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Born to Be Free
02:55
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"Born to Be Free"
©Tathata Music (ASCAP) • All rights reserved.
“We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
CHORUS
BORN, BABY BORN, BABY BORN TO BE.
BORN, BABY BORN, BABY BORN TO BE.
BORN, BABY BORN, BABY BORN TO BE.
BORN, BABY BORN, YOU WERE BORN TO BE FREE.
VERSE
Make your choice: fight or flight.
The middle of the road is no longer right.
How could you know you were a slave?
Did you know you could be so brave?
REPEAT CHORUS 2x
BRIDGE
Today is the day of your birth.
Your sweet soul reached out to the Earth.
And we celebrate the day.
Yes we celebrate today.
REPEAT CHORUS 2x
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Elevate My Soul
03:40
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"Elevate My Soul"
©Tathata Music (ASCAP) • All rights reserved.
VERSE
Never meant to step on the cracks
Test your faith, burden your back.
Sometimes it’s so hard living the authentic life.
Trying not to burn through bread,
Baby’s crying needs to be fed.
We took a lot of risk coming out here for an authentic life.
CHORUS
ELEVATE MY SOUL (4x)
VERSE
Baby grabs my guitar pick,
puts in the soundhole, laughs at her trick.
She’s gonna be a big sister soon in this authentic life.
Mama and me workin’ it out.
Gotta stick together move thru the doubts.
Juggling dollars and art for an authentic life.
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE
You lift me up when I see your face.
Fears melt away in a pool of grace.
VERSE OUTRO
Feels like we’re getting on track,
Finally made it through the attacks.
It’s takes a lot patience to lead and authentic life.
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Colors
03:50
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"Colors"
©Tathata Music (ASCAP). All rights reserved.
VERSE
Waking up, feeling blue.
Had enough of this old skool.
Open up say “Ahhh,” my tongue is yellow –
I am curious mellow
And my eyes are bloodshot red.
CHORUS
COLORS BLEEDING OVER ‘CROSS THE LINES
RELAX INTO IT AND YOU’LL FEEL JUST FINE.
VERSE
Peel an orange, go outside.
Oh, it hurts – so good to be alive.
Open up say “Ahhh,” the ever-green –
Let’s take a ride in my machine
Into the violet night
CHORUS
BRIDGE
VERSE
Do you need to win the war?
Have you had enough? Do you want more?
Fly the flag, say “Ahh”, the fireworks do not compare
To the victory when you feel the love everywhere.
CHORUS (2x)
OUTRO
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The Drifter
04:00
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"The Drifter"
©Tathata Music (ASCAP) • All rights reserved.
VERSE
Get back up, remember your name.
You’re not the kid with the ten-gallon shame.
Not quite found your infinite bliss.
Just the smell of alcohol, blood and piss.
CHORUS
ALL ALONE
UNDER THE OVER-PASSING SKIES
SO HEAVY THE LOAD. HEART AND SOUL
IS ALL I HAVE TODAY TO GIVE.
VERSE
And the indian paintbrush falls
Beside the road – nature calls.
Hope these shoes can take the miles today
I know there’s bread ahead and a place to stay.
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE
What is goin’ on?
Is this the dusk, or the dawn?
This suffering must end.
1/2 VERSE
I see a rainbow on up ahead.
There’s still some faith and hope in this hard, old head.
REPEAT CHORUS
OUTRO = VERSE/INTRO
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Dawn of An Age
02:39
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"Dawn of an Age"
©Tathata Music (ASCAP) • All rights reserved.
INTRO
VERSE
I am your man
with a fair-trade plan.
Just feel the sand
Slippin’ through your hands.
If it’s up to me
We’ll be dancing to the beat of eternity
Rising up through our bodies.
CHORUS
HERE WE ARE AT THE DAWN OF AN AGE.
RAGE AND SUFFERING GONNA MELT AWAY
LIKE TEARS IN THE RAIN
(note: this verse from the Mayan “The Songs of Dzitbalché”)
VERSE
Already, already. We are here in the woods,
At the edge of a pool.
Take off your clothes
Become as you were when you got here.
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE
REPEAT CHORUS
OUTRO
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Fear of The Unknown
05:08
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"Fear of the Unknown"
©Tathata Music (ASCAP) • All rights reserved.
VERSE
I fell in love
With a lonely girl.
Precious as a dove
In a damp and dirty world.
Death from above.
Bombs rained down from the sky
I gave her my gloves and held her close
And we started to cry.
CHORUS
FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN (3x)
VERSE
Tripping over the line.
Another child was on the way.
The incessant daily grind,
Finding places we could stay.
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE
Don’t’ worry child, there’s
Nothing in the dark. Nothing in the dark.
VERSE
The sun is starting to shine.
Ice is melting away.
I pray you will be mine
Until the end of days.
REPEAT CHORUS
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Americronica
04:37
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"Americronica"
©Tathata Music (ASCAP) • All rights reserved.
VERSE
Get down
and feel your feet under the ground.
Fly high
and feel your head above the sky
CHORUS
AMERICRONICA (6x)
VERSE
Go deep
and let your senses rise from sleep.
Just cruise
and love yourself inside the blues.
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE
You feel the change is comin…
You feel the love is comin…
REPEAT 1st VERSE
REPEATCHORUS
REPEAT BRIDGE
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"Celebrate Your Woman, Celebrate Your Man"
©Tathata Music (ASCAP) • All rights reserved.
VERSE (male)
She’s my sweet salvation
She’s my honeycomb.
I try to be the gentle
Bear who don’t get stung.
VERSE (male/female)
When it’s good, it’s so good.
Love is such a breeze.
But when the sword hangs over us
We’ll be damned if we fall to our knees
PRE-CHORUS
And then we look into each other’s eyes
We hold each other and realize, “you got to…”
CHORUS
CELEBRATE YOUR WOMAN, CELEBRATE YOUR MAN
EVEN WHEN YOU DRIVE EACH OTHER CRAZY
GET BACK TO WHERE YOU BEGAN
VERSE (female)
He’s my sweet salvation.
He’s my foundation.
I give him love and lift him up
When the work is done
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS
REPEAT CHORUS
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Oxygen Mask
04:07
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"Oxygen Mask”
©Tathata Music (ASCAP) • All rights reserved.
INTRO
VERSE
Are we descending?
Seems like something’s gone terribly wrong
Long ago we gave up our celestial birthright
Trading wings in for our songs.
PRE-CHORUS
Should the cabin have a sudden pressure loss
Stay calm and listen for instructions from the crew
Pull the mask securely down first upon your face
So you can then assist the ones who need you.
VERSE
You said you felt like we were cruising
Safe and secure in our puddle-jumping interludes
But my dream was pushing body past its old designs
Beyond the fuel addiction moods
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS
BREATHE DEEP, YOU ARE RECEIVING
ALL THE LOVE THE UNIVERSE HAS GOT TO GIVE
HEART BEATS TO THE FEELING
OF WALKING LIGHTLY WHERE YOU LIVE
SOLO
VERSE
In the infinite hereafter
There is only present love
But in these moments when we fear we’ve lost control
Pull the mask down from above (from within).
REPEAT CHORUS (2x)
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Goodnight My Children
00:31
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"Good Night My Children"
©Tathata Music (ASCAP) • All rights reserved.
VERSE
Goodnight my children.
I love you.
Goodnight my children.
Sweet dreams ‘til the morning dew.
Goodnight my children.
Keep strong and true.
Goodnight my children.
I love you.
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Kanude Nashville, Tennessee
We call it “Americronica” (Singer-Songwriter/Rock/Americana with hints of Colitas). Authentic lyric-driven songs since 2008.
TX-born, Nashville based.
Contact info:
c/o The Orchard/Sony
23 E. 4th St., 3rd Fl
New York, NY 10003
tel: (+1) 629-777-6656
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