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Hula Hoop Girl

by Just Shy & Boyd Kelly

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I’m in sea of people so deep I could almost drown
There’s breaking waves of passion, waves of neon, all this sound
I should be diving right into it kicking myself down
But something’s dragging me away from the here and now

I'm always so damn distracted by things I think I'm lacking
Counting dollars and hours, imagined superpowers
Then I spot this girl and she stop me in my tracks

Hula hoop girl at the edge of the crowd
She goes round and round and round and round
Something hypnotic about how turns
She just whirls and whirls and whirls and whirls
Hair down to her hips and the beginning of a song on her lips
Hula hoop girl at the edge of the world
I watch her swing

I feel the freedom that I’m seeing spread to my body
I guess there's something to be said for circularity
I plant my feet in the grass and I stop pretending
Body relaxes, my is heart tender
Here in the moment, a pure surrender
Give myself up to the blazing splendour

There's no more wondering why
Push my hands up through the sky
I interlace all my fingers
And let the moment linger
My eyes lock with hers and I send her all my thanks

Hula hoop girl at the edge of the crowd
She goes round and round and round and round
Something hypnotic about how turns
She just whirls and whirls and whirls and whirls
Hair down to her hips and the beginning of a song on her lips
Hula hoop girl at the edge of the world

Both of my feet are planted in the grass
Once in my life I don't have to think fast
Forget about future, forget about past past past past

Nothing else matters, there's no where or when
Once in my life I don't have to pretend
Focus on now, and forget about then then then

Hula hoop girl at the edge of the crowd
She goes round and round and round and round
Something hypnotic about how turns
She just whirls and whirls and whirls and whirls
Hair down to her hips and the beginning of a song on her lips
Hula hoop girl at the edge of the world

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released February 24, 2022
Production - Boyd Kelly
Vocals - John Rowley
Music & Lyrics - John Rowley

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Just Shy Melbourne, Australia

Just Shy lives based on a philosophy first laid out by a pop prophey 2003: god is a DJ, life is a dancefloor, love is the rhythm, you are the music. Electronic pop music specifically, in this case.

He's been highlighted by EQ Music as a strong “tunesmith and melody maker…an engaging storyteller," and has been compared by to Pet Shop Boys and Robyn by Pilerats. ... more

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