Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Simply Red
Performer
Mick Hucknall
Vocals
Merv Pearson.
Programming
James Wiltshire
Keyboards
Sarah Brown
Background Vocals
Andy Wright
Programming
Gota
Programming
Tim Vine
Keyboards
Wayne Stobbart
Bass Guitar
Geoff Holroyde
Drums
Kenji Suzuki
Electric Guitar
Chris De Margary.
Saxophone
Greg Bone
Guitar
Mark Jaimes
Guitar
Aiden Love
Keyboards
Dominic Thrupp
Keyboards
Phillipe Manjard
Keyboards
Ned Douglas
Programming
Ian Kirkham
Saxophone
John Johnson
Trombone
Kevin Robinson
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mick Hucknall
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mick Hucknall
Producer
Andy Saunders
Assistant Engineer
Emily Cracknell
Assistant Engineer
Josh T
Assistant Engineer
Mak Togashi
Assistant Engineer
Matt Taite
Assistant Engineer
Matt White
Recording Engineer
Al Clay
Recording Engineer
Alan Douglas
Recording Engineer
James Wiltshire
Recording Engineer
Andy Wright
Producer
Gota
Producer
Kevin Metcalfe
Mastering Engineer
John Johnson
Recording Engineer
Agm
Producer
Lyrics
This land is real, real as the next man
This land is there for all to see
You're standing there so cold and calm
You stand so close to me
And you out there can keep away
There's nothing owed to you
All I want's to lose myself and stay so close to you
The river is cruel its pipes are sprayed with long forgotten names
Big boys now with kids whose lives will never feel the same
If you out there don't get what I say, there's nothing owed to you
To feel that way is born inside no matter what you do
I wonder how my fortune fell
When everything began to melt
The case I had for wasting that
That never came
I want to walk away again
Away again
Away again
There to wonder how those things will never be
Searching for that grand illusion fools have called the key
If you don't care just keep away, how can I give hope to you
Nearer now are both our futures, me, our hearts and you
And yet all I want is to lose myself and stay so close to you
All I want is to stay so close to you
Writer(s): Michael James Hucknall
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