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Bermuda Shades (mini album)

by BERMUDA SHADES

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1.
Looking for action out somewhere near El'Paso In some metal bar they’re pumpin’ at the disco Nightcrawlin’ Down on the strip ya’ know ya’ gotta hussle With the cops and thieves junkies and the assholes Nightcrawlin’ In the city’s back streets way across town Rising up from your deep insides In your darkest place on the low down From the corners of your mind running wild All down the alley ways walkin’ in the shadows They’re following you their voices they echo Nightcrawlin’ Now whatcha gonna do all washed up in the gutter With all the sleaze & motherfuckin’- motherfuckers? Through razor-wired broken windows Seeing ghost with pins for eyes See lambs lost in the spot light Poor little lambs you’re gonna die! Hey! what’s the matter man what you gonna do? I see you’re lost and your arm’s black & blue It’s alright I understand let’s take a little ride hey what’s up man? It’s all fine what’s there to lose? now what you gonna do you’re so confused? Just don’t fight it there ain’t no plan You know that you want it Nightcrawlin’
2.
Lying by the ocean drinking rum and thinking ‘bout you and me Dreaming of a boat we’ll climb aboard and sail it on out to sea We’ll ride on like stowaways we’ll hide for days alone And rise somewhere life is nice and warm And we'll dance around like swan dare in the moonlight Just swaying in time on silvery nights And we'll sail away like lovers do Across the horizon We came upon an island on a beach and made a little house to live in But soon we heard the rumble of the volcano And you and I had to leave And we'll ride on like stowaways we'll hide where nights are long And rise somewhere life is nice And we’ll dance around like swan dare in the moonlight Just swaying in time on silvery nights And we'll sail away like lovers do All across the horizon Lets follow the rise of the sea float with the clouds in the breeze They’re not so impossible things to find we’ll be floating around in a dream They’re not so impossible-we'll ride on like stowaways we'll hide for nights alone And rise somewhere nice And we’ll dance around like swan dare in the moonlight Just swinging in time on silvery nights And we’ll sail away like lovers do All across the horizon Oh' and we’ll swim and play like dolphins play Alone in the heat of the night
3.
I'm driving from the city beneath the winding Lights of the freeway In a fast car racing across the night Alone I fly away The hours go speeding by when Travelling across time and space My wheels roll on Saturn's rings Around and round I race I'm low on gas and oxygen And the radio won't play On a cosmic speedway all alone I'll burn out like a light And never come home Hurling faster than the speed of light I ride a higher plain Above the sky and out of sight On a starry highway A thousand million miles alone I'll burn up like a light and Never come home
4.
So Lonely 04:25
Jane says it's stormy and tomorrow we've better luck Cos there's change a'coming and skies will be clearing up When she's talking just to me about meteorology I'm lost in her eyes And with every word she's sayin’ I'm hangin' on for Jane I ....I lose my mind woah - yeah! When the mercury's falling and cold rain hits the ground Jane says by Friday the sun will be coming out Would she wear that dress for me? That one above the knee? So tight It’s what I’m hoping And every night I dream Up someway I'm gonna give Her all my love - all my love She's all woman and I wanna be around her-Jane! I want her to know me I write her letters but she never comes around here And I'm so lonely for her When I woke up Sunday the sky was hangin' down When I called the station they said Jane had left town And no one on my TV is so warm and friendly as her And I feel so down There ain't never gonna be another weather girl for me But I won't cry no-no I won't! She's all woman and I wanna be around her-Jane! I want her to know me I write her letters but she never comes around here And I'm so lonely Well she's all woman and I wanna be around her-Jane! I want her to show me I write her letters but she never comes around here And I'm so lonely for her
5.
Train to Rome through the Autumn leaves the wheels start to roll Train to Rome I met a Mona-Lisa we had a love that's strong Dancing in our carriage swinging we drank a lot of cool summer wine All along i was thinking she looked like an angel in the light Riding on That train to Rome rolling down the blinds on the windows Train to Rome let the engine roar and the whistle blow The rhythm of the tracks repeating the beating of our hearts keeping time But later while I was sleeping she left there alone in the night Well that train to Rome along went speeding dragging my old heart down the line Only heaven knows what I was feeling I've never known lovin' so right Train to Rome through the city streets hear the engine slow Train to Rome I never want to leave but its time to go In the people at the station waiting i saw her meet a man with a child On the whistle as the train was leaving I caught a little smile from her eyes
6.
Sober 03:51
I was dreaming on Sunday, rain was falling down Dark cloud hung over this hazy town I climbed aboard a train and for days and nights I rode Through the hills and valleys, I heard voices call-singing “Don’t worry this storm will pass You’re just stone cold sober, this won’t last long” I woke up with sparrows all pecking in my eyes In someone else’s clothes, in someone else’s wife I asked for directions to somewhere I might know I ran for miles through the streets In bitter sleet and snow I heard “Don’t worry it’s all just fine You’re just stone cold sober” then the sea came in rolling Like a slow embrace I could run to and hide In arms that are open, loving and wide Where loneliness and tears run dry And follow the ocean home on the rising tide Don't worry it's all just fine Like stars fading from night’s sky With no reason to stay In blinding light We find a place to hide away

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Throwing away any (or all) pre-conceived ideas of style & song crafting is often a challenge for any artist, especially for those who have been around a while. Newly adopting the band moniker 'Bermuda Shades' after finding an abandoned 80’s keyboard on a St Kilda hard-rubbish pile (and batteries to bring it to life) Melbourne musician Murray Johnstone has spent the winter months of 2018 embracing its ‘anyone can play’ electro pop/rock sound as a basis to write and record material for this self-titled debut mini-album release.

Stylistically, DNA testing Bermuda Shades would show positive results toward Bowie/Pop collaborations or recent artists such as the UK's Artificial Pleasure or possibly Jack Ladder closer to home. Put it all together Bermuda Shades self-titled mini album could well be one of the finds of the year…or for at least for as long as the batteries hold out.

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released September 1, 2018

©2018 Words & Music: Murray Johnstone except track 6 (Sober) Murray Johnstone & Peter Greasley
Stephen Caruana played Bongos & Percussion on Train to Rome
Recorded & mixed by Murray Johnstone at Ol' Mother Hubbard, St. Kilda / Melbourne
Mastering: Ben Coe
All images: Murray Johnstone
Art / Layout: Murray Johnstone & Angela Rossitto

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BERMUDA SHADES Melbourne, Australia

Bermuda Shades is the solo work of Melbourne-based songmaker/performer Murray Johnstone.

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