ALL BECAUSE OF YOU

AFTER THE FLOOD HOME TOWN UMPIRING: The usual story

ALL BECAUSE OF YOU

Another in the Dave Warner song anthology

All Because Of You comes from my prolific 1990s songwriting period with Martin Cilia when I was writing a lot of country oriented material with a view to doing some albums in that vein. I felt then, and still largely do, that country/rock was about the only area left for narrative songwriting. Pop had given way to vocal gymnastic jingles, and while I appreciated rap I felt it was culturally specific to urban America. The rock stuff of that era was very highly produced and clinical, very American. You needed a big studio for it.

I heard this song as a kind of swampy Doctor John fun R&B thing and was lucky that through my friendship with Mal Green (Spily Enz) we could get him (drums) and the talented Don Hopkins (piano and vocals) to do a version for us. Martin did all the hard yards producing. I hope you enjoy

ALL BECAUSE OF YOU

All the heads start turning when you walk through that door

The guys stop being boring and the girls stop being bored

Suddenly there’s action and they’re dancing cheek to cheek

And my old heart is thumping every time our fingers meet

All the joint starts jumpin’ when you sway through that door

Quiet guys start talking like they never did before

The pool balls start a clickin’ and the dancing starts to groove

All these joints start jumpin’ and it’s all because of you

All because of you, all because of you

This whole world is different and it’s all because of you

All because of you the air I breathe tastes sweet