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Drinking Cloudy Water
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This is our tribute to the survivors of Katrina, with love. Music by Mike Azzopardi of Blue Menagerie; lyrics yours truly. Please vote for this song on the Blue Menagerie by clicking the link below www.soundclick.com/bluemenagerie
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English lyricist working with dozens of composers and artists
I am a lyricist working with many composers and artists around the world and most frequently with 2 guys, Juri Rosenfeld and Mark Ellis who, although their styles are entirely different, are both extremely talented as musicians and composers, as well as producers. Along with these two, with whom I have written more than 50 songs....I have been most fortunate to collaborate with so many others that the list is almost endless but two very talented ladies spring to mind: Dawn Diamond and Amy Caldwell, who have not only both composed for my words but have also both are possessed of beautiful voices and have sung many, many times on songs I have written. There is no ONE genre I write for, since a lyricist has to be able to write for ANY category and I do, but one thing I try to be always, is honest in my work because when there is integrity, there is a way to relate to the song and if occasionally I meander into the poetic, it is because I am and always have been, since the age of 13 years, a poet...but that doesn't mean everything I write is flowery or full of metaphors...as I say, I strive always to be real and of course, most importantly, to be as unique as possible.
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Genre
Pop Pop Rock
Author
Sinclair/Azzopardi
Rights
Dawn Sinclair/Mike Azzopardi
Uploaded
September 18, 2005
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MP3 3.4 MB 128 kbps 3:42
Story behind the song
The worst natural disaster in living memory, in the USA, hurricane Katrina, stole many lives, destroyed thousands of homes and left a whole nation shocked and bewildered. This was my way to try and onject a note of optimism. I never expected a fellow Englishman to come up with such beautiful, and often haunting, music to accompany my words. I thank you with my heart Mike.
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Drinking Cloudy Water Dawn Sinclair V1 Are you list’ning to the radio Are reading all the news Did you study all the horror pics They put there to confuse Are dipping in your pocket And fumbling with the change Or are you buying guns today For the New Orleans range CH1 Hey! C’mon boys! It’s happening now and here We should drink the cloudy water Before it disappears Hey! C’mon boys! In the year two thousand five They’re dying on the interstate Just trying to stay alive V2 Did you get to do your packing Before the waters came I hope you brought a hairbrush For your fifteen minutes fame Has anyone called you “refugee” As your herded to the dome You thought that overcrowding Was a four room family home? CH2 Hey! C’mon boys! It’s happening now today We’ve drunk their bottled water And we’ve found somewhere to stay Hey! C’mon boys! You just got to make the best If life’s been one long battle, This might be our last test. CH3 Hey Hey! C’mon boys, Katrina’s day is done Don’t think of what you’ve lost here Just think of what you’ve won Hey! C’mon boys! In year two thousand five No matter what they say or do It takes courage to survive
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