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FEAR OF FLYING

from RELIVING LIFE TO THE FULL by JACK HOWARD

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Unreleased track from 1996 recordings at The Lodge with Barry Stockley behind the desk. Ash Davies on drums, Nicky Del Rey on guitar, Doug Robertson on bass and Matt Heydon on keys. Rocking little number eventually re-worked for Secrets and White Lies. I think that I like this version better. Another angsty, but optimistic, love lyric. Funny thing is, even though I'm writing about a "she", sometimes it's like I've cast myself in the female role. (See also the track "Restlessness" on "The Story So Far...")

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Then she emerged from the bedroom
Tall and shining in the light
She wore her green dress and her Italian shoes
And her Evening In Paris perfume
She kissed me hard upon the lips
Took my hand and said we're staying in tonight
We're going to the places where we used to go

Before the fear of flying tied you to the ground

Then she took me by the hand
She led me to the places where we used to go
Then she led me by the hand
And we danced to tune that we used to know
Around and around and around we whirled
Around and around and around

Then the fear of flying, etc.

Well, you can trust a prince
You can't trust a princess
Well, you're no prince anymore anyway, just be my man

Don't let that fear of flying, etc.

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from RELIVING LIFE TO THE FULL, released October 12, 2012

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Jack Howard Melbourne, Australia

Jack Howard played trumpet with Hunters and Collectors and for the last 20 years, he's been releasing his own highly- regarded music. Along the way, he's also played with The Living End, The Violent Femmes, Rodriguez and a host of others. In 2017, Jack toured the world with Midnight Oil as their trumpeter/multi-instrumentalist. He released his memoirs, Small Moments Of Glory in 2019. ... more

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