Air Supply

Songwriter: Graham Russell

Producer: Peter Dawkins

(graham russell)

If I've got to run instead of feeling proud
If I've got to find you in a big wide crowd
No doubt the country side is waiting for me
There ain't no answer to what I say

Now that I've found my soul I'm free
Back to the highway that's calling me
There must be reasons why I've got to hide
There ain't no answer to what I say

I'm standing alone my money's all gone
So throw me a gun and teach me to run
I'm standing alone my money's all gone
So throw me a gun and teach me to run

Here I stand I'm a wanted man
Living in the shadows wherever I can
There must be reasons why I've got to hide
There ain't no answer to what I say

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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