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.