Written and produced by Leo Bull July 2021

Lyrics
Stars hold your fire
Save your luck for the wishful thinkers
We’ve got everything we need tonight
This Ocean drive
Takes us right back to the start
After all these years have passed

I still remember the first time we met
When you cursed the sky
Cos your hair got wet

August Rain in Barcelona
As rare as the moment
Sparks were gonna fly
Under that broken sky
Yeah you thought I was only a plaything
A one night daydream
Now look where we are
We’re a comet among stars
The kind of love you see once in a lifetime
This love is a once in a lifetime
Whoa na na na na naaaa…

Those were the nights
Lost our friends on the streets of Gracia 
Stole a kiss on that old fairground ride
We said goodbye, but it wasn’t long til I
Found my way back to your side

We were so young but just look where we are
Cos we’ve come so far
And it all started here under that…..

Chorus.

Bridge.
So let’s drink to the both of us…yeah
While others fade away
Our love stays the same
Stays the same

Who’d have thought that sparks could fly
Underneath that broken sky.

August Rain (Full Band)

Sultry City
Avrim Max Topel

In the dark, beneath a street light, she was howling for the moon
And arguing with no one, she was wasted way too soon
She stumbled in the lizard lounge, where I was set to croon
Looking for the pretty in Sultry City

The dark gave way to candlelight adorned by plush velour
For a dozen lonely patrons seeking shelter from the storm
Her stony eyes locked onto mine as she walked thru the door
Looking for the pretty in Sultry City

      Bridge
     She saw me and asked me to dance
     We locked bodies in hot sweet romance        
     When I thought I might have a chance
     That little bird took flight             
      And she left me in the night         

That’s the story of my life here every evening on the street
Pumping lust at full tilt boogie to a funky contra beat 
I’ve had my dose of bitter pills and most are seldom sweet
Looking for the pretty in Sultry City

INSTRUMENTAL

I’ve had my dose of bitter pills and most are seldom sweet
Looking for the pretty in Sultry City

END

SULTRY CITY

A jazzy shuffle about a guy who seems to always strike out no matter what life throws at him

November Rain (instrumental)

HEART OF THE HEARTLAND 
 Avrim Topel

Hayden’s Hall of Famer at Franklin High
coaching where he used to play 
quarterbacked at Clemson, married his high school girlfriend                 
gotta couple kids and one on the way

Deena owns the diner on Main Street 
Fires up that grille for breakfast and lunch      
That’s where the locals meet up, swapping small town gossip  
ain’t no secrets safe with that bunch

CHORUS 
In the heart of the heartland,
Heartland USA
We work from Mondays thru Fridays
and save the weekends to play,
We go out dancing every Saturday night
and Sunday mornings thank the good Lord for this life
Living our lives best as we can
In the heart of the Heartland

Whole town’s in the crowd for those Friday Night Lights,
’n everybody’s home Homecoming Day
We light it up with bonfires pullin’ off all-nighters
and get sideways with a roll in the hay

CHORUS 

In summertime we hear those John Deere’s whine
plowing fields and working the land
At twilight kids are chasing fireflies
while they’re waiting for the ice cream man

CHORUS 

OUTRO
Lovin’ our lives as Americans
In the heart of the heartland

END

SULTRY CITY

Avrim Topel, Songwriter

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