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Leaving This City Too Soon
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Pop ballad about Sydney, Australia with nifty 12-string guitar intro by Dave Edwards (who co-wrote the song and arranged it too.)
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Eclectic blend of pop/rock, acoustic folk, blues and country
Geoff Davis is a singer and songwriter of rare talent from the UK. In the past he has fronted the pop/rock band The Freudian Slippers and the acoustic based trio Davis, Edwards & Riley, the latter often having the acclaimed violinist Graham Smith (formerly of String Driven Thing and Van Der Graaf Generator) as a guest at their gigs. A number of his songs have been broadcast on BBC Radio and he has also performed his material, along with Dave Edwards, Syd Riley and Graham Smith, on British television. Geoff's Album Ancient Wisdom, Modern World displays his talent as a singer and a songwriter with its wide range of musical styles, brilliant lyricism and variety of vocal techniques. The album is now available to buy online from It is also available in MP3 download format. Further details can be found by clicking on the "store" link on this page. You may also be interested in seeing Geoff's pages. Geoff is listed in the following directory
Song Info
Genre
Pop Dance-Pop
Charts
#7,884 in subgenre Peak #68
Charts
Peak #181
Author
Geoff Davis/Dave Edwards
Rights
Geoff Davis/Dave Edwards
Uploaded
September 23, 2004
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MP3 5.1 MB 128 kbps 5:36
Story behind the song
Several weeks spent in Sydney, Australia with family who lived there
Lyrics
Leaving This City Too Soon A dinner party in a home in Alexandria A Sunday picnic in the Centennial Park The Harbour Bridge, it looks so pretty in the dark And I'll be leaving this city too soon. A solitary figure on Coogee Beach after sunset The Powerhouse impressions, well, they took my breath away And then the view out over Botany Bay And I'll be leaving this city too soon. Chorus It's vast but it's slow In this city don't you know With lots of things to do And places to go While in England there's snow Here the sun seems to show Every minute of each day now Didn't you know didn't you know? Vacleuse House I saw just after Gerard Depardieu Then an ocean liner in the Circular Quay A Javanese Buddha in the art gallery And I'll be leaving this city too soon Took the ferry across the harbour over to Manly Then the bush country, well, it's not too far away The gum trees and the crickets seem to say Well, I'll be leaving this city too soon. Chorus Every palm tree and lizard adds to the flavour of A sub-tropical cosmopolitan metropolis you could grow to love. Chorus
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Astronomusic
May 21, 2008
A very nice song to a very nice city!!! Thank you for your art, Geoff!!! Zozimo and Adrianne.