GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME

(Brian Ralston)

I walk into a darkened room

Any light just filtered dust

I sense the need to break the ice

Kind of wished you’d get in first

So silence gathers round us now

I can feel the tension rise

After years of love and laughter, girl

We now avoid each other’s eyes

I’m torn between love and anger

I wish I knew my crime

I sense I'm on my last chance now

Better get it right this time

I feel the need to hug you girl

To try to stem the pain

But I sense your flinch before the touch

Too late, yet again                             

I’m torn between love and anger

I wish I knew my crime

I know I'm on my last chance now

Better get it right this time

I’m trying to make some sense of

What makes no sense at all

Will we fall into each other’s arms

Or will I, will I walk out that door

I’m leaning more towards love than anger

I still don’t know my crime

I know I'm on my last chance now

I’m gonna get it right this time

Gonna get it right this time

I’m gonna get it right this time

Gonna get it right this time

Copyright 2004 Brian Ralston

Brian Ralston:           Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

Ernie Van Veen:       Bass, Weissenborn Guitar

This song arose from my returning home late (actually very late) from a gig. I had hung around chatting with the patrons while I was getting the gear packed up and we kept drinking until the early morning. I eventually caught a cab home (I used to leave me gear at the pub and get it the next afternoon) and was worse the wear the next morning. My wife was not impressed and declined to talk to me. For my part, by the time I had woken up I had not regathered the power of speech. Rather than have an argument I took myself down to the garage and decided to write a song about it. In the song I plead "I wish I knew my crime". That's a bit of poetic license as I was, at the time of writing the song in no doubt as to my sins. 

The song originally appeared on my debut CD "N.I.C". This version is a more stripped down version and appears on my most recent CD "Stripped Bare". The track features Ernie Van Veen on bass and Weisenborn guitar, and I'm on vocals and acoustic guitar. The album was produced by David Pendragon.

The song is listed as a finalist in the "Acoustic Singer Songwriter Category" of the Australian Independent Music Awards which will be announced on Wednesday 26 October, 2016.