Wonderful Out Here

from Sparklemusik by Cloudland Blue Quartet

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14/10/19

No mention in the diary whatsoever! However, the dates of the files in the music folders and on the lyric sheet do suggest that this song was indeed written and initially recorded on this day

Originally this song was "Fly Across the World" (15/5/16) (see demo versions included in bonus tracks), which was written following a formula from a newspaper which purported to be that for a song which could win the Eurovision Song Contest.

The lyrics were written following reading a passage from a book Anne was reading on a flight to Germany, about a woman receiving an all clear from an illness after a year of treatment and worry.

lyrics

We got wonderful news, It's a wonderful day
We got the all clear ok
Now we can move on, Start a new day
We got the all clear ok

The waiting's over and we thank our lucky stars
We head out to the bar

It's the first drink in a year
And it tastes so very beautiful
The future's looking clear
It's wonderful out here

The kids don't know it, They never ever knew it
Cos we kept it to ourselves
All the preparations, Now unneeded
And it's back into the world

The waiting's over and we thank our lucky stars
We head out to the bar

It's the first laugh in a year
And it sounds so very beautiful
The future's looking clear
It's wonderful out here

It's the first drink in a year
And it tastes so very beautiful
The future's looking clear
It's wonderful out here

It's the first time in a year
And it feels so very beautiful
The future's looking clear
It's wonderful out here

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from Sparklemusik, released May 7, 2021
David Reilly - Vocals
Edward Spark - Synthesisers, Rhythm Bed

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Cloudland Blue Quartet Edinburgh, UK

A quartet in name only, initially influenced by Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting" and The Velvet Underground's debut, songwriter & soundscaper David Reilly started musicking in 1977 by creating drones using sellotape on the keys of his dad's Bontempi Organ. The subsequent junk shop purchases of an electric guitar & fuzzbox and the acquisition of an old Beatles songbook, led him into songwriting... ... more

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