Air Supply

Songwriter: Graham Russell

Producer: Harry Maslin

VERSE ONE
I didn't really walk away I had something to explain
Trying to reach you night and day when I did not know your name
Shall we promise just to talk and be alone, all alone
Why can't the voice that said hello at the moment of first sight?
Whisper the words I need to know speak to me that way tonight
Let me hear it travel through the restless sky straight from you
Come to me today

CHORUS ONE
One step closer forward motion
One step near our destination

VERSE TWO
How can I bring myself to sleep till I'm resting by your side?
Sharing the secrets hard to keep when you live them all through the night
And then wake up with the words I'll always want you to say
Come to me today

CHORUS TWO
One step closer forward motion
One step near our destination
One step closer forward motion
One step near our destination

VERSE THREE
A lonely man has come undone
Is it wrong to think I understand where you are as close to me?
Not much further to go

Instrumental

Let me hear it travel through the restless sky straight from you
Come to me today

END CHORUS
One step closer forward motion
One step near our destination
One step closer forward motion
One step near our destination
One step closer forward motion
One step near our destination
(Fade)

Air Supply are a soft rock duo formed in 1975. From 1980-1985 the band had a string of hits that charted well in the US, Canada, New Zealand and their homeland Australia.

After Graham Russell’s music was ignored by bandmates in two previous bands, he auditioned for and won a part as a chorus member in a Melbourne production of Jesus Christ Superstar. This is where he met and teamed up with Russell Hitchcock, who had missed the JCS auditions in Sydney – so he flew to Melbourne and landed a spot in the same chorus.

The two submitted a demo of two songs – “Love And Other Bruises” and “If You Knew Me” to CBS Records and got signed. The former went to #3 in Australia, so they assembled session musicians, released their self-titled debut album, and toured Australia.

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