Heading Home (It's Christmas Time)

by Nordoff Robbins

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Musicians Packwood, Jack Carty, Achoo! Bless You, Fanny Lumsden and Rosie Catalano are proud to announce the release of their original Christmas carol 'Heading Home (It's Christmas Time)', with 100% of all proceeds going to Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia.

Written about an atypical Australian journey home for Christmas, the song sings of warm weather, magpies and family shenanigans that we all know and love to be a part of this time of the year.

Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia is a non-profit organisation providing internationally recognised music therapy. Registered Music Therapists use the power of music in live and interactive sessions to help people cope with the struggles of living with a wide range of needs. These include children and adults with physical and intellectual disabilities, autism, trauma, illness, dementia, behaviour disorders and learning difficulties.

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The grass is dry and the river slows,
The highway's packed and the city groans.
My friends and I are heading home,
To Christmas bugs and backyard toasts.

And every year we seem to travel more.
Some are running from and some towards.
When people trace like patterns,
Across the surface of the globe -
At Christmas time, we hope you're heading home.

It's 35 and summer sings its song,
Cicada's and the Magpies sing along.
Backyard games with brothers and some board games on the lawn,
Play guitar whilst our Dad tries to sing us Christmas songs.
When people trace like patterns,
Across the surface of the globe -
At Christmas time, we hope you're heading home.

When people trace like patterns,
Across the surface of the globe -
At Christmas time, we hope you're heading home.

Christmas time, we hope you're heading home
It's Christmas time; we hope you're heading home.
It's Christmas time; we hope you're heading home.
It's Christmas time; we hope you're heading home.
It's Christmas time; we hope you're heading home.
It's Christmas time; we hope you're heading home.

credits

released December 7, 2012
Written by Jack Carty, Bayden Packwood Hine, Ross Tipper, Ashleigh Steel, Rosie Catalano, Mike Evans, Edwina Margaret Lumsden, Dan Stanley Freeman, Naomi Hung, Angus Gardiner, Charlotte Nicdao, Ben Richards and Rebecah Ericksen.

All songs recorded at Gigpiglet Studios, Sydney NSW.

Recorded by Josh Morris and mixed by Gigpiglet Productions.

Artwork by Jefferton James.

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Nordoff Robbins Sydney, Australia

Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia is a non-profit organisation providing internationally recognised music therapy. Registered Music Therapists use the power of music in live and interactive sessions to help people cope with the struggles of living with a wide range of needs.
behaviour disorders and learning difficulties.

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