Just Another Moment On Your Own lyricsOn Anything's Legal, Anything Goes (1985), The Very Best of Redgum (1987), Against The Grain (2004), The Essential Redgum (2011) and as a single (1985)
Just Another Moment On Your Own (Michael Atkinson and John Schumann) Came up through selectors A tick upon a page Older than your training Younger than your age 15 miles at daybreak – an impusle deep inside A shower and a rub down and a quiet sense of pride Fame can take you far away from home The wind and rain they chill you to the bone A leader on the sports page and you reap what you have sown And it’s just another moment on your own It wasn’t for the money, the trophies or champagne A victory for the inner man, an echo to your name A line-ball in the slipstream, shake a thousand hands A minute in the spotlight in a thousand foreign lands Fame can take you far away from home The cheering crowds they chill you to the bone A minute in the spotlight and you reap what you have sown And it’s just another moment on your own The crowd declares a hero – but heroes seldom last Your private life is front-page news until your time has passed Jetlagged in December, towels and Staminade Your name’s up on the scoreboard and the ad’s for aftershave Fame can take you far away from home Long distance romance on a hotel phone And your old friends seem so distant and you reap what you have sown And it’s just another moment on your own |