The opening song from the 2016 album 'The Last Gig In Melbourne', also known as my love letter from a performer to the audience.
Written by Geraldine Quinn.
Arranged by G.M. Quinn, Casey Bennetto and band.
Performed by Geraldine Quinn, Sonja Horbelt, Martin Lubran and Mark Jones.
(c) 2016
Audience Tonight
Without you here I am a nova in the sky
So lively from afar
But it’s another long dead star
Burnt out a million years ago…
Without you here I am a peacock with no tail
My fan of vivid plumes
Plucked out to decorate a room
While I’m left looking sheepish
Mixing my metaphors and freezing my behind
Please be my audience tonight…
Are you my audience tonight?
You are my audience
[HEY!]
You make me light up when you’re in the room
I show off like a child
I’m nothing if not in your sight
You are my audience tonight…
Long as you look my way I wouldn’t change a thing
In love with all your eyes
I’ll risk my neck to make you smile
You are my audience tonight…
I’ll give you everything! I’ll give you my first born!
I give my soul to you – I gave
My right ear’s upper register too
My tinnitus rings out for me and you
You’re in my heart – when all I hear is…
Ooooooooooo….
[HEY!]
Without you here, I’m nothing but a fool
Shouting at a distant wall
There is no point at all without you
I don’t make any sense without you
I have no future, dear, without you
So glad you’re here because without you….
I’d have no audience without you
You are my audience tonight…
