Ian Bairnson - Call of the Wild demo

Ian Bairnson's original demo from the Alan Parsons album "Time Machine". The landscapes of Scotland were taken by Chris Roberts. Maire Brennan (Clannad) sang on the CD but this Neil Lockwood vocal is also very strong and produces a darker atmosphere...

Well I've talked to the wind and I've listened to rain
I have climbed to the clouds and I've cried out with pain
This life is for living so come to my side
And open your heart to the call of the wild

We are all of one nation, all of one creed
We are all out of nature, all of one seed
We are in this together, man, woman and child
So open your heart to the call of the wild

We talk the same language in different tongues
Were somebody's daughters and somebody's sons
But those who believe we're the head of the chain
May wake up to find we are all that remain

Instrumental section

There is no need to fear what we don't understand
For we breathe the same air and we walk the same land
The strong and the anxious, the meek and the mild
All dance to the drum that's the call of the wild