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Was It Easy
04:28
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WAS IT EASY
words and music by
Kate Ashby-Craft and Dallas Harms
Intro
Verse One
Was it easy making love to her with my picture hanging on the wall behind
Did you tell her that you loved her just like the way you told me too
Did you silently whisper those sweet things that a woman would believe in
Well it all sounds familiar because I recall you telling me that too
Chorus
What a fool I was to fall for such an ol’ familiar line oh I thought I heard
them all a hundred thousand times but I guess I’m not immune to a sweet
talking man now my world is blue I can’t get over loving you
Verse Two
Was it easy when you said good night and kissed her soft warm lips as she was leaving did you say you’re kind of special I’ve never met no one like you when you wrapped your arms around her did you leave her with a warm and tender feeling well it all sounds familiar ‘cause I recall feeling that way too
Chorus X 2
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2. |
A Song For Lorian
03:31
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A Song For Lorian
Words and music by Kate Ashby-Craft
Intro
Verse One
I wonder who she is; I wonder what she’s like
I wonder what she cares about, I wonder where she lives
It’s been so long since I’ve seen her
I wouldn’t know what to say if she ever passed my way
Verse Two
She was born at a time when life was so unsure
And all around her there was nothing but closed doors
And because she was so loved
The only thing to do was to set her free
Chorus
And many years have come and gone
Since that cold winter’s day
When life began a new and though I’ve never known her
She’s always in my heart and always on my mind
Verse Three
The day may come when she and I will meet
And if it does I know I’ll be complete
I only hope she’ll understand
Why it had to be this way
And I hope she can forgive
Repeat Chorus X 2
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Just when she’s Thinking Of Leaving
Words and music by Kate Ashby-Craft
Intro
Verse One
When they met they were like children who fall in puppy love
And the world all around them was seen through brand new eyes
And everything they did they did for each other
But all that’s in the past and she knows it just can’t last, but
Chorus
Just when she’s thinking of leaving and she’s headed right for the door
He turns her head around with those old familiar words
And just when she’s had all she can take he turns her head around
With those old familiar words, honey I love you
Verse Two
Time and time again she keeps trying to make things work
But the paths they are travelling are leading different ways
And she knows it’s no one’s fault but life is funny that way
And she knows she has to leave’ cause there’s nothing left to say, but
Repeat chorus
Interlude
Verse Three
And she knows it’s no one’s fault but life is funny that way and she knows she has to leave ‘cause there’s nothing left to say, but
Repeat Chorus
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4. |
My City By The Sea
03:04
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My City By The Sea
words and music by Kate Ashby-Craft
Verse One
Her cobblestones, her ancient homes
Are the finest I have seen in all the places I have been
Her salty air, her seaward stare
Her foggy rugged coast, what I truly love the most
Bridge One
In Victoria’s past the gardens sat, their splendour to be seen
In my city by the sea
Verse Two
The park juts out right at the mouth
For all of us to see and where we long to be
The citadel looms high above the waterfront below
The place we like to stroll
Bridge Two
I will go back I must go back
For life is there for me
In my city by the sea
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5. |
A Lump In My Bed
02:34
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A Lump In My Bed
Words and Music by Kate Ashby-Craft
Intro
Verse one
There’s a lump in my bed, a most peculiar lump
It doesn’t make a sound but every now and then
It moves up and down
Verse two
There’s a lump in my bed, the strangest lump I’ve seen
It doesn’t make a sound but every now and then
It moves all around
Chorus
Now it’s time for me to sleep, but what shall I do
That lump in my bed just won’t move
Oh what’s that I hear
A most familiar sound
Interlude
(There’s a lump in my bed, there’s a lump in my bed,
There’s a lump in my bed
What can I do) X 2
Repeat Chorus
(Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow it’s my kitty cat) X 2 meow
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6. |
You're My Addiction
03:55
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You’re My Addiction
Words and music by Kate Ashby-Craft
Intro Gm D Gm D Gm D Eb D
Chorus
G7 D7
Baby, you’re my addiction, you build me up and tear me down
D7
The line between the two is fine
D7 G7
And you don’t care what’s left behind
Verse One
C7 G7
I spent my life feeding your fire doing all you desired
A7
There were highs but mostly lows
D7
And only you know how it goes
Chorus
Verse Two
Now and then I try to leave but it never lasts for long
‘cause the burning still goes on
and I come back where I belong
Bridge
Em C D Em C D Em C D
You’re my addiction, you’re my addiction, you’re my addiction etc.
Chorus
Repeat Verse Two
Bridge
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7. |
L.A.Nights
03:22
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L. A. Nights
Words and Music by Kate Ashby-Craft
Intro
Chorus
They burned down their hometown looking for some justice
They burned down their own town looking for a right town
For years they’ve tried and for years they’ve cried
In a system that just don’t care
When will it ever change, when will it ever change
Verse One
Oh Martin are you listening, can you hear your people’s rage
Oh Martin are you looking, can you see the fires burn
How far have they come since your fatal day?
How far have they come since your fatal day?
Chorus
Verse Two
George says he has the answer the money fix is the game
He says money will ease the pain, he says money will right the wrong
But will money erase the hate, will money erase the scars
Oh I wish it were that simple, I wish it were that simple
Interlude
Rap on Chorus
Chorus
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8. |
I Want To Thank you
03:47
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I Want To Thank You
Words and Music by Kate Ashby-Craft
Intro
Verse One
Whenever I see your face, I thank God that I’m alive
Whenever I see your smile, it makes my life worthwhile
You’ve restored my faith in myself and so I have to say
I want to thank you
Verse Two
It’s been a long time now and you’ve always kept that smile
Through thick and thin and the ups and downs you always stayed around you must have found it hard and so I have to say
I want to thank you
Chorus
I want to thank you for being there when no one else really cared
I want to thank you for staying here when things were going wrong
You always kept the faith you always knew things would work out
Verse Three
How hard it must have been but you never once complained
When the morning sun shines through, you’re up with the early dew
You say a brand new day means a brand new start and so I have to say
I want to thank you
Interlude repeat Chorus
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9. |
Children Of The North
01:20
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Children Of The North
Words and Arrangement by Kate Ashby-Craft
Children of the north
Take back your land
Take back your culture
Take back your name
Children of the north
You live in a mighty land
It taught your people well
So listen to its secrets
It will give you back your soul
Children of the north
Turn off the TV screen
It’s just a fallacy
And don’t listen to old fork tongue
He’ll tell you what he wants to hear
Not what you need to know
Children of the north
The power lies within
You only have to reach inside
And it will truly set you free
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10. |
I Am Your Canada
03:38
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I Am Your Canada
Words and music by Kate Ashby-Craft
Chorus spoken
I am your Canada a mighty land am I
And all I ask of you is to treat me with respect
I am your Canada from sea to shining sea
And all I ask of you is to treat me with respect
Verse One
You came unto my soil and I gladly took you in
I let you clear my land but please don’t clear it all
I let you cut my trees but please let some stand tall
I let you catch my fish but please don’t take them all
Chorus
Verse Two
I let you smell my flowers so please let them grow
I let you eat my wildlife but please don’t kill them all
I let you drink my water so please keep it clean
I let you climb my mountains so my beauty you could feel
Chorus
Interlude
Chorus
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Kate Ashby-Craft Nova Scotia
singer/songwriter , independent recording artist , actor, tree hugger and animal lover.
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