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Kieran Goss performing "Reasons To Leave"

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"Reasons To Leave"

Ireland's a dream
Of hope for what the day will bring
The land and the sea
Is what I've come to trust
All that I am
Is telling me I should not go
And all that I know
Is they're telling me I must

Reasons to leave
Are money and finding better work
Reasons to stay
Are music and love
Reasons to leave
Are fortune and fame for what it's worth
The reason to stay
Is heaven on earth

My brothers are ten
And sisters I have five
Four to one bed
Is room enough to grow
All that we are
Is all that I have ever known
And all that I have
Will be here when I'm gone

I've heard about work up in Boston
Laying tracks down to San Augustine
Sometimes with an eye for New Zealand

Kieran Goss was born and raised in County Down, Northern Ireland. He was just nine years old when he got his first guitar. Growing up in a big family with diverse musical tastes meant that early on he was hearing the music of Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Frank Sinatra and The Rolling Stones. These varied influences fermented into the brew that gives Kieran his own unique sound.

Kieran supported himself while a law student in Belfast by playing club gigs and the University Students Union, earning himself support slots for Elvis Costello, Christy Moore and Joe Jackson along the way. After qualifying as a lawyer in the mid-eighties, Kieran left home for France and Germany in order to avoid being drafted into the legal profession! He came back home to Ireland in 1989 to record his first album, Brand New Star. It contained the songs Brand New Star and Just Around The Corner, which came to the attention of Mary Black. She recorded both songs for her album, Babes In The Wood.

Kieran followed up Brand New Star with New Day in 1994 and in 1998 he released the album Worse Than Pride, which contained the Top 10 single Out Of My Head. It was the second most played song on Irish radio that year. Worse Than Pride achieved double platinum status nine months after it was released. Red-Letter Day followed this in 2000, and contained the gem, Reasons To Leave.

In the winter of 2002, Kieran released the compilation, Out Of My Head... The Best Of Kieran Goss, which was intended to act as a resumé of his work up to that point and to give him a breather while he holed up to write. His sixth studio album, Blue Sky Sunrise, was recorded in Tennessee and produced by Rodney Crowell and Peter Coleman. It was released in September 2005, and the first single from it, Clear Day was an instant hit which was picked up by the Progressive Building Society for use in their television advertising campaign.

Kieran Goss Trio Live, Kieran's first live album, will be released in April 2008 and he is currently mixing his new studio album, I'll Be Seeing You, in Austin, TX. It is scheduled for release in Summer 2008 and Kieran will be touring in Ireland in October 2008 to support it.