Bookshops
This song comes out Oct 31 2025 as part of the Rising North Tour with MusicNSW.
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Touring to:
Grafton Jacaranda Festival – FRI OCT 31
Byron Bay Beach Hotel – WED NOV 5th
Bellingen No 5 Church St – SAT NOV 8th
Gospel Choir Workshop with Shelly Brown – 11am NOV 8th Choir Workshop w Shelly Brown Bellingen Bellingen Memorial Hall
Rising North Tour with Shelly Brown (Byron Bay), Pam Hata (Grafton) and The Florin Arc (Armidale)
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Track Listing
Bookshops
Lyrics
I Like being in bookshops, Though I don’t read much
I like the quiet hum, Of inward thought, the love
Of building your thoughts, Atop the minds of poets;
Seeing how far we’ve come
Or to where we should be going….
I like being in bookshops, Rubbing shoulders with folks,
With longer attention spans, Through the days of this and that,
Busy working like rats, so many bills and cats
And we’re going flat chat, Piling hopes into stacks….
Oh, The ways bags crackle, Around your book,
Oh, been Christmas wrapped, Take it home, So it can fall through the cracks
I like being in bookshops, big or small
All these books have a life, That started as the corner of a smile
That grew ten miles wide, And maybe took some dives
But oh how they’ve thrived, , And now watch them jive
I believe theyre alive, They like being in books shops
Oh watch them dance, , Across the floor…
Credits
Bookshops – Single Release 2025
Written & Vocals by Shelly Brown
Keys – Dan Brown
Guitar – Alex McLeod
Drums – Grant Gerathy
Mixed by James Boundy
Mastered by Michael Worthington
Produced by Shelly Brown, Dan Brown and James Boundy
