steps of the basement apartment
The one you left behind
Church playground slides to be hurtled down headlong
And when was that sublime?
Once upon a time
Ride over sorrow
Live for tomorrow’s sunrise
Open your eyes and see
How your day and your love and your life
Have begun
Info:
All guitars and vocals - Keith Potger
All programming and mixing - Keith Potger
Mastering - Michael Cristiano - Soundplant Studios
08. INDIGO BLUE
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 2004 Circle Music Publishing & Production, revised 2020
Verse 1: Indigo Blue
I’m looking through the years
To the fun and the laughter, the storm and some pain
Sun shining after the rain
Just for you
Indigo Blue
Indigo Blue
Chorus: You will always sing your mind
Make your space and time
Fill your world
Beautiful girl
Indigo Blue
Happy Birthday
Instrumental
Happy Birthday
Verse 2: Indigo Blue
What will you do from here?
Will you search for the faces that you’ve never seen?
Faraway places where dreams
All come true
Just for you
Indigo Blue
Chorus 2: Let me hear you sing your mind
Let your space and time
Fill the world (Fill the world)
Beautiful girl (Fill the world)
Indigo Blue (Happy Birthday) (All for you)
Indigo Blue (Fill the world)
Indigo Blue (Happy Birthday) (All for you)
Beautiful girl (Fill the world)
Indigo Blue (Happy Birthday)
Indigo Blue (Sunshine smile)
Indigo Blue (Happy Birthday)
Indigo Blue
(All for you)
Info:
All guitars and vocals - Keith Potger
All programming, arrangement , mixing and mastering - Keith Potger - Circle Music Studios
09. SECRETS OF THE HEART
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 2003 Circle Music Publishing & Production
Secrets of the heart, the heart will always guard
Falling out of love has never been so hard
Strangers in the making, strangers when they met
One heart says “goodbye” the other says “not yet”
Slow it down
Feel the need
Hearts can cry
Souls can bleed and die
Secrets of the heart, the heart will always hold
How come eyes wide open don’t see love grow cold
Silence in the faking, silence when it’s real
One heart says “goodbye” the other says “let’s deal”
Slow it down
Feel the need
Hearts can cry
Souls can bleed and die
Secrets of the heart, the heart will share alone
Some things one can borrow, one can never own
Danger when they’re taking, danger when they give
One heart says “goodbye”, the other says “forgive”
Slow it down
Feel the need
Hearts can cry
Souls can bleed and die
Info:
All acoustic guitars and vocals - Keith Potger
Bass guitar, all programming, mixing and mastering - Michael Cristiano - Soundplant Studios
10. LOVE YOU AS I FIND YOU
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 2008 Circle Music Publishing & Production
I find you as I leave you
Love you as I find you
Wrapped around my memory
I need to learn so much
We both agree it’s you and me
Not merely such and such
I found you when I left you
Fragile feelings kept you
Trapped inside a melody
I didn’t know the score
The wandering act had missed the fact
We both want so much more
No, time is never on our side
It feeds on future passed
Growing restless, one tempestuous
Silence in the deathless blast
I’ll never ever leave you
Love you as I find you
Wrapped around the certainty
Of you and me
Beware the feral universe
Can bite the feeding hand
Major blunder makes me wonder
Can I help you understand
I’ll never ever leave you
Love you as I find you
Wrapped around the certainty
Of you and me
Info:
All acoustic guitars, vocals, programming and mixing- Keith Potger - Circle Music Studios
Mastering - Michael Cristiano - Soundplant Studios
11. THE MATRIARCH
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 2001 Circle Music Publishing & Production
Lo, the matriarch is weary
Loving mother, willing wife
On her lips the silent query
“Is this what becomes of life?”
Life and death have charged her dearly
Those who’ve gone may rest in peace
Yet she dwells on what was nearly
Still she pays for their release
Their release became her prison
So, condemned, she prays in vain
To her god whose son has risen
Zero joy through zero gain
Gain said she to all those questions
She could never have foreseen
From her past she begs suggestions
One small clue to what they mean
Mean distractions come from quarters
Bitter pills from long ago
Swallowed with the cold dark waters
As her tide of life ebbs low
Lo, the matriarch is tired
Tired of sorrow, tired of strife
Still her soul remains inspired
Living what becomes of life
Info:
All acoustic guitars and vocal - Keith Potger
Accordion and programming, mixing and mastering - Michael Cristiano - Soundplant Studios
Irish whistle - Michael Parker
12. WELCOME TO THE NEW SUNRISE
Words and music by Keith Potger
©1999 Circle Music Publishing & Production
So much has been said before
Most of it not worth the time anymore
Whatever the way it was,
There was a flame that burned
Some lesson learned
For we who believe survive
Keeping our dream alive
On the proud highway that will take us all home
‘Til the song we sing is the one we should know:
That you don't take for granted what's not your own
Welcome to the new sunrise
Welcome to the new sunrise
My friend I can understand
So many lines have been drawn in the sand
With each other's faith and trust
We must give all we've got
For some will not
But we who believe survive
Keeping that dream alive
On the proud highway that will take us all home
‘Til the song we sing is the one we should know:
That you don't take for granted what's not your own
Welcome to the new sunrise
Welcome to the new sunrise
Info:
All acoustic guitars and vocals - Keith Potger
All other instruments, programming, mixing and mastering - Michael Cristiano - Soundplant Studios
13. PARIS/PARADIS
Words and music by Keith Potger
(Additional French lyric by Daniele Kemp)
© 2006 Circle Music Publishing & Production
(Instrumental intro)
Pourquoi, pour moi, Paris est le paradis?
Je ne sais pas pourquoi
J'adore les ponts, j’adore la Seine
J'aime l'amour et la vie, et vous?
Je ne sais pas pourquoi
Tous mes voeux de bonheur
Pour ce deux septembre
Que ce soit le plus beau jour pour vous
Pourquoi, pour vous, Paris est le paradis
Je ne sais pas pourquoi, et vous?
Je ne sais pas pourquoi
(Instrumental interlude)
Deep in the night when the starlings wake
Paris, she calls to me
Paradise dreaming my soul drifts away
Back to my heart, Paris, and you
Back to Paris and you
May you always remember this September day
Locked into each other's heart forever
Pourquoi, pour vous, Paris est le paradis
Je ne sais pas pourquoi, et vous?
Je ne sais pas pourquoi
Je ne sais pas pourquoi, et vous?
Je ne sais pas pourquoi
(Instrumental outtro)
Info:
All acoustic guitars, vocals, arrangement, programming, mixing and mastering - Keith Potger - Circle Music Studios
14. SANCTUARY
Music & Words by Keith Potger
© 2009 Circle Music Publishing & Production
How do I make a sanctuary?
Tell me if you can
Would I need more than a simple place
That I can build by hand
If you don’t know the answer now
I will understand
Sanctuary is so hard to find
Within the laws of man
I’d like to make my sanctuary
Open to the sun
Open to all of the primal truths
So they shine on everyone
And when compassion fills our hearts
While our race is run
Then, only then, will we overturn
What the laws of man have done
Interlude
There’ll be no songs of victory
No defeat to bear
No one to blame or to criticise
No hunger, no despair
Silence when silence holds the faith
So serene and fair
Laughter when laughter can build the bridge
That the gods of man don’t share
Interlude
Cherish we will our nights of peace
On this sacred earth
Nourish our path so the days ahead
Show what paradise is worth
I believe we’ll find sanctuary
When our race is run
When in our life we have overcome
What the laws of man have done
Then, only then, will we overturn
What the gods of man have done
Info:
All instruments, vocals and mixing - Keith Potger
Mastering - Michael Cristiano - Soundplant Studios
15. WOMAN - MAN
Music & Words by Keith Potger
© 1978 Circle Music Publishing & Production
There’s always something missing in my day when you’re not here
Although the sun is shining and the sky is bright and clear
For you make all the difference in the way I spend my time
Whenever you’re beside me and not only on my mind
CHORUS:
You’re my woman, I’m your man
Anyone can understand
Why I love you
Interlude
With every anniversary and all the smiles and tears
I’ve come to realise that we were wise beyond our years
Or maybe it’s good fortune that keeps adding to our score
And pulls us both together now to love each other more
CHORUS
Interlude
A thousand years with you could pass in just as many days
A hundred changes push our lives in just as many ways
But through them all you shine on like a jewelled sea of stars
And now I’m more than certain that the perfect love is ours
CHORUS
Interlude
CHORUS
Info:
All acoustic guitars and vocals - Keith Potger
Drums - Dog Gallacher
Bass guitar - Dave Ellis
Electric guitar - Ken Francis
16. SMILE NOW
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 2009 Circle Music Publishing & Production
Emptiness grows green shoots of pain
Tropical moon follows soft falling rain
Dominant fool, ego unfurled
Jaded translucence in her silent world
For you’re not alone
One more lifetime remains
Leave the heartache behind you and
Smile now Smile now
Think of something truly beautiful and
Smile now
That’s where you were in your moment of truth
But this is your time
Hold it close, don’t let go and
Smile now Smile now
Wounded you stood, bled your defence
Patience was virtue for trust made no sense
Wilderness called wisdom to heel
But only the strongest would know when to yield
The heartbeat you love
Loves you with no pretence
You can ride on the moment and
Smile now Smile now
Think of something truly beautiful and
Smile now
That’s where you were in your moment of truth
But this is your time
Hold it close, don’t let go and
Smile now
Bow to your blackness you know how to grieve
Future believers believe
Heroes in crucibles learn how to lead
So you’re not alone
One more lifetime to feed
Leave the heartache behind you and
Smile now Smile now
Think of something truly beautiful and
Smile now
That’s where you were in your moment of truth
But this is your time
Hold it close, don’t let go and
Smile now
Smile now
Smile now….
Info:
All instruments, vocals, programming and mixing - Keith Potger - Circle Music Studios
Mastering - Michael Cristiano - Soundplant Studios
17. EVERYTHING IN YOUR LOVE
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 2003 Circle Music Publishing
When I needed space, you gave me the world
Filled with good grace and warm tender words
I gave up my race for diamonds and pearls
You gave me everything in your love
I searched for the light, you brought me the sun
You gave me sight when my eyes had none
In my lonely life when I had no-one
You gave me everything in your love
So blessed, so blessed, so blessed
Impossible dreams, you made them come true
Just when they seemed to fade out of view
When what might have been was long overdue
You gave me everything in your love
So blessed, so blessed, so blessed
When I was halfway I lost paradise
Time slipped away, you breathed me new life
My beautiful days and magical nights
You gave me everything in your love
Info:
Piano - Michael Cristiano
Acoustic guitars - Keith Potger
All other instruments, programming, mixing and mastering - Michael Cristiano - Soundplant Studios
18. ISLAND NIGHTS
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 1999 Circle Music Publishing & Production
Staring down the halls of silence leading to my lonely room
I feed my bar-coded life
Everything changing but staying the same
Tearing down the walls I built around the day that you flew away
One lousy brick at a time
I’ll carry each load ‘til I’m lame
I NEED MORE OF THOSE LAZY ISLAND NIGHTS
WITH THE SAND CRUNCHING UNDER OUR FEET
AS WE DANCED DOWN THE BEACH
WATER LIKE WINE AND MY SOUL ON FIRE
MAKING LOVE EVERY CRAZY ISLAND NIGHT
MAN, YOU REALLY GOT UNDER MY SKIN
I NEED LESS OF THIS STRESS
AND MORE OF THOSE ISLAND NIGHTS
Wasted lots of chances waiting for the grand parade to start
I wanted trumpets and lights
Somehow they never came out to play.
Chasing you around the world my attitude was out of control
That’s not what I had in mind
Give me the dream any day
CHORUS
BRIDGE
We swam some fragrant pools
And told some flagrant lies
We languished under summer moons
And drank each other’s eyes
CHORUS
Info:
All acoustic guitars and vocals - Keith Potger
All other instruments, slide electric guitar, programming, mixing and mastering - Michael Cristiano - Soundplant Studios
19. SILVER BULLET
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 2009 Circle Music Publishing & Production
That old Silver Bullet’s standing at the station
‘Bout to take my blue eyed gal away
Be twelve months tomorrow since she stepped off that train
Don’t know how I’ll last another day
Silver Bullet blow your whistle sweet and low
Tell my blue eyed gal it’s not the end
‘Cause somewhere down the line
When I help her change her mind
Silver Bullet, you can bring her back again
Same old story going down
City girl in a country town
Thought I’d never have this tale to tell
The moment she arrived that morning
Took my breath away, no warning
Left me tongue tied, nothing I could say
All that seems like only yesterday
Now that Silver Bullet’s standing at the station
‘Bout to take my blue eyed gal away
Be twelve months tomorrow since she stepped off that train
Don’t know how I’ll last another day
Silver Bullet blow your whistle sweet and low
Tell my blue eyed gal it’s not the end
‘Cause somewhere down the line
When I help her change her mind
Silver Bullet, you can bring her back again
Shared the seasons through that year
Seemed like she was happy here
Guess I didn’t know her all that well
Then just like the seasons turning
She went back to city yearning
Left me stranded, nothing I could do
How to keep her? Lord I wish I knew
Now that Silver Bullet’s standing at the station
‘Bout to take my blue eyed gal away
Be twelve months tomorrow since she stepped off that train
Don’t know how I’ll last another day
Silver Bullet blow your whistle sweet and low
Tell my blue eyed gal it’s not the end
‘Cause somewhere down the line
When I help her change her mind
Silver Bullet, you can bring her back again
Info:
All vocals, acoustic and electric guitars - Keith Potger
Programming and other instruments - Keith Potger - Circle Music Studios
Mastering - Michael Cristiano - Soundplant Studios
20. PEACE IN MY TIME
Words & music by Keith Potger
© 2003 Circle Music Publishing & Production
For a moment I could not tell where the voice came from that night
A voice that seemed to know my name.
My eyes became accustomed to that smoky little bar
I was only there to shelter from the rain.
The old gent in the corner was the one who beckoned me
With tired eyes that burned a fiery red
He had my father’s friendly face, my mother’s open smile
So I pulled a chair and listened as he said:
“Let me tell you that I’m weary of this cruel senseless war,
A war that seems to know no names
But freedom comes in packets and we all must pay the price
To those soulless ones who gain from deadly games.
When you walked in this evening you looked so much like my son
I took the chance that you had time to spare
So I called you by his name, you see the war took him from me,
And I need to share with you my precious prayer.
KEEP ME CRADLED IN THE BOSOM OF MY BELOVED MOUNTAINS
WHERE I CAN DRINK FROM STREAMS THAT FLOW LIKE LIQUID CRYSTAL FOUNTAINS
WHERE I CAN LIVE FOREVER WITH THOSE THAT I WOULD DIE FOR
LORD, BRING ME PEACE IN MY TIME”
INSTRUMENTAL
That was many years ago and I can still recall his voice
The voice that left that prayer with me
I’ve become a kind of soldier using words instead of guns
Determined that my country should stay free
My children are my blessing and I read to them most nights
I always have my old friend’s tale to tell
It’s just as fresh as yesterday when I am far from home
And I share with him those lines I know so well.
KEEP ME CRADLED IN THE BOSOM OF MY BELOVED MOUNTAINS
WHERE I CAN DRINK FROM STREAMS THAT FLOW LIKE LIQUID CRYSTAL FOUNTAINS
WHERE I CAN LIVE FOREVER WITH THOSE THAT I WOULD DIE FOR
LORD, BRING ME PEACE IN MY TIME
Info:
Acoustic guitars and all vocals - Keith Potger
Mandolin, all other instruments, programming, mixing and mastering - Michael Cristiano - Soundplant Studios
21. YOU IN THE MIRROR
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 2004 Circle Music Publishing & Production
You sit on your step and you wait
You stand in the doorway as I close the gate, then we
Dance with the rain sticks that rattle their rhythm. Will rain fall on London tonight?
Framed by your wall the mahogany bureau is home to its own candlelight
Silhouettes guide my hand straight to your sacred land
You sit on the rug at my feet
You open the door and it feels so complete to see
YOU IN THE MIRROR AND ME IN YOUR EYES
DRAWN BY YOUR SWEET FRAGRANCE I’M MESMERISED
STRIPPED OF PRETENSION WE WEAR NO DISGUISE
AND SOME WAY, SOME DAY
WE’LL BOTH FLY AWAY
You fire the first shot to warn all the pirates that ply on the South China Sea
I draw the rune of the spirit of wholeness, three times, what does that bode for me?
Curtains that fall like a shower to the floor witness our craving for more and more
The tapestry bag’s open wide
And we share the secrets of all that’s inside and it’s
YOU IN THE MIRROR AND ME IN YOUR EYES
DRAWN BY YOUR SWEET FRAGRANCE I’M MESMERISED
STRIPPED OF PRETENSION WE WEAR NO DISGUISE
AND SOME WAY, SOME DAY
WE’LL BOTH FLY AWAY
Read me your thesis and all the research that’s required by the thesis police
Somehow you crawled through some unspoken tunnels but came out the end in one piece
Never forget how important you are. Never let anyone hijack your star
I breathe in the shelter of you
In pride and amazement at all that you do and it’s
YOU IN THE MIRROR AND ME IN YOUR EYES
DRAWN BY YOUR SWEET FRAGRANCE I’M MESMERISED
STRIPPED OF PRETENSION WE WEAR NO DISGUISE
AND SOME WAY, SOME DAY
WE’LL BOTH FLY AWAY, FLY AWAY, FLY AWAY
Info:
All acoustic steel string guitars and vocals - Keith Potger
Classical guitar - Michael Cristiano
All other instruments, mixing and mastering - Michael Cristiano - Soundplant Studios
22. IF YOU SHOULD EVER GO
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 1981 Circle Music Publishing & Production
If you should ever go, there’d be no one else to follow you
No one else could take your place - If you should ever go
And I guess by now you’ll know, there’d be nothing much worth living for
In this cold and lonely space - If you should ever go
But you’re here with me and time after time
I will ride on the wings of your loving
And we can climb through the clouds ’til we fly in the warmth of the sun
And deep in the night, when the song and dance is over
I’ll live it all again, then drift down to dream in your arms
But if you should ever go, I would try to hold your memory
Like a flower in my hand - If you should ever go
And the flower would bloom and grow, like the dream that lives inside of me
But I’d never understand - If you should ever go
When you’re here with me the days turn to years
And the seasons will carry us onward
And there’ll be no looking back at the tears ’til our race has been run
And then deep in the night, when the song and dance is over
I’ll live it all again, then drift down to dream in your arms
But if you should ever go, there’d be no one else to follow you
No one else could take your place
That’s if you should ever go
And I guess by now you’ll know, there’d be nothing much worth living for
In this cold and lonely space
If you should ever go
What I’d do I just don’t know
If you should ever go
If you should ever go
Info:
All acoustic guitars and vocals - Keith Potger
Electric guitar - Ken Francis
Drums - Doug Gallacher
Bass guitar - Dave Ellis
Unfortunately the name of the pedal steel player was not recorded. We're still trying to find him.
23. HONEY FARM
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 1978 Circle Music Publishing & Production
If the sun would stay in the sky all day
And the strength would grow in my arm
I’d row across the sea so that I could be lying in your fields Honey Farm
And when your bluebird sings it pulls the strings
Of my puppet heart on its flashing wings
You mean more to me than the eye can see
Let me stay with you Honey Farm
I can hear the breeze in the tall gum trees
Like a faint and plaintive alarm
It tries to call me back up the winding track leading to your door Honey Farm
And when your bluebird sings it pulls the strings
Of my puppet heart on its flashing wings
You mean more to me than the eye can see
Let me stay with you Honey Farm
And when your bluebird sings it pulls the strings
Of my puppet heart on its flashing wings
You mean more to me than the eye can see
Let me stay with you Honey Farm
I belong to you Honey Farm
Lying in your fields Honey Farm
Info:
All acoustic guitars and vocals - Keith Potger
Electric guitar - Ken Francis
Drums - Doug Gallacher
Bass guitar - Dave Ellis
Honey Farm Studios
Unfortunately the name of the pedal steel player was not recorded. We're still trying to find him.
24. ACAPULCO
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 1978 Circle Music Publishing
Acapulco - We were meant to fly together, didn't you know?
Acapulco - What a lovely way for you and I to go
There was never any doubt that I would fall for you
When I came across your bay
Though I knew that I'd be here today and
Gone tomorrow - Finding happy memories running round in my head
Never sorrow - Even though goodbye may be a word we said
And it's strange the way my melody of life turned out so wrong, 'til
Acapulco -Taught me how to sing
My love song
Acapulco - I've just wasted half a lifetime bummin' around
Acapulco - Never let my feet so much as touch the ground
And yet it came as no surprise that I would follow you
To your waterside café
Though I knew that I'd be here today and
Gone tomorrow - Finding happy memories zapping round in my brain
Never sorrow - Even though goodbye may be a sad refrain
And it's strange the way my melody of life turned out so wrong, 'til
Acapulco - Taught me how to sing
My love song
Info: In this song, Acapulco is not the Mexican city. Euphemisms run through this lyric. Your imagination will take you there.
Acoustic guitars and all vocals - Keith Potger
Drums and percussion - Doug Gallacher
Bass guitar - Dave Ellis
Unfortunately there is no record of the piccolo player who contributed so much to this recording. We're still trying to find him.
25. MY LAST RIDE
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 1978 Circle Music Publishing & Production
Well, it’s my last ride on this old rig of mine
She’s been a good friend when I was all alone
And now I can’t hardly stop myself from cryin’
It’s my last time on the highway, this old trucker’s goin’ home.
Well, I’ve seen a lot of cities and each one is every bit as good as everyone I’ve ever seen before
And those city girls were fancy with their perfumed hair all dancin’ and as I recall they really knew the score
But each time that I was leavin’ there’d be one of them a-grievin’ ‘cause I’d leave a little part of me behind
I can see their pretty faces but I can’t match up the places as the memories keep on rollin’ through my mind
And it’s my last ride on this old rig of mine
She’s been a good friend when I was all alone
And now I can’t hardly stop myself from cryin’
It’s my last time on the highway, this old trucker’s goin’ home.
Well the only time I’d worry was if I was in a hurry and I always thought the state patrol would see
So I’d look around everywhere and I would say a silent prayer to whoever’s up there watchin’ over me
And my buddies sometimes bet me that the highway cops would get me even though I always kept an eagle eye
But not all those cops were ‘mothers’, there were plenty of the others like the one who flashed his lights to say “Goodbye”
‘Cause it’s my last ride on this old rig of mine
She’s been a good friend when I was all alone
And now I can’t hardly stop myself from cryin’
It’s my last time on the highway, this old trucker’s goin’ home
Oh you need some kind of luck in pushin’ miles behind a truck and tryin’ to stay awake to see another day
And you come across a smash-up while the ambulances flash up and you know you wouldn’t want to go that way
Yes I’ve seen some of my buddies with their faces cut and bloodied lyin’ helpless in their cabs or on the road
So I made this resolutions as the only sane solution and I asked my rig to carry one more load
‘Cause it’s my last ride on this old rig of mine
She’s been a good friend when I was all alone
And now I can’t hardly stop myself from cryin’
It’s my last time on the highway, this old trucker’s goin’ home
Yes, it’s my last time on the highway, this old trucker’s goin’ home
Goin’ home
Info:
All acoustic guitars and vocals - Keith Potger
Electric guitar - Mick Hamilton
Drums - Doug Gallacher
Bass - Dave Ellis
26. KATHLEEN
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 1996 Circle Music Publishing & Production
Blown like a leaf on a warm summer breeze
A vision approached me, as cool as you please,
With her strawberry hair and a wink in her eye
To say I was smitten would not be a lie.
Gathering courage I started to speak
To ask of her name, but my heart felt too weak
Like I’d gone clear to heaven before I had died.
I mumbled the question, she calmly replied: “Kathleen”.
Well I remember my first motorbike
With her riding pillion I’d not heard the like
Of her giggles and squeals as we leaned left and right
And feeling her arms round my chest, holding tight.
Whirlwind romances were never my speed
But this one took off like a runaway steed.
When she said she was having the time of her life
I knew then this vision would soon be my wife. Kathleen.
CHORUS: Oh Kathleen, the mem’ries you’ve left me
They’ll be with me through all of my days.
Thinking there’s safety in numbers, no doubt,
Accounts for the fact that the whole town turned out
To behold how serenely she walked down the aisle
But trembled and blushed as I kissed her sweet smile.
Picnics on beaches and punts on the lake
Luck seemed to serve us a slice of life’s cake
That was more than enough to sustain us through years
When laughter would sometimes give way to some tears. Kathleen.
CHORUS
Then at the ball she looked ever so sweet
Heavy with child but still light on her feet
Every head turned our way as we whirled o’er the floor
And I loved her more than I’d loved her before.
INSTRUMENTAL
Two caring children Siobhan and Marie
A grand little grandson to bounce on my knee
They’re a fine testimonial to all that was right
In keeping our candle of love burning bright. Kathleen
Now as my life nears its own eventide
It’s almost as though she was here by my side
Such a presence, an aura so perfectly made
My beautiful vision that never will fade. Kathleen.
CHORUS
Kathleen - Kathleen -My Kathleen
Info:
All acoustic guitars and vocal - Keith Potger
Accordion - Michael Cristiano
Irish whistle - Michael Parker
Fiddle - Gerry Hale
All programming, mixing and mastering - Michael Cristiano - Soundplant Studios
27. THE TROUBADOUR
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 2020 Circle Music Publishing & Production
The troubadour is old
Now you see him, now you don’t
He won’t live forever
Savour every song he sings in velvet ways
Favour in his lines for simple roundelays
And oh the stories he would rhyme
The troubled troubadour of our time
The troubadour is wise
If you try to read his mind
You’ll find you can never
Echoes of the summertimes that went before
Wrecks and ruins, railroads running shore to shore
But oh the stories he could rhyme
The troubled troubadour of our time
The troubadour is home
Somewhere safe to rest awhile
The miles rolled on forever
Haloes over highways in the drifting snow
Siloes full of sadness ten degrees below
Dreams of all the loves and lives he’s won and lost
Seems he’s bound to be around to count the cost
But oh the stories he would rhyme
The travelled troubadour
The lonely troubadour
The troubled troubadour of our time
Info:
6 string lead acoustic guitar, lead vocal and harmonies - Keith Potger
12 string guitar, bass guitar and harmonies - Fred Pilcher
6 string acoustic guitar - Gary Luck
Programming, mixing and mastering - Keith Potger - Circle Music Studios
28. GIULIA BUON COMPLEANNO
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 2005 Circle Music Publishing
Giulia, Mama you her delight
Papa he come home, he hold you tight
Tell him you miss him when he away from you
Slow down - Follow the bouncing ball
Whatever road you go down
Giulia everything in your own sweet time
Giulia, baby brother you got
Tickle him tummy he laugh a lot
You be him wisdom, he be your life best friend
Show you - Better the who you are
Luckier we to know you
Giulia everything in your own sweet time
Angel sigh
Lullaby
Spread your wings and fly – fly
Giulia, con amore per lei
Bella regazza baci da me
Buon compleanno, molto felicità
Laughter - Carry you everywhere
Happy forever after
Giulia everything in your own sweet time
Giulia everything in your own sweet time
Info:
All guitars and vocals - Keith Potger
Percussion, programming, mixing and mastering - Keith Potger - Circle Music Studios
Whistle - Pascal Gebbett
29. I WILL ALWAYS BE YOURS
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 1994 Circle Music Publishing & Production
I will always be yours, but you will never be mine
There’s no way on earth you would leave the family that loves you.
If only I could erase the past and start again one more time
But I know I’ll always be yours and you will never be mine.
There’s no need to tell me the party’s all over, the writing’s been there on the wall
I’d only be fooling myself by pretending that you ever loved me at all
But you made it so easy to fall for you
So I know that
I will always be yours, but you will never be mine
There’s no way on earth you would leave the family that loves you.
If only I could erase the past and start again one more time
But I know I’ll always be yours and you will never be mine.
You must have known how much it hurt me whenever you left me alone in my bed
And each time I prayed that you’d come back forever, but I held a memory instead
Still the dream going round in my head is you
So I know that
I will always be yours, but you will never be mine
There’s no way on earth you would leave the family that loves you.
If only I could erase the past and start again one more time
But I know I’ll always be yours and you will never be mine.
Info:
All acoustic guitars and vocals - Keith Potger
Pedal steel guitar - Lucky Oceans
All programming and mixing - David Clark - Heavy Weather Studios
Mastering - Keith Potger - Circle Music Studios
30. YOU’RE MY SPIRIT
Words and music by Keith Potger and Athol Guy
© 1994 Circle Music Publishing & Production
You’re my spirit, you’re my guiding light
You’re my comfort through the darkest night
And when I’m troubled, there’s one thing I’m certain of
You’re my spirit, you’re the one I love
You’re my vision, you’re what life should be
In your arms I’m safe and sheltered from the stormy sea
Lifted up and carried over every burden, every care
There’s no mountain I can’t conquer just as long as you are there.
You’re my spirit, you’re my guiding light
You’re my comfort through the darkest night
And when I’m troubled, there’s one thing I’m certain of
You’re my spirit, you’re the one I love
Cold and lonely as the road may be
At the end of every journey it’s your fire I see
There’s no doubt or desperation, no uncertainty or fear
When you share your life with someone and that spirit lifts you clear
Well I don’t need a witness and I don’t need persuasion
Just send me the power of your salvation
‘Cause you’re my spirit, you’re my guiding light
You’re my comfort through the darkest night
And when I’m troubled, there’s one thing I’m certain of
You’re my spirit, you’re the one I love
Instrumental
Well I don’t need a witness and I don’t need persuasion
Just send me the power of your salvation
‘Cause you’re my spirit, you’re my guiding light
You’re my comfort through the darkest night
And when I’m troubled, there’s one thing I’m certain of
You’re my spirit, you’re the one I love You’re my spirit, you’re the one I love
You’re my spirit, you’re the one I love
Info:
All vocals, acoustic guitars, percussion and mastering - Keith Potger
Pedal steel guitar - Lucky Oceans
All programming and mixing - David Clark - Heavy Weather Studios
31. MY HOLY GRAIL
Music & lyric by Keith Potger
© 2003 Circle Music Publishing & Production
The scent of clove and wintergreen
Hangs sweetly o’er this silent scene
The moon is full, the clouds a veil
I leave to find my holy grail
I long to find a heart of gold
A lonely rose my arms can hold
So warm, so wise, so strong, so frail
My one true love, my holy grail
Though hard the road, though wild the sea
Her siren song still calls to me
This captive soul will never fail
To find my love, my holy grail
I’ll love her more than words can tell
Beguiling heart, I’ll know full well
Her smiling eyes, her lips so pale
My one true love, my holy grail
So warm, so wise, so strong, so frail
This is my love, my holy grail
Info:
Acoustic guitar and vocal - Keith Potger
Uilleann pipes - Michael Parker
All programming, mixing and mastering - Michael Cristiano - Soundplant Studios
32. NEVER SAY GOODBYE
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 2021 Circle Music Publishing & Production
All I can hear is my heart
All I can feel is my emotion
Never say goodbye, never say goodbye
Something I felt from the start
Something as deep as any ocean
Never say goodbye, never say goodbye
You mean everything to me
In this world of fantasy
Without you where would I be?
Searching alone in the dark
Searching until the line was broken
Had to say goodbye, had to say goodbye
You were my morning at last
You were the words of love unspoken
Never say goodbye, never say goodbye
You mean everything to me
In this world of fantasy
Without you where would I be?
All I can hear is my heart
All I can feel is my emotion
Never say goodbye, never say goodbye
Nothing can tear us apart
Nothing can wear down our devotion
Never say goodbye, never say goodbye
Never say… goodbye………
Info:
Female lead vocal - Elizabeth Hawkes
Male lead vocal - Keith Potger
All instruments, programming, mixing and mastering - Keith Potger - Circle Music Studios
Written as a classic duet style of love song.
33. I WON’T EVER LET YOU GET AWAY
Words and music by Keith Potger
©2011 Circle Music Publishing & Production
PEOPLE USED TO ALWAYS SEE ME
LOOKING KINDA SAD AND DREAMY
SEARCHING FOR YOU EVERY NIGHT AND DAY
OH BABY BUT THAT’S ALL OVER NOW THAT I’VE FOUND YOU
GONNA KEEP MY ARMS AROUND YOU
SO I WON’T EVER LET YOU GET AWAY
YOU’RE THE ONE WHO KEEPS ME GOING
YOU’RE THE ONE WHO’S ALWAYS SHOWING
SO MUCH LOVE IN EVERY WORD YOU SAY
OH DARLING NOW YOU’VE GOT A CERTAIN SOMETHING ABOUT YOU
I COULD NEVER LIVE WITHOUT YOU
SO I WON’T EVER LET YOU GET AWAY
BRIDGE:
(BEING ALONE WAS JUST DRIVING ME CRAZY
NO WAY I’M GOING BACK DOWN THAT ROAD AGAIN)
THERE MUST BE OTHER GUYS WHO COULD TURN YOU ON
(GUYS COULD TURN YOU ON)
WHY DID YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH ME
(STAYING ALIVE WASN’T ALWAYS THAT EASY)
BABY YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY ONLY ONE
(YOU’RE MY ONLY ONE)
WHY DON’T WE STAY TOGETHER
SEEMS TO ME IT’S MEANT TO BE
MORE THAN INFATUATION
SOME KINDA WILD SENSATION
MAKES ME LOVE YOU MORE WITH EVERY DAY
OH DARLING NOW YOU’VE GOT A CERTAIN SOMETHING ABOUT YOU
I COULD NEVER LIVE WITH YOU
SO I WON’T EVER LET YOU GET AWAY
Info:
All vocals and acoustic guitars - Keith Potger
Drums - Trevor Spencer
Bass guitar - Alan Tarney
All electric guitars and solo - Terry Britten
34. LOVE ME AGAIN
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 1978 Circle Music Publishing & Production
And there’s always so much I want to tell you
But there’s too little time for that I know
So wrap me in your lovin’ arms and hold me
And love me again before I go
Oh love me again before I go
When you touch me I can feel my senses slipping away
‘Til the dark of the night becomes the dawn
One half of me keeps wishin’ that I somehow could stay
While the other knows I really should have gone
And there’s always so much I want to tell you
But there’s too little time for that I know
So wrap me in your lovin’ arms and hold me
And love me again before I go
Oh love me again before I go
No you’ll never be without my love as long as you live
I’ll be yours ‘til forever come what may
The more I get from you my love the more I can give
If I stop tomorrow callin’ me away
And there’s always so much I want to tell you
But there’s too little time for that I know
So wrap me in your lovin’ arms and hold me
And love me again before I go
Oh love me again before I go
Info:
All vocals - Keith Potger
Steel string acoustic guitar - Keith Potger
Nylon string acoustic guitar - Tommy Emmanuel
Drums - Doug Gallacher
Bass guitar - Dave Ellis
Honey Farm Studios
Had to take it all the way
And make some people understand the right from wrong
When dreams had gone and hope was fading
And prayers remained unanswered
He fanned the fire in his blood
The only way he knew
Chorus: He was an ordinary man
In an extraordinary way
He led an ordinary life
In an extraordinary way
What if you were forced to choose
What if you had to make a stand or turn and run
Would you be someone who’d compromise
Take the story of this man
Who made his children understand the right from wrong
When dreams had gone and hope was fading
And prayers remained unanswered
He fanned the fire in his blood
The only way he knew
Repeat Chorus
Bridge: When daylight came he was alone
He had to lead his people home
Didn’t survive to see his vision come to pass
Repeat Chorus: He was an ordinary man
In an extraordinary way
Leading his ordinary life
In an extraordinary way
Tag: He was an ordinary man
In an extraordinary way
Info: Written as a tribute to Eddie Koiki Mabo, who made an indelible mark on the history of Australia through his determination and courage. Sadly, he died before the Aboriginal land rights campaign he led became legislation.
Acoustic guitars and all vocals - Keith Potger
Programming and other instruments, mixing and mastering - Michael Cristiano - Soundplant Studios
36. THIS AIN’T YOUR AVERAGE DREAM
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 1996 Circle Music Publishing & Production
Napoleon was prayin’ with his hand inside his shirt
A forest fire was blazin’ and his nipple kinda hurt
The chorus line went crazy when he rang the red alert
By bungee jumpin’ naked, what a sick outrageous squirt
The chimpanzee he carried in his arms began to scream.
This ain’t your average dream
The four and twenty blackboards were all covered with the news
That all the US Presidents had nothin’ left to lose
Except their bright red lingerie and gold stiletto shoes
And just as they all came down to the levee for the cruise
They watched in wide-eyed wonder as Jayne Mansfield swam upstream
This ain’t your average dream
The pyramids in North Manhattan all refused to sing
“Why should they?” said the union, when the chapel bell won’t ring
“Too bad,” said Winston Churchill, “now they’ve screwed up everything.”
And then a gal who looked like Elvis yelled “Long Live The King!”
For once it looked as though the Stars & Stripes ran out of steam
This ain’t your average dream
The Phantom Of The Opry twanged his banjo through the night
And sang his songs from right to left instead of left to right
Some eagles wheelin’ overhead had got him all uptight
He couldn’t see that every raptor there was just a kite
For all he knew they could have been his high school baseball team
This ain’t your average dream
A comet hit the Eiffel Tower right between the eyes
“That’s better!” cried Toulouse-Lautrec, “it’s now much more my size.”
Gauguin began to say hello but switched to fond goodbyes
Because the cause célèbre was soufflé that wouldn’t rise
It made Van Gogh go more bizarre and even more extreme
This ain’t your average dream
Four long forgotten hieroglyphics capable of sound
Came out the TV singing every madrigal and round
That languished in Elizabethan lyric books down town
And fed this weird cult that drove good music underground
With all the braid and weapons of some ruthless punk regime
This ain’t your average dream
(Fiddle solo)
Then one almighty detonation made my flabber gast
It blew me back to World War 2, I thought those days had past
So in my fax I wrote “Jacques, I ain’t blissed about your blast.
Extract your doigt from up your quoit, you’re blowin’ off half assed.
Why don’t you do your goddamn testing somewhere nearer Nimes?”
This ain’t your average dream
Then Bonaparte popped up again and thumped his puny chest
But no one gave a damn, they knew he couldn’t pass the test
To guess where they had come from: Crested Butte or Butted Crest
Beside they knew the flames had burned off half Napoleon’s breast
He clean forgot to pack a jar of moisturising cream
This ain’t your average dream
(Dobro solo)
He thought he’d roll the burger joint like Bonny did with Clyde
He ordered guns and asked for penis envy on the side
The prosecution and defence they both were satisfied
That the Constitution pulled the trigger, legal homicide
So carry on ’til Doomsday but for Christ’s sake don’t blaspheme
This ain’t your average dream
By now a cast of thousands had assembled on the lot
To tell us who they were the day that JFK was shot
The clowns in braces found it easy, mothers they did not
And when the vote was taken Genghis Khan had lost the plot
But in the tattered safety net he found his self esteem
This ain’t your average dream
Info:
Lead vocal - Keith Potger
Harmony vocals - Ian Simpson, Fred Kuhnl, Lucky Oceans, Dave Clarke, Keith Potger
Fiddle - Dave Clarke
Acoustic guitar - Ian Simpson
Dobro - Lucky Oceans
Bass - Fred Kuhnl
Mixing - David Clark - Heavy Weather Studios
Sadly, we have no record of the drummer.
37. THE LOVE OF MY LIFE
Words and music by Keith Potger
©2023 Circle Music Publishing
“Save it for later” a voice inside me
Whispered what I ought to know
“Laughter and memories and some forks in the road
Will take you where you’re bound to go.
Best will be moments you’ll cherish
When you find the love of your life”
I’ve got to say, and my friends agree that
I’m not the most patient guy
I wanted everything to fall into place
Complete, in the blink of an eye.
Thought I could just snap my fingers
And I’d find the love of my life
Suddenly I had time on my hands
Messing around with my hopes and plans
(Instrumental)
So many changes have come and gone
So many nights have turned into dawn
And then I
Drew back the curtains and saw the light had
Opened a door to my soul
You are the “later” I had been saving for
Beside me and making me whole
You are my true one and only
I know as the love of my life
Now I will never be lonely
For I’ve found the love of my life
Info:
All vocals, instruments, programming, mixing and mastering - Keith Potger - Circle Music Studios
(It's another love song folks)
38. FOREVER LYING IN YOUR ARMS
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 2023 Circle Music Publishing & Production
I was always on the border, on the outside looking in
While the world rolled by around me, I was paying for my sins
Luck was always round the corner, part of someone else's game
And then you came out of nowhere, took me some place higher where my life would never be the same
CHORUS:
Every day there's more that I adore about you
Every night your loving keeps me safe and warm
Now I can't imagine living life without you
I wanna spend forever lying in your arms
I can look back on my darkness, like some nightmare race I've run
Always standing in the shadows, never walking in the sun
Now whenever I chase rainbows, you can make my rainbows real
You give me faith I can believe in, when you hold me close you prove the only truth that I can feel
CHORUS:
Every day there's more that I adore about you
Every night your loving keeps me safe and warm
Now I can't imagine living life without you
I wanna spend forever lying in your arms
Info:
All guitars and vocals _ Keith Potger
All programming, mixing and mastering - Keith Potger - Circle Music Studios
39. SHE’S MOVIN’ OUT
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 1995 Circle Music Publishing & Production
SHE’S MOVIN’ OUT, HEARTACHE’S MOVIN’ IN
I DON’T WANT TO LOSE HER BUT I KNOW I JUST CAN’T WIN
PISTOL PACKIN’ MAMA WON’T PASS THIS WAY AGAIN
SHE’S MOVIN’ OUT, HEARTACHE’S MOVIN’ IN
She seemed like a straight shooter,
Fun to have around.
What a crazy boot scooter
Feet never touched the ground.
She did not want a quiet life
Only craved the night life
And headed for the bright lights of town.
OH SHE’S MOVIN’ OUT, HEARTACHE’S MOVIN’ IN
I DON’T WANT TO LOSE HER BUT I KNOW I JUST CAN’T WIN
PISTOL PACKIN’ MAMA WON’T PASS THIS WAY AGAIN
SHE’S MOVIN’ OUT, HEARTACHE’S MOVIN’ IN
Took her to the best diners,
Movies and the beach.
I thought there was no-one finer
Than my sweet little Georgia peach.
She said “You’re a good guy.”
Next thing she said “Goodbye!”
And headed for the bright lights of town.
(YOU KNOW) SHE’S MOVIN’ OUT, HEARTACHE’S MOVIN’ IN
I DON’T WANT TO LOSE HER BUT I KNOW I JUST CAN’T WIN
THAT PISTOL PACKIN’ MAMA SHE WON’T PASS THIS WAY AGAIN
SHE’S MOVIN’ OUT, HEARTACHE’S MOVIN’ IN
Info:
All vocals, acoustic guitars, percussion and mastering - Keith Potger
Pedal steel guitar - Lucky Oceans
All programming and mixing - David Clark - Heavy Weather Studios
40. SUN RISE (Instrumental)
Music composed by Keith Potger
© 2011 Circle Music Publishing & Production
Info:
Electric guitar - Tommy Emmanuel
All programming, mixing and mastering - Keith Potger
41. WHERE HAVE THE YEARS GONE?
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 2022 Circle Music Publishing
Where have the years gone?
Blown on the wind song.
Memories cascading, fading
In and out of a trance
Save some time for the dance.
Change can slip by behind us
Find us wond’ring where
Where have the years gone? Where have the years gone?
Daybreak and kindness
Swallow the sadness.
Destiny leading, speeding
In and out of a trance .
This all happens by chance.
Darkness falls and may grieve us
Leave us wond’ring where
Where have the years gone? Where have the years gone?
We grow in sunshine, moonbeam
Drifting downstream
Mountains and rivers
Takers and givers.
We may discover lovers
Need a dreamer to dream
Help the silent to scream.
Every season will shake us
Make us wonder where
Where have the years gone? Where have the years gone?
Where have the years gone? Where have the years gone?
Info:
Vocal and guitar - Keith Potger
Recorded live at the Carrington Inn, Bungendore, NSW September 2022
42. THE LOVE OF MY LIFE (Instrumental)
Music by Keith Potger
© 2023 Circle Music Publishing
Info:
All instruments, programming, mixing and mastering - Keith Potger - Circle Music Studios
This was written as a birthday present to Duane Eddy and I had hoped that he would like it enough to record his guitar over the backing track I had created. He died before I could get it to him.
43. I’M LOST WITHOUT YOU
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 2006 Circle Music Publishing
I’m lost without you
Never once imagined it could end this way
What can I say, now your laughter has gone
I see what I have done
I’m lost without you
You were all I had when friends had let me down
Now it’s easy to see how much you meant to me
For the love that we had then
Won’t ever come again
I’m lost without you
Lost without you
I’ll never understand
Just somehow try to do the best I can
In time I might forget
The way we loved, and yet
I’m like a song, when the music has gone
The words remain unsung
I’m lost without you
And a part of what I lived for died today
How could anyone be so important to me
It was the strongest love I’ve known
Oh why am I alone?
I’m lost without you
Lost without you
Info:
All vocals and acoustic guitars - Keith Potger
All other instrumentation, mixing and mastering - Michael Cristiano - Soundplant Studios
44. NASAL TWANG
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 2005 Circle Music Publishing
I wanna sing with a nasal twang
I won’t say darn, I’ll just say dang
Make my career go with a bang
When I learn to sing with a nasal twang
There’s Aussie dudes, some girls, some men
They train their throats just so’s they can
Sound like Shania, or Merle, or Buck
But when I try, my epiglottis gets stuck
So I’ll learn to sing with a nasal twang
And join those guys and girls in the outback gang
They don’t wear thongs, they all wear thangs
So I’ll learn to sing with a nasal twang
And all those songs that The Seekers do
Like Georgy Girl and Another You
I’ll sing ‘em all like they’re meant to be
Straight outa Nashville, Tennessee
And if it takes some surgery
Want you to know that’s dang fine with me
Hey doctor, doctor, quick lay me flat
Cut out the parts that make me sing like that
So I’ll learn to sing with a nasal twang
I won’t say darn, I’ll just say dang
And I won’t wear thongs, I’ll just wear thangs
It’ll make my career go with a bang
When I learn to sing with a nasal twang
Info:
All vocals and acoustic guitars - Keith Potger
All electric guitars, bass guitar, programming, mixing and mastering - Michael Cristiano - Soundplant Studios
Recorded live at Soundplant Studios, North Altona, Victoria
45. DEEP CHATEAU - Instrumental
Music composed by Keith Potger
© 2011 Circle Music Publishing & Production
Info:
All programming, mixing and mastering - Keith Potger - Circle Music Studios
46.THAT FIRST CHRISTMAS
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 1990 Circle Music Publishing
From our first waking moments, we lost our way
Faithless and tempted, day after day
With no star to guide us, no hand to hold
Life had no meaning, love had no soul.
When that first Christmas morning dawned clear and bright
Into our darkness you shone your light
With faith in our future, strength to hold fast
Life had new meaning true love at last.
Jesus, sweet Jesus our saviour
You are our guide and our friend
Carry us on so that we may be
Like you, born again
From that first Christmas dawn you showed us the way
To love one another day after day
With faith in our future, strength to hold fast
Life has new meaning, true love at last.
Jesus, sweet Jesus our saviour
You are our guide and our friend
Carry us on so that we may be
Like you, born again
From that first Christmas dawn you showed us the way
To love one another day after day
With faith in our future, strength to hold fast
Life has new meaning, true love at last.
Info:
All vocals, instruments, mixing and mastering - Keith Potger - Circle Music Studios
Written for my mother, who was a believer
47. THE NEW HEARTBEAT
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 2014 Circle Music Publishing
In a time so dark, when the law of the land was a lie
A star cut clear through a calm and crystal sky
And held within its shimmering beam
Was a refuge safe from the fearful night
Not a fantasy, not a foolish dream
But the power of truth and the way and the light
THEN THE WORLD AWOKE TO A NEW HEARTBEAT
(And it came from a baby boy)
AND THE SILENCE BROKE INTO HARMONY SWEET
(In peace and joy)
THEN THE WORLD AWOKE TO A NEW HEARTBEAT
AND THE SILENCE BROKE INTO HARMONY SWEET
IN THE NAME OF PEACE, IN THE NAME OF JOY
IN THE NEW HEARTBEAT - OF THE BABY BOY
Now if we believe it will beat ‘til the end of all time
That heart’s pure love can forgive the faithless mind
For long ago that vision revealed
There was light and hope for the fallen soul
Now the children sing and the bells all peal
For the greatest story ever told
WHEN THE WORLD AWOKE TO A NEW HEARTBEAT.....
Alternative last chorus:
THEN THE WORLD WILL RISE TO A NEW HEARTBEAT
(That began with the baby boy)
AS THE CRYSTAL SKIES FILL WITH HARMONY SWEET
(In peace and joy)
THEN THE WORLD WILL RISE TO A NEW HEARTBEAT
AS THE CRYSTAL SKIES FILL WITH HARMONY SWEET
IN THE NAME OF PEACE, IN THE NAME OF JOY
IN THE NEW HEARTBEAT - OF THE BABY BOY
Info:
All vocals - Keith Potger
Piano and orchestral arrangement - Mike Eastman - recorded at Mike's home
Another one written for my mother
48. THE DAY THOU GAVEST LORD IS ENDED
Written by the Rev John Ellerton (1826–1893) in 1870 for its inclusion in A Liturgy for Missionary Meetings.
Info:
All vocals, instruments, mixing and mastering - Keith Potger - Circle Music Studios
I sang this at my grandmother's funeral in 1956 and this recording was played at my mother's funeral in 2004
49. DENMARK SUNSET - Instrumental
Music composed by Keith Potger
© 2003 Circle Music Publishing & Production
Info:
Arrangement - Keith Potger
Programming, mixing and mastering - Michael Cristiano - Soundplant Studios
50. SMILE NOW (Reprise)
Words and music by Keith Potger
© 2009 Circle Music Publishing & Production
Info:
All instruments, vocals, programming and mixing - Keith Potger
Mastering - Michael Cristiano - Soundplant Studios
