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Interstellar Refugee (Debut Album)

by Kay Duncan

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1.
Solid Ground 04:50
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.
2.
From now On 06:26
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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
Peaceful 05:20
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
6.
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
7.
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
8.
Remedy 04:58
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
9.
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
10.
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
11.
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
12.
Busy 04:31
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
13.
Run And Hide 05:02
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
14.
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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I am excited to be releasing my Debut album for you.
My songs are written from the heart. I like to keep it real and authentic. Themes reflect the issues of our times with honesty and passion. Each track tells a story, and together they form a picture of our human experience.
This album has been five years in the making and has been crafted, recorded, produced and mixed in our home based studio in Christchurch NZ.
The whole process has been a wonderful adventure and I am looking forward to working on new material to bring to you in the near future.
The hope that these songs will reach out to you in some personal way, drives me on to write and perform.
Aroha.

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released February 24, 2022

My profound gratitude goes out to Guy Hobson, my husband for his endless enthusiasm, support, many tireless hours of production work and incredible creative and musical genius. My enormous thanks to Stephen McDaid, my brother in law for his outstanding lead guitar work and his intuitive and unique musicianship. Special thanks to Ian Tilley, for his superb final mixing and mastering. Thank you also to Joel Williams for his wonderful trumpet playing on ‘Busy.’ Heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all my family, friends and audiences who have supported me over the years with my creative endeavours. You are the ones who have inspired my song writing and given me reasons to share it through live performance and recording.

All songs written and performed by Kay Duncan.
Kay Duncan - guitar, lead vocals,backing vocals
Stephen McDaid - lead guitar
Joel Williams - trumpet on 'Busy'
Guy Hobson - piano, keyboard and all other instrumentation
Recorded at 'The Music Studio' in Christchurch
Produced by Kay Duncan & Guy Hobson
Mixed by Guy Hobson
Final mixing & mastering by Ian Tilley
Art, Photography and Graphic Art for Album cover, compact disc and tracks by Kay Duncan

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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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