Dear Brian - Chris Rainbow

The radio was hypnotized

The airwaves in a trance

The boys are milling silently

Outside the local dance

The operator finally

Connected up my call

The phone boy took the message

But he couldn’t find a wall

Dear Brian

You held us so long

To ride on the wave of a song

Was part of America

When

You brought California home

A picture in pure vocal tone

A hymn celebrating the sea

Will leave its impression on me

The tapes are turning old and torn

The echo chamber dead

The boys don’t come round anymore

The old recorder said

And who knows where

The outtakes are

That ended on the floor

A once forgotten harmony

Lying stranded on the shore

Dear Brian

The home of the brave

Will always be one with your wave

There’s no one to touch you when

You

Step in that sandbox again

To turn on the summer and then

You’ll ride sunset down to the sea

There’s thousands more down there like me

And we know

That’s where you wanna be

(vocalizing)