Lyrics

Magic Place to Be

This man lives in Australia writing songs beside the sea
At Venus Bay
I've sung so many of them had to ask how did you ever
Find the way
To write with such emotion songs that get inside your mind
Invade your heart?
He grinned at me and told me where I live and sleeping deep
Are a fair start

He said some mornings I wake up from sleep so deep
Tucked waves-away in bed
The sound of surging surf supporting rolling words that beat
Beat-breaking through my head
Soft words that come in swelling surf of rhythm
And-the-rhyme of poetry
Tucked waves-away in bed such mornings truly is
A magic place to be

A magic place to be
Magic place to be
Tucked waves-close-by in bed soft words
Beat-beating through my head
Beat-breaking in my head
Truly is the magic place to be

He said those mornings I wake up from sleep so deep
Tucked-waves close-by in bed
I break-out of my sleep to quickly hand-write words
Beat-beating through my head
Quick-smart I boot my laptop up and hum the tune
Surfs in the poetry
Breaking-humming out of bed, such mornings, truly is
A magic place to be

A magic place to be
Magic place to be
Tucked waves-away in bed soft words
Beat-beating through my head
Beat-breaking in my head
Truly is a magic place to be

Bridge:
As I think about it now, he said, this thing's been going on a long, long time
But it's not so many sleeps ago close surf inspired the rhythm and the rhyme
Time won't bring back those songs I'd woken up with
Beat-beating-in-my-head
Then lost in keeping sleeping, not understanding how tucked waves-away in bed
Was such a magic place to be
Such a magic place to be

A magic place to be
Magic place to be
Tucked waves-away in bed soft words
Beat-beating through my head
Beat-breaking through my head
Truly is a magic place to be
A magic place to be
Magic place to be

I listened like I never have before
This was truly something different, something more
Inspirational to me
Yeah, a magic place to be
Magic place to be

Copyright Gary Woods, April 15th, 2013. APRA/AMCOS Reg: GW44180028