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SPIRIT
© Neil Murray 1996
from the "Dust" album (ABC Music/EMI) 1996
Performed by  Neil Murray
www.neilmurray.com.au
           

           

                                                                     Neil & Christine Anu

NEIL MURRAY

Neil is most famous for his involvement in the famous Warumpi Band. As a solo artist Neil has also produced some amazing work. He has just released a new solo album and will be touring throughout early 2000 both solo and with the Warumpi Band. The song that is on Red Hot Green Black is the haunting Spirit off his last album. In particular the chanting chorus is quite chilling and like so much of his work captures the spirit of outback Australia. Neil has been closely involved in the movement for reconciliation and played at the hugely successful Corroboree 2000.

"Spirit"

 written & sung by Neil Murray
                from the "Dust" album (ABC Music/EMI) 1996

It's so very precious
And it's livin deep within the land
It's a secret, a secret hidden
And it's sleeping deep within the earth
It's so very precious
And we say
Kurrunpatju yungu
Kurranpatju yungu
Spirit comes, spirit comes

And many hands have held it together
Reaching back and forwards across time
And I speak to you from the future
And I speak to you from the past
And we say
Kurrunpatju yungu
Kurranpatju yungu
Spirit comes, spirit comes

It's so very precious
Can you get the feeling of what I'm sayin'
Many hands touching over many generations
Holding, holding so dearly
And we say
Kurrunpatju yungu
Kurranpatju yungu
Spirit comes, spirit comes.