A Member of the Public (aka Aldo) generously did two demo versions of this song. (The other one is at the foot of this post). Give both a listen. I have shuffled the words around since these were done

Doing life was easy, bud

Like stealing candy with a gun

Till the sky fell down and kicked me

Back to square one

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I had no fear of failure

Till the banker took my fun

Several years of tax arrears

Walking to the sun

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-chorus-

The universe had moved my goals

So I walked the earth between the poles

Walking, never crawling

Stumble, never falling

Down an endless highway

Walking to the sun.

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“You’ll never find an Eden

It’s a futile quest my son”

The bouncer bounced my arse outside

Walking to the sun

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I often felt like I was getting nowhere

My brain just felt un-spun

I was taking steps in f*ckin quicksand

Walking to the sun

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My feet were shot, blistered soles

from stony paths and red-hot coals

Walking, never crawling

Stumble, never falling

Down an endless highway

Walking to the sun.

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Rushing is a young man’s game

Now I walk but never run

Cos it’s the same old goddam distance

Walking to the sun.

——— instrumental break——

-Bridge-

How many of us realise

When we sit down on our beach

that the sun is like a rainbow’s end

It’s just a little out of reach…

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So the pathway disappears

My lonely walk has been paved in years

Walking, never crawling

Stumble, never falling

Down an endless highway

Walking to the sun.

Copyright: Rod de Lisle/Aldo Sedevcich