1. |
Solid Ground
04:50
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Solid Ground
Music and lyrics written by Kay Duncan
And registered with APRA
©2020 Kay Duncan
Track art & graphics by Kay Duncan
©2020 Kay Duncan
I never liked, to be held down, oh no
Though I spent too many years, dumbing myself down
Walking among the crowds, I never allowed myself to show
Well It was cold and bitter place, where resentment grows
So I’m shaking off the old ways, yeah, that held me back so long
And I’m walking from the replays, these days
Chorus
I got my feet on solid ground
I’m on solid ground. Oh yes I am
So I went down, to the ocean blue (Blue, blue, blue)
Thoughts blowing northwards
Through my mind, I was thinking of you (I was thinking of you)
I’d been lost in my shadows, things were falling apart, Oh yes they were
Chaos had the better of me
And like Osiris I was scattered near and far (So far)
So I’ll lay those pieces across all time. Can’t put them back together I know
One thing’s for sure - I will be fine this time
Chorus
I got my feet on solid ground
I’m on solid ground. Oh yes I am
La lala lala la la, la lala lala la lala lala la
La lala lala la la, yeah yeah yeah yeah
So I’m holding on, to this fraction of me (holding on, holding on)
Shaping it up, to something worthy (something worthy)
It’s the only part, not cut down by you (cut down by you babe)
And now I’m grounded with a strength
Of the old and new (old and new)
Well it don’t mean that I ain’t flying
I like my head in the clouds sometimes
Change can be, so edifying, now I’m trying
Chorus
To get my feet on solid ground
I’m on solid ground. Oh yes I am
La lala lala la la, la lala lala la lala lala la
La lala lala la la, la lala lala la lala lala
I got my feet on, I got my feet on solid ground
(I’ve got my feet on solid ground I got my feet on solid ground)
I’m on solid ground.
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2. |
From now On
06:26
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From Now On
Music and lyrics written by Kay Duncan
And registered with APRA
©2020 Kay Duncan
Track photography & graphics by Kay Duncan
©2020 Kay Duncan
I know, we’ve only just met
But it feels like, I’ve been loving you all my life
We were energies biding our time
But now you’re here and there’s only one regret
Chorus
How I wish we’d met all those years ago
When I think of what our hopeful hearts could have had
So I’m gonna cherish each second of our days
Come into my arms – I’m discovering your charms
And the ways to love you from now on
Loving you every moment from now on
Call it fate, call it fate, call it destiny
Call it anything you want
It don’t matter much you see
‘Cos now, now, now, now, now
You’re standing next to me
And in this reality I choose to believe
There was a time there was a place, a different space
It seemed like love was out of reach
Oh I carried on I carried on
But hope was buried deep
Then time gave us both a break
And everything changed
Now I’m loving you every moment from now on
Loving you every moment from now on
Loving you every moment from now on
There was a time there was a place, a different space
It seemed like love was out of reach, yeah yeah yeah
Oh I carried on I carried on
But hope was buried deep
And then time gave us both a break
And everything changed
Now I’m loving you every moment from now on
Loving you every moment from now on
Loving you every moment from now on
From now on
From now on
From now on
From now on
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3. |
When She's Weeping
04:27
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When She’s Weeping
Music and Lyrics written by Kay Duncan
And registered with APRA
©2019 Kay Duncan
Track art & graphics by Kay Duncan
©2020 Kay Duncan
She’s a girl with a heart that’s far reaching
Kindest soul that you ever did see
You’ll be drawn to her eyes when you’re breaking
She gonna, put you right back together again
Chorus:
But when she’s weeping, she won’t let it show.
She don’t want you to know, no-no, no-no no
‘Cos when she’s crying, she cries for you
Oh you know it’s true, it’s true, yeah it’s true
It’s true, it’s true, yeah it’s true
She’s the darkest night when you’re sleeping
Wakes you with her sunny smile and you’ll know
That the light of the day she’ll be keeping
For any place any time that you go
Chorus:
But when she’s weeping, she won’t let it show.
She don’t want you to know, no-no, no-no no
‘Cos when she’s crying, she cries for you
Oh you know it’s true, it’s true, yes it’s true
Bridge
She’ll find you in the dark, shine on you her brightest spark
Through another night when all seems fight or flight
Between the night and day, where the lost and lonely stray
She’ll give her last breath away to you, to you, to you
So if by chance one day you should find her
Along the dusty road of your life
Hold on to that girl with all your might
Don’t ever let her shed a tear for you ‘cos
Chorus
Oh when she’s weeping, she won’t let it show
She don’t want you to know, no-no, no-no no
‘Cos when she’s crying, she cries for you
Oh you know it’s true, it’s true, yes it’s true
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
It’s true, it’s true, yeah it’s true
Oh it’s true
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You Are Not Alone
Music and lyrics written by Kay Duncan
And registered with APRA
©2020 Kay Duncan
Track art & graphics by Kay Duncan
©2020 Kay Duncan
There’s a place that you go
Oh I want to reach you
But it’s dark in there
Even I feel scared
And if I could oh I would
Reach right in and pull you to the light tonight
I want to make it right
Want to help make it right
And I want you to know
Chorus
You are not alone
In contemplating reasons for this life at all
Life is all
You are not alone
And when you feel like giving in
Oh I’ll be there and I swear
I’ll do any thing it takes
Oh anything it takes, for you to stay.
I’ve been there where you are
Believing that the world
Could do without me
But it’s not true you’ll see
Change will come it’s in the wind
You’re on the verge of something
Let that something be
Epiphany that you can be
The energy for someone who loves you
Chorus
You are not alone
In contemplating reasons for this life at all
Life is all
You are not alone
And when you feel like giving in
Oh I’ll be there and I swear
I’ll do any thing it takes
Oh anything it takes, for you to stay
No you are not alone
In contemplating reasons for this life at all
Life is all
You are not alone
And when you feel like giving in
oh I’ll be there and I swear
I’ll do any thing it takes
oh anything it takes, for you to stay
For you to stay
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5. |
Peaceful
05:20
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Peaceful
Music and lyrics written by Kay Duncan
And registered with APRA
©2018 Kay Duncan
Track photography & graphics by Kay Duncan
©2020 Kay Duncan
It’s flying on a baby breeze
Peaceful
Heart’s longing need to breathe
Mm peaceful, peaceful
Now it’s on the tip of your tongue
You want to speak but it’s been so long
Since peaceful ah peaceful
Peaceful yeah yeah yey mm peaceful
In the mirror beautiful you
Peaceful
See the wonder that you can do
Mm peaceful, peaceful
Each of us are the change
Spread the word, make the claim
For peaceful ah peaceful
Peaceful yeah yeah yey ah peaceful
Peaceful oh oh oh oh oh oh peaceful
Peaceful oh oh oh oh oh oh peaceful
Bridge-
We’ll be together
And we’ll be free yeah yeah
To deconstruct all the tyranny
So take off your shoes
You gotta take off those shoes
To become grounded
Living in the garden where love was founded
Living in the garden where love was founded
And be
Peaceful oh oh oh oh oh peaceful
Peaceful oh oh oh oh oh peaceful
Peaceful oh oh oh oh oh peaceful
Peaceful oh oh oh oh oh peaceful
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6. |
Interstellar Refugee
04:21
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Interstellar Refugee
Music and lyrics by Kay Duncan
And registered with APRA
©2019 Kay Duncan
Track photography & graphics by Kay Duncan
©2020 Kay Duncan
In this place we’d once called home
There lives a man, and he’s all alone, he’s all alone
And by and by he did portend
Humanity had come to an end, had come to an end
Chorus:
To be the very last remaining soul
He was the last remaining soul, on Earth
He said, ‘I don’t want to live my life alone
In this wilderness, I’ve made my home’
Bridge:
Well should he lay under the ferns
Turn away from all he’s learned
And should he hide his face in shame
For mankind’s sins, should he hold the final blame?
So, he turned his sights towards the sky
And gathered all the knowledge that he could find, that he could find
And he put it all into his silver ship
Before giving earth the final slip, the final slip
Bridge:
Well there was no one there to miss his smile
No one to see him wave his closing goodbye
And only he could feel the very last heart breaking
As he journeyed out, his home forsaking
Chorus:
To be the very last remaining soul
He was the last remaining soul, on Earth
Oh, but it’s alright because he was
An Interstellar refugee, at heart
Mm, but it’s alright because he was
An Interstellar refugee, at heart
Oh, it’s alright because he was
An Interstellar refugee, at heart
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7. |
Through The Rose Window
05:18
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Through the Rose Window
Music and lyrics by Kay Duncan
And registered with APRA
©2019 Kay Duncan
Track art & graphics by Kay Duncan
©2020 Kay Duncan
Chorus:
I can see rivers run clean, so clean
Through the Rose window
A city stripped bare, rising up
In between the slumbering stone
Through the Rose window
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Through the Rose window oh oh oh
Well it’s true we can’t forget
The people and the places
And time it does move on
In our hearts we hold the traces
Oh oh oh of the past and
Chorus:
I can see rivers run clean, so clean
Through the Rose window (through the Rose window)
A city stripped bare, rising up
In between the slumbering stone
Through the Rose window (through the Rose window)
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh (through the Rose window)
Oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Break:
Can you see the river
Oh can you see can you see it running clean
Oh can you see can you see the river
Oh can you see can you see the river running clean
Well we were strong as one
And we must carry on
To safe guard all the beauty
That we build our lives upon and
Chorus:
I can see rivers run clean, so clean
Through the Rose window (through the Rose window)
A city stripped bare, rising up
In between the slumbering stone
Through the Rose window (through the Rose window)
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh (through the Rose window)
Oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Through the Rose window
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8. |
Remedy
04:58
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Remedy
Music by Kay Duncan and Guy Hobson. Lyrics by Kay Duncan
And registered with APRA
©2020 Kay Duncan & Guy Hobson
Track photography & graphics by Kay Duncan
©2020 Kay Duncan
Intro:
Hey-hey, hey-hey, hey-hey, oh hey-hey, hey
Days are long the days are slow
But everything is changing don’t you know
We’re searching for a remedy
At this point in our history, in our history
The future is a place we see
Our brothers and our sisters in harmony
Gotta work this out to get that far
Oh the here and now is where we are, is where we are
Chorus:
Live in love and kindness
Through all humanity
We can learn together
And we can surely be at peace, at peace, oh at peace
Hey-hey, hey-hey, hey-hey, oh hey-hey, hey
Treasure all that life can give
And share your energy with all that lives
We are unique that’s what we bring
And we are also part of everything, of everything
Chorus:
Live in love and kindness
Through all humanity
We can learn together
And we can surely be at peace, at peace, oh at peace
Ending: Hey-hey, hey-hey, hey-hey, oh hey-hey, hey
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9. |
Imaginary Bullets
06:28
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Imaginary Bullets
Music and lyrics by Kay Duncan
And registered with APRA
©2021 Kay Duncan
Track photography & graphics by Kay Duncan
©2020 Kay Duncan
I’ve been holding back
Lost in introspection
Wasting precious time
Hoping for some sort of direction
Letting old and weary words
Thinking on the things you didn’t do
Cut me to the core
And I’ve been wallowing there too long
Chorus:
So when I feel them coming
When the demons reunite
Well I do a little dance in my head
Spinning left and moving right
I’m dodging bullets
Imaginary bullets
I’m dodging bullets
But I’m doing all right
Have you been walking on
A bed of nails
Beneath unyielding iron skies
Crushing the wind from your sails
Now you’re rowing out
Towards a perfect Golden Section
You don’t need no tail wind
To find your place of preservation
Chorus:
So when you feel them coming
When the demons reunite
Well just do a little dance in your head
Spinning left and moving right
You’re dodging bullets
Imaginary bullets
You’re dodging bullets
And you’re doing all right
We’re dodging bullets
Imaginary bullets
We’re dodging bullets
And we’re doing all right
We’re dodging bullets
And we’re all right
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10. |
Watch The Fires Burn
04:28
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Watch the fires burn
Music and lyrics by Kay Duncan
And registered with APRA
©2020 Kay Duncan
Track photography & graphics by Kay Duncan
©2020 Kay Duncan
If you could walk in the shoes of a troubled soul
Would you have the insight to see that the life was stole
By the governments and the systems that bent
All the backs of the folk to labour discontent
Chorus:
When will we ever see
When will we ever learn
When will we ever change
Or will we just stand by and watch the fires burn
Oh watch the fires burn, watch the fires burn, watch the fires burn
When did we get so fast, when did we get so cold
When did we close our eyes and just do what we’re told
The elite may retreat to their secure enclaves
But their days are numbered, they’re just power slaves
With greed as the goal of the Neo -liberalism
And the corporate capitol with their short - sighted vision, short sighted vision
Break:
Restitution of equality
If that has ever been a thing in our history
Every person, every being on this globe
Has the right to love, to live in hope, oh to live in hope
We got to hold that hope like a new - born child
Open our eyes and refuse this denial
Of the existential threats and the tyranny
And the suffering within the broken regimes
Chorus:
When will we ever see
When will we ever learn
When will we ever change
Or will we just stand by and watch the fires burn
Watch the fires burn, watch the fires burn, watch the fires burn
Break:
Resisting consumerism
It’s just paying the way for the powers that be
To use for their weaponry when all we need is peace
Then they make a killing from our misery, from our misery
Teach our children and ourselves to live within our means
Re-invent a new normal (learn) from what has been
Find a deeper meaning in the choices we make
Slowing things down give our selves a break
Chorus:
When will we ever see
When will we ever learn
When will we ever change
Or will we just stand by and watch the fires burn
Watch the fires burn, watch the fires burn, watch the fires burn
Watch the fires burn, watch the fires burn
Watch the fires burn, watch the fires burn
Watch the fires burn,
Watch the fires burn, watch the fires burn.
Watch the fires burn
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11. |
I Love The Day
05:08
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I love the day
Music and lyrics by Kay Duncan
And registered with APRA
©2018 Kay Duncan
Track photography & graphics by Kay Duncan
©2020 Kay Duncan
I love the water, I love the water, I love the water, I love the water
I love the water, I love the water
So fresh and clean
So fresh and clean
Oh I love the water fresh and clean
And I love the water without chlorine, yeah
I love the land, I love the land, I love the land, I love the land
I love the land, I love the land
Covered with flowers
Far as any eye can see
I love the land without pollution
But with flowers bees and grasses oh so green, yeah
I love the air, I love the air, I love the air, I love the air
I love the air, I love the air
Well so pristine
Pure and pristine
I’m telling you I love the air pure and pristine
So that I-I-I can safely breathe, yeah
Safely breathe, yeah
Oh I love the air pure and pristine
So I-I-I-I-I-I can safely breathe, yeah
I love the fish, I love the fish, I love the fish, those little fish
I love the fish, I love the fish
Well to swimming
Plentiful out in the sea
Oh I love the fish swimming in the sea
Without consuming plastic micro beads, yeah
I love the creatures, I love the creatures, I love the creatures, I love the creatures
I love the creatures, I love the creatures
So wild and free
As they should be
Oh I’m telling you I love the creatures wild and free
And when they never have to be afraid of me, yeah
I love the people, I love the people, I love the people, I love the people
I love the people, I love the people
Living respectfully together
Yes indeed
Oh I’m telling you I love the people to be living
Without hunger hate and war and fear and greed, yeah
I love the day, I love the day, I love the day, I love the day
I love the day, I love the day
When all these things come true
That I’ve been saying to you
Oh I love the day when we can be
Living in peace and love and harmony, yeah
I love the water
I love the land
I love the air
And I love the fish
And I love the creatures
And I love the people
And I love the day
How I love the day
I love the day when we can be yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Living in peace and love and harmony
Harmony, yeah
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12. |
Busy
04:31
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Busy
Music and lyrics by Kay Duncan
And registered with APRA
©2017 Kay Duncan
Track photography & graphics by Kay Duncan
©2020 Kay Duncan
I’m busy today I am busy today
I’m busy yesterday and I am busy today
Well I’m rushing here and there never any time to stay
I’m busy today never any time just to play
I’m busy beatin’ butter busy
So busy beetle buzzin’ busy
Yeah I’m busy today never any time to stop and play
Never time to play ah ah
Chorus:
Busy bee bra beadun bada busy bee
Busy bee bra beadun bada busy bee ah ah
Bridge
My life feels like I’m in a world competition
How much can I do living up to expectations?
Kids’ are riding free unaware of my limitation
Got to get a balance on my present situation
But no …
I’m busy today I am busy today
I’m busy yesterday and I am busy today
I’m busy beatin’ butter busy
So busy beetle buzzin’ busy
I’m busy today never any time to stop and play
Never time to play ah ah
Break:
Oh I got to slow down baby
I’ve got to slow down from this show down I’m living out
Oh I’m going to break down baby
I’m gonna break down with a shake down that’s coming now
Oh I’m going to burn out baby
I’m gonna burn out with this turn out I’m giving out
Oh I’m going to burn out baby
I’m gonna burn out from this turn out I’m giving out
I gotta slow down I gotta slow down
But …
I’m busy today I am busy today
Busy yesterday and I am busy today
I’m busy beatin’ butter busy
So busy beetle buzzin’ busy
Yeah I’m busy today never any time to just stop and play
Never time to play ah ah
Chorus:
Busy bee bra beadun bada busy bee
Busy bee bra beadun bada busy bee ah ah
I’m busy beatin’ butter busy
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13. |
Run And Hide
05:02
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Run and hide
Music and lyrics by Kay Duncan
And registered with APRA
©2019 Kay Duncan
Track photography & graphics by Kay Duncan
©2020 Kay Duncan
I’m looking for the places I can run to
The places I can go and I can hide too
I’m trying to find a place for my emotions
When you hit me inside with your crazy notions, crazy notions
Feeling like my life is not my own now
Even crying that this place is not my home now
Caught up in your psycho-thriller movie
With imaginary people only you see, only you see.
Chorus:
I’m searching, but I can’t find
The love my baby lost when he lost his mind
Well he got a crazy reality going on inside
That’s why I gotta hide, I gotta run and hide yeah yeah I gotta run and hide
Body’s so in shock and I am shaking
Just discovered all the risks that you’ve been taking
I’m praying night and day for you to stop it
But you’re praying with your folie a deux prophet
Feeling like my life is not my own now
Even crying that this place is not my home now
Caught up in your psycho-thriller movie
With imaginary people only you see, only you see.
Chorus:
I’m searching, but I can’t find
The love my baby lost when he lost his mind
Well he got a crazy reality going on inside
That’s why I gotta hide
I gotta run and hide, I gotta run and hide yeah yeah, I gotta run and hide
Our love I just can’t find, since
My baby lost his mind
I gotta run, and hide
I gotta run, and hide
I gotta run and run and hide
Oh I gotta run and hide
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14. |
Stellar Collisions
05:42
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Stellar Collisions
Music and lyrics by Kay Duncan
And registered with APRA
©2020 Kay Duncan
Track photography & graphics by Kay Duncan
©2020 Kay Duncan
Oh my mother’s coming round
To watch the kids tonight
A busy day, I didn’t have the time to check the mirror
Am I looking all right?
For you, my love
My love, my life
Put the light on in the drive
I’m in the car and I’ll be there in five
Pull the blind, pour the wine
Can’t wait to see you in the firelight
Tonight, my love
My love, my life
Chorus and Interlude:
The universe is ours today
And stellar collisions are on the way.
Now is the time for you and I
To get to know each other a little more
The feeling’s right, my heart’s on fire
Because I know the loving that is in store
For us, my love
My love, my life
Yesterday you met my girls
We took them to the beach and to the park
I could see a possibility
Some sort of future just a tiny spark
Of hope, with you
My love, my life
Chorus and Interlude:
The universe is ours today
And stellar collisions, are on the way.
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Kay Duncan Christchurch, New Zealand
Kay's songs are soulful, abundant with emotive undercurrents. Honest songs of our days, from a life lived, articulating depth & connecting to the listener on many levels. Lyrics are narrative, poetic & sometimes unconventional. Themes of love, life, loss, longing & environment, are poignant & trace memories of the past, resonate with the present and carry within them messages for the future. ... more
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