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Promo EP

by Gary Rathbone

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1.
White Hotel 03:19
WHITE HOTEL Lyrics: Gary Rathbone Verse 1 I happened to have a conversation – with a crazy girl in a white hotel She said the facts remained – to change the things that we knew well Chorus 1 (She said) Love changes people but they never seem to realise, oh no. When love changes people it comes as no surprise – to me Verse 2 I’m sitting here wishing that she would listen, but the truth is always hard to tell Simple despair never changed a thing, without a little bit of luck and little soft-sell Chorus 2 Some changes people never seem to understand, oh no. When some changes come along to the middle man (and they do) Bridge: Oh no…so alone down here (x 4) Verse 2 repeat Chorus 2 repeat Instrumental solo Chorus 1 repeat x 4
2.
Cold War 03:21
COLD WAR Lyrics: Gary Rathbone 1. Midnight, at the kitchen table We sit unsure, completely disabled And the language of love’s no real-politik It’s just washed up in the sink 2. Once we might have run for the glory Snapped roses right out the air But we found no magic words - just the same old story I’d heard before I found myself there… Chorus In this cold war… Cold war between you and me It’s a cold war here at home Since I found myself - living with you on my own 3. You can colour me crazy, you can colour me straight But the colour I know best is blue It’s on the TV screens and newspaper tragedies And now I can see it in you. 4. Words on the wall could be the writing of angels We could follow those words to god knows where To the ends of the earth - the commencement of fables Or the grey middle-ground of fatal despair Chorus repeat Instrumental Bridge She closed her eyes and counted to 10 I slipped the lock on the door and then… Walked away without looking back to pretend It was anything else but a… Chorus repeat x 2
3.
I’M YOUR GIRL Lyrics: Gary Rathbone 1. I’m Your Girl – I’m your dreaming mirror. Each tear on your pillow, tearing at your heart In your world -In your existence, I have no resistance – I will play my part… Chorus And I, I believe, I believe - in everything. Yes I, I believe, I believe – in everything… That you are. That you are… 2. You’re undressed – I have closed the curtains. But I don’t know for certain – where to go. Who will care – who will look for meaning. Label loving stealing – and steal away the light. Chorus repeat 1st verse repeat Chorus repeat
4.
YOU Lyrics: Gary Rathbone 1. Rain – it comes and it goes. That’s the way it is – everyone knows Sun – a light in the sky. In love’s bright new world – no wonder why. I said I wanted everything – but I left everything behind. 2. You – winter in your eyes. But it’s spring inside – easy to find. Sky – faded in blue. I’ll take it all -wrap it up – and bring it to you. You said you wanted everything – but everything’s a state of mind Chorus But I hope, I’ve earned The smile you keep in your secret place. And I know – I’ve learnt… That time runs away, calling you… To follow where she goes. 3. Hope – a small thing to say But it’s such a big word – if you see it that way. Time – so where does it go? It comes back to you, my love – that’s all I know. We said we wanted everything – but everything’s so hard to find. Chorus Repeat
5.
Atmosphere 03:15
ATMOSPHERE Lyrics: Gary Rathbone 1. My head is full of things to say – that I’d forgotten anyway Never thought I’d see the light of day – in a world of blue. I couldn’t even make a sound – and you were going, round and round. Never thought that I would hot the ground – downtown with you. Chorus Downtown – out in the real world Downtown – me and the real girl Downtown – breaking apart in the atmosphere Falling apart in the atmosphere Falling to pieces in the stratosphere… Have we got nothing to fear – I fear? 2. If life is like a crazy night – you get it wrong, you get it right But trouble’s never worth the fight – ain’t that the truth. You watch the weekend disappear – there’s music ringing in your ear But just how far is much to near – downtown with you. Chorus Instrumental Chorus
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TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF Lyrics: Gary Rathbone 1. I’ve got a way with words, I get away with anything… I can get the tip of my tongue around. Tell you what I like…what want…what I need To make my world go around. Tell you about what I could have done. What I could have meant to everyone. Tell you who I am…and answer why, The world out there is passing me by. But enough about me…tell me about yourself! 2. I’m in talkative mood, I’m in an echo chamber. Everything I say is going ‘round and ‘round. Don’t hear what you say…see what you do, Don’t have the space in my world for you. I’ve got a hundred words for personality, And a million reasons why you got to be free I’m coming to town with my philosophy, Would you like a date with my destiny? But enough about me…tell me about yourself. 1st verse repeat

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A promotional sampler of some of my material ahead of (hopefully) a full album - Tell Me About Yourself - to be released later.

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released June 1, 2017

'White Hotel', 'Cold War' and 'Atmosphere' produced by Gavan Eckhart at GoGo Ghetto Studios, Johannesburg, 2016.

'I'm Your Girl' Produced by Willem Moller, Johannesburg, 1997.

'You' and 'Tell Me About Yourself' produced by Gary Rathbone, London, 2016/2017.

All words and music: Gary Rathbone
Except 'White Hotel'
Words: Gary Rathbone
Music: Gary Rathbone, Allan Lusk and Richard Frost.

Music published by Passage One Music.
Except 'White Hotel': published by Gallo Music

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