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LOVE’S NOT SO GREAT

By admin | Published: June 9, 2010

Mama Kin: Vocals
Brother Michael Caruana: Piano, Farfisa and Vocals
George Servanis: Drum kit, Tambourine, JD bottle, Guiro, Bongos and Vocals
Tony Buchen: Hofner Bass, Silvertone Electric Guitar

You think you know who I am
That I fit into your grandmaster plan
But I go walking when you sleep
My river runs deathly deep

Everything you love you will come to break
Cos you don’t seek a lover you seek a mate
And I am here to tell you
Love’s not so great
Not so great
Not so great
Not so great

You think our love is sublime
To all of love’s faults you seem blind
But honey child I’m not quite so naïve
One false move bags packed I leave

Everything you love you will come to break
Cos you don’t seek…

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TAKE IT SLOW

By admin | Published: June 8, 2010

Mama Kin: Vocals, clicks
Tom Spender: Vocals
Brother Michael Caruana: piano, wurlitzer electronic piano, Nord celeste sample, clicks, happy gas bottle
George Servanis: Brushes, Floor tom, bass drum, clicks, shaker like an orange
Gavin Shoesmith: Double Bass
Tony Buchen: Clicks
Alex Burkoy: Violin
Su Ying Au: Viola
Christa Jardine: Viola
Richard Vaudrey: Cello
Mel Robinson: Cello

I well there’s something I want you to know
That we
We got to take it slow
Take it slow
Cos you think this road is going to be hard
And I know you just may well break my heart
You may well break my heart

Take it slow
Slow
Take it slow

Cos you
You been coming round to my place
And we
We cannot live in the disgrace
…

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IT’S FOR ME

By admin | Published: June 7, 2010

Mama Kin: Vocals and Shovel
Brother Michael Caruana: Piano, Optigan, Farfisa, Mellotron
George Servanis: Drum kit, outdoor chair and saucepan lid
Tony Buchen: Hofner Bass, Red Box Trolley, Baking dish
Josephine Gunstone (Caruana): Vocals
Carmen Parente (Caruana): Vocals
Sandra Mooney (Caruana): Vocals
Banjo Caruana-Butler: Vocals
Edoardo Santoni: Vocals

Running from you never got me nowhere
Hiding from you only made you want to stare
And I had to realise that I was taking out my pain on my daughter
That I don’t want to be the one who always sits firmly in the corner

But it’s not for you
It is not for them
It is not for those
It’s for me
It is for me
It’s for me
It is for me

Singing from a cage felt better than nothing
Yelling…

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COMING TO GET YA

By admin | Published: June 6, 2010

Mama Kin: Vocals and Shake It Like An Orange
Brother Michael Caruana: Piano, Hammond B3 and Happy Gas Bottle
George Servanis: Drum Kit, Bongos, Tambourine and Darbuka
Tony Buchen: Hofner Bass
Carmen Parente: Vocals
Carlos Adura: Drum Kit

I walked a long lonely highway to get here
Now I smell like wood smoke and old cigarettes
I been scouring this land in the hope that I might find you
I been trawling through all my old regrets

Baby baby wont you come around
Wont you show your face
I ain’t leaving this place here without you
Not without you

I left my home and my little bitty babies
I told em mama gonna be home soon
I left the warmth of my ever lovin man
Sit by this fire under this full moon

Baby baby won’t…

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MY FRIEND

By Natalie Harker | Published: June 6, 2010

Mama Kin: Vocals
Brother Michael Caruana: Piano

How many times have I been on that ledge
And you talk me back down
Yeah you talk me back down

How many times have I been on the edge
And you pull me around
Yeah you pull me around

And you open your mouth and out come the angels
That keep me afloat
Yeah they keep me afloat

How many times have I cried out for help
Water’s filling my boat

And you are my friend
You are my friend
Right to the end
You are my you are my friend
Right to the end
You are my you are my you are my friend

First time I saw you was with fishing pole
It was slung on your back
It was slung on your back

And…

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BEAT AND HOLLER

By admin | Published: June 6, 2010

Mama Kin: Vocals, Udu and claps
Brother Michael Caruana: Cajon and claps
Edoardo Santoni: Vocals
George Servanis: Claps
Polly Armstrong: Claps
Tony Buchen: Claps

I’m gonna beat at your window holler at your door
I won’t rest now while you play small
I’m gonna beat at your window holler at your door
I won’t stand down till you stand tall

I’m not frightened yeah I’m not afraid
I don’t walk my life in shackles of shame
I’ll be standing here day and night
Till you’re brave enough to be who you might

I’m gonna beat at your window holler at your door
I won’t rest now while you play small
I’m gonna beat at your window holler at your door
I won’t stand down till you stand tall

You can turn away yeah you can shield…

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TORE MY HEART OUT

By admin | Published: June 5, 2010

Mama Kin: Vocals and Piano
Brother Michael Caruana: Cajon and Piano
George Servanis: Drum Kit, Vocals and Tambourine
Tony Buchen: Hofner Bass and Vocals
Richard Vaudrey: Cello

You tore my heart out
You threw it to the floor
You tore my heart out
What ya what ya what ya what ya do that for

Well I turned to you I said no sir-ee
When you said hey you’ll be coming back to me
But you kept waiting there on that line
Cos you were pretty sure I’d fall back sometime
I was feeling strong thought things had changed
But lets face it baby I was deranged

Cos you tore my heart out
You threw it to the floor
You tore my heart out
What ya what ya what ya what ya do that for

Well…

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BITTER TEARS

By admin | Published: June 4, 2010

Mama Kin: Piano and Vocals
Virginia Bott: Musical Director and Arranger First Chorus: Band of Singers
Band of Singers: Jesse Tucker, Peta Christensen, Glen Moore, Gemma Staude, Samantha Thornton, Beck Barron, Michael Chalk, Helen Metzger, Loukia Vassiliades, Sharon Crabb, Melanie Robinson, Emma Tonkin, Mariana Doherty
George Servanis

My papa said his papa drank his mama’s bitter tears
As he nestled at her breast
And she grieved her husbands passing
And cried out all his unlived years
All of his unlived years
Cried out all his unlived years

He looked up to his mama for some answers
He searched for hope in her face
He quickly learnt that life it was lonely
And that love was a cruel mistake
It was a cruel mistake
That love was a cruel mistake

That man he raised my papa really…

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ON MY WAY

By admin | Published: June 3, 2010

Mama Kin: Vocals
Brother Michael Caruana: Piano
George Servanis: Drum Kit and Shaker
Tony Buchen: Hofner Bass
Su Ying Au: Viola
Christa Jardine: Viola
Richard Vaudrey: Cello
Mel Robinson: Cello

Suddenly it occurred to me
That you aren’t quite what you were cracked up to be
Suddenly quite forcibly
The house of cards home to our hearts came tumbling down

How could a woman like you
Do this to a woman like me
Baby I believed in you but now I’m on
I’m on my way
I’m on my way
I’m onto you

You held the key so long
That I could only tag along
I thought my interests were at heart
But now I see you for
What you truly are
What you truly are

Suddenly…

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I’M GONNA DO IT

By admin | Published: June 2, 2010

Mama Kin: vocals
Brother Michael Caruana: piano, wurlitzer electric piano, claps, shakers, mow mows
Tony Buchen: Hofner Bass, claps, mow mows
Edoardo Santoni: vocals
Benn Chapman: Trombone
Eamon Dilworth: Trumpet
Polly Armstrong: claps, mow mows
Agia Nenke: claps, mow mows

I don’t think I’m good at writing love songs
I don’t have the knack for that kind of verse
But baby I want to I want to write you a love song
I’m gonna find it I’m gonna write it cos it’s the least that you deserve
I’m gonna find it I’m gonna write it cos it’s the least that you deserve

I’m gonna do it
I’m gonna do it

Cos when you came along you spoke my language
When you came along you sang my song
And I was just waiting for good things to…

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TO MY TABLE

By admin | Published: June 1, 2010

Mama Kin: Vocals, Shaker, Claps
Brother Michael Caruana: Piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Farfisa, water urn and Jamesons whiskey bottle played with bottle opener, vocals, claps
George Servanis: Drum kit, tambourine, Bongos, vocals, claps
Tony Buchen: Hofner bass, vocals
Polly Armstrong:  vocals, claps

I been thinking right now might be the right time for you grow up
Cos you been sleeping while I been waiting for you to maybe show up
One thing I can tell you is I don’t wanna be your mother
Right now what I require is not a child but a mother

What you got Baby
Are you willing are you able
What you got baby
What are you bringing to my table
What are you bringing to my table
What are you bringing to my…..

I been walking and talking the kind of talk…

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YOUR COLOUR

By Natalie Harker | Published: May 30, 2010

Written by Danielle Caruana
Danielle Caruana: vocals, piano
Weather pattern Fremantle 11:17pm 9th July 2009: Rain and Thunder

The silence pushes into me
I am struck by it’s amnesty
But every time I think I got you pegged
You change your colour again

Up and down and to and fro
Round and round we go go go
I don’t know if this just might end
Cos you changed your colour again

You’re a chameleon
But there’s no need to hide now
I found you
And I’m not gonna let you go

Kids are asleep and the dog is fed
Dishes are done and my books all read
Now my footsteps echo in the hall
And I miss your colour most of all

You’re a masterpiece
You’re the finest
Divinest
I’d sit a lie…

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