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Track: Fall Of Rome
Artist: James Reyne
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James Reyne, OAM (born 19 May 1957, Lagos, Nigeria) is an Australian singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist and harmonica player. Father of [a4950793] and brother of [a614288]. Born to an Australian mother and an English father, James' family migrated to Australia in the early 1960s, settling in Victoria's Mornington Peninsula area. Leaving law school to study drama at the Victorian College of the Arts, James' musical career initially took hold in the late 1970s when he and some friends formed the band [a306012]. Australian Crawl had substantial success in Australia with all of their albums achieving top 5 status. The band won numerous awards and James won best male vocalist for 3 consecutive years and garnered recognition for his songwriting ability, in particular with the song "Reckless". After the band split in 1986, James spent some time in the United States and Europe, returning to Australia in 1988. His first self-titled solo album went triple platinum and included three top 10 singles. In the following years James released two more solo albums, [Link] and [Link], which mirrored the success of the first. In 1992, he recorded a duet with country music singer [a533576], a cover of [a822553]' song [Link] which went to number 1 on the Australian charts. He then joined [a262877], [a377341] and [a336404] on the album [Link]. James returned to Los Angeles and in 1995 recorded [Link] with renowned producer [a70219]. In 1999, James recorded and released the CD [Link] with his friends, brothers [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1185427-Scott-Kingman]Scott[/url] and [a614289]. Throughout his career James has appeared in a number of theatrical, film and television productions and concert events, including the television mini-series [i]Return to Eden[/i] (1983), the movie [i]What's Love Got to Do with It[/i] (1993), the stage musical [i]The Little Shop of Horrors[/i] (1996) and the television series [i]State Coroner[/i] (1997-1998). In 2004, he released [Link] on [l6580], followed in 2005 with the [l416066] CD [Link] which contained acoustic reworkings of some of his best known solo and Australian Crawl compositions. James toured Australia during 2005 – 2006, all the while writing and recording. During this period he recorded several children's songs that were included as a CD and book package with illustrations by Wendy Straw. Another project was co-hosting the music show [i]Dig TV[/i] with Tracee Hutchinson, on ABC 2. In 2007, he released his eighth solo album [Link].

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Release: James Reyne - Fall Of Rome
Year: 1987
Genres: Rock, Pop
Styles: Pop Rock

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Every mor-orning when I wake from my bed
I find I'm yawnin' just a-scratchin' my head
I face the dawnin', I feel like I'm dead
Oh baby, I been sleeping all alone
Well, every daybreak as I wake from my sleep
I find I'm achin' as I drag from the deep
If I were a Mustang I'd be a junk-yard heap
Mirror don't lie, mirror don't lie, talk about a rollin' stone

Everbody said a-what's that sound, put it in a skillet and slap it all around
And everybody said I can't stay home, still thinkin' 'bout the Fall of Rome
Still thinkin' 'bout the Fall of Rome

Well, all these dragons are just a-draggin' me down
I've been a-pickin' things up from the underground
Like a trackless tram I'm Bondi bound
Sittin' in the depot all alone
No purity, no clear white walls
A big stampede when the Warragul calls
Times a-menacing just gnashes and mauls
Where'm I gonna buy it, where'm I gonna buy it
Gotta give a dog a bone

And everbody said what's that sound, put it in a skillet and slap it all around
And everybody said I can't stay home, still thinkin' 'bout the Fall of Rome
Still thinkin' 'bout the - Fall of Ro-ome, I'm a-thinkin' 'bout the Fall of Ro-ome

Well I've been li-ivin' a categorical lie
Each last thrill the penultimate high
Just a-one more hit before I can die
Yellow teeth are snappin' all around
Well, every day of the week as I wake from my bed
I find I'm yawning just a scratchin' my head
If I were a Mustang, I think it's gone to my head
Mirror don't lie, mirror don't lie, talk about a rolling stone

And everbody said what's that sound, put it in a skillet and slap it all around