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Success Ain't What They Teach / Bright Scenic Reprise

from Bright by Stuart O'Connor

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Recorded in Pinner, Welwyn Garden City, Watford and Knebworth, UK

Written in Te Anau, New Zealand

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And so I walk the streets
(As you do)
Hungry for a feast
(As you do)
My footsteps form a beat
The pacing of my feet
An urgent rhythms destinations due

And so I chase the sun
(As you do)
There's battles lost and won
(As you do)
December on the beach
Success ain't what they teach
There's an urgency to keep perspective new

And when I hit stagnation
(As you will)
I recollect my motivation
(As you must)
There's a joy in following my own path
I must cry but I also must laugh
Life's too short to compromise what's true

When will I face up to myself
I'm running scared from fading health
I shrug the role maturity and cower from responsibility
Behind my moat I'll claim to be but really I'm just lost at sea
Drifting in a one man canoe
Miles from land and miles from you
And I'd like to come and thank you
But it's too deep to cast anchor
So I'll write this rhyme and hope that it gets through

credits

from Bright, released October 1, 2012
11. Success Ain't What They Teach / Bright Scenic Reprise

Written By Stuart O'Connor and Dave Smale

Backing Vocals - Julia Bell
Piano - Dave Smale
Autoharp - Joe Davin
Vocals / Guitar / Beach Recording - Stuart O'Connor

Bright Scenic Reprise

Written by Stuart O'Connor

Voice - Marcus Harley
Broken piano / Signals - Craig Harris
Chimes - Stuart O'Connor

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Stuart O'Connor UK

Full time touring internationally since 2006.

Over 2000 shows - in UK Japan, New Zealand, Australia, S. Korea, Italy,
Germany, Colombia, France, Poland, Austria, Czech Rep, Thailand,
Netherlands, Switzerland, United States.

Sharing billings with
Damien Rice, Billy Cobham, Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols), The Staves,
Ocean Colour Scene, Mad Professor, Ed Sheeran, James Bay, To name a few.
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