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GATHER ROUND

from SHADOWLANDS by Jack Howard

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My dad passed away in 2008 and he spent his last year fading away in a nursing home. This song is about the fading away, the dying of the light.

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Well, trouble comes to my house
Nothing I can do is gonna stop it
Well trouble comes, I don't know how
A crack in the footpath, a blink of an eye

Gather round here, all my friends
Gather here, all you voices in the dark
The shadowland is upon us
Gather round, and hold my hand

Now everything I had is now beyond me
And everything I took for granted, God grant me now

Gather round here, all my friends
Gather here, all you voices in the dark
The shadowland is upon us
Gather round, and hold my hand

Take me back to where I was, take me back to where I thought I belonged
Consigned to lore, resigned to the score
I can still crack a smile and make 'em laugh

Gather round here, all my friends
Gather here, all you voices in the dark
The shadowland is upon us
Gather round, and hold my hand

credits

from SHADOWLANDS, released January 30, 2012
Gerard Assi - gtr, Heather Michael - backing vocals, Jack - all the rest

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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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