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A Tale of One Fish

by Natasha Kozaily

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1.
Seasons 04:52
Break it to me, knock on my door When I was young I fell From a mango tree Naughty I’d be If I didn’t love you Can’t you see Let me keep you in my sunrise like I was meant to We will cry when mammals die But frangipani thieves steal My grief Perfect timing If I hadn’t met you I would be Un-luck-keep you in my sunrise like I was meant to Love taste good in winter Keeps me warm nightly Love looks good in spring-time Colorful blooming Love gets drunk in summer Sun-kissed forgetting Love since I have met you I can’t stop falling
2.
With love I write this letter for Beirut I yearn for you like a lost lover What have you done to me? What did you say that makes me pray and Hope for you everyday Beirut Beirut You give me dreams You give me nightmares You run in my veins and Dance in my memories Beirut Beirut Boom boom goes my heart like a ticket in a bomb when I think of you And Beirut I’m asking you Love me, don’t kill me Be stong, don’t deny me Hold me, don’t break me Forgive, don’t be angry Give me the hope for a life, peace and family Open your arms and protect and embrace me Beirut Beirut Beirut You came to me on the waves of an old song and the scent of a’hawa (coffee in Arabic) Beirut Beirut
3.
Ruins 03:27
You told me to build Under a new moon A temple just for you Made from something blue But I felt My precious heart creating Beautiful ruins from loving you Talking in dreams I had a vision The sea became a wall Vertical and tall And I swam Up to the sky leaving behind Beautiful ruins from loving you After the rain Between the sunshine Of your warm embrace And the coolness of your chains Fell my fears And happily I lived to feel Beautiful ruins from loving you
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Story Makers 04:52
Do it, in the jungle like a tiger Feel it, flesh and blood when you bite harder Catch it, in your mouth cool rain water Rock it, On the street like blue iguanas We are freaks of Nature Didn’t you know We are story makers Dangerous souls Slip it, through the desert sands like cobras Slap it, on the bass and let it burn ya We are freaks of nature Didn’t you know We are story makers Dangerous souls I had a dream that I was fish that fell in love with a pescador Hook in my mouth he dragged me aboard, out of the water and on to the shore He welcomed me with song and dance The pain in me was turning fast To joy that I inspired him to music And after all this time underwater I have finally found the land that burns My lungs that yearn to breathe him He told me no lies That I was to die He gently held me to his lips and…. Killed me Oooohhhhhhh
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"As ever with Natasha’s music, the influences come from far and wide; tango rhythms, Middle Eastern orchestration, a hint of klezmer and gypsy jumpiness, dreamy, late-evening Californian guitar lines, a highly developed jazz sensibility and - as you’d expect - those sweepingly beautiful vocals (and vocalisations). It’s smart stuff that flirts with the output of Coco Rosie one moment and the Pierces the next. But the difference here is that nobody involved with those acts - great though they are - can play the piano quite like Natasha. The inspired cracked-up classicism of Letter to Beirut is testament to the depth of talent on show here.... Indeed, to acknowledge life in its multifarious hues demands the ability to see all the colours of the spectrum. Natasha Kozaily here has shown her willingness to explore not just music and technique, but all facets of the human experience. A journey does not end; but the path has some unexpected turns." - Joe Shooman (CayCompass 2011)

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released June 5, 2011

Vocals and Piano- Natasha Kozaily
Electric and Nylon Guitar - Dusty Brough
Drums - Julian Cantelm
Percussion and Flute - Chad Farran
Bass - David Carano

Recorded at Dirty Boulevard
Engineered by Ian Tordella and Chad Farran
Mixed by Ben Moore
Mastered by Peter Sprague

All music and lyrics by Natasha Kozaily

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