Hi, the following is how he sung The Reason For It All when touring Scotland with John Monroe in March 1982. The caps are EB and the rest JM. Eric said he wrote the song after reading about the incident in an Australian newspaper. What struck him was that Clare's son & daughter both lived in Sydney, not even that far away from her. THE REASON FOR IT ALL. SUNSHINE POURING ON THE CITY, IT'S ANOTHER LOVELY DAY IN SIDNEY SUNSHINE POURING DOWN LIKE HONEY, IN A GOLDEN WATERFALL BUT IN THE ROOM WHERE CLARE LIES DYING, NO SUNSHINE SENDS THE SHADOWS FLYING NO CHILDREN GATHER 'ROUND HER CRYING, THERE'S NO-ONE THERE AT ALL EXCEPT PERHAPS FOR THE MAN WHO SEES EACH LITTLE SPARROW FALL Don't talk to me of lonely souls dying, dark, quiet rooms, and old people dying I don't want to hear it, I don't want to hear it at all Lonely old people die every day, don't blame me, I didn't make it that way That's just how it is, don't look for a reason for it all WINTER WEEPING ON THE CITY, A WET AND WINDY DAY IN SIDNEY RAINDROPS FALLING FAT AND HEAVY, DOWN CLARE'S WINDOW PANE THE RAINDROPS ON THE TIN ROOF BEATING, DISTURB THE RATS AS THEY ARE FEEDING BACK TO THEIR NESTS THEY ALL GO CREEPING, LEAVING CLARE ALONE AGAIN IT'S BEEN A LONG AND LONELY TIME SINCE CLARE COULD HEAR THE RAIN Don't talk to me of the meaning of life, don't sing your songs that cut like a knife I don't want to hear it, I don't want to hear it at all Lonely people are not my concern, from dust we come, to dust we return That's just how it is, don't look for a reason for it all SPRINGTIME'S COME AT LAST TO SIDNEY, THE FLOWERS BLOOMING IN THE CITY IN ALL THEIR MULTI-COLOURED GLORY, THEY RISE TO GREET THE YEAR MEMORIES IN SHAME RECALLING, FOOTSTEPS ON THE FRONT PORCH FALLING VOICES THROUGH THE WINDOW CALLING, IS ANYBODY THERE CLARE CAMPBELL'S LOST AND LONELY SOUL IS A LONG, LONG WAY FROM HERE Don't talk to me about life's seasons, don't ask me for answers, don't ask me for reasons That's just how it is, don't look for a reason for it all Man can go crazy if he keeps asking why, yeah man can go crazy if he keeps asking why That's just how it is, don't look for a reason for it all CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY, THERE MUST BE A REASON, THERE MUST BE A WAY TO MAKE SOME SENSE OF IT, TO TRY TO FIND A REASON FOR IT ALL WE ARE NOT BORN JUST SO WE CAN DIE, THERE MUST BE A REASON AND WE'VE GOT TO TRY TO MAKE SOME SENSE OF IT, TO TRY TO FIND A REASON FOR IT ALL Don't talk to me about life's seasons, don't ask me for answers, don't ask me for reasons That's just how it is, don't look for a reason for it all From the moment we're born, we start to die, man can go crazy if he keeps asking why That's just how it is, don't look for a reason for it all That's just how it is, don't look for a reason for it all OH THERE MUST BE A WAY, THERE MUST BE A REASON FOR IT ALL All the best, Nynia.
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