Lorraine Segato New Album invincible decency booklet

ONLY HUMAN I’m a walkin’ down the street Lost in a fantasy The sun is out and I’m flirting with a stranger See a sister wandering round’ Like her life is up and down.

She’s losing her direction I see a man with a begging bowl Says he’ll never cry no more His past was bright but now his future in question Try to do what I can when I can Do my best to be human He wants an answer right now (I say that ) We’re only human Doing the best that we possibly can Make some mistakes and we make some new plans We’re only human Think about my friends you know They work so hard (we’re sayin’) What’s the point of all the stress It drags me down We’ve all made a few mistakes Tell me where’s the give and take We need some easy, some easy right now Life can knock you down Or it can raise you up I know the future’s a question But we’ll face whatever comes

We’re only human Doing the best that we possibly can Make some mistakes and we make some new plans Cuz we’re only human You might be right You might be wrong You might be feeling alone But hey!

You’re only human So you try to hold it up When your life is crashing down It’s hard in these times, in these times it hard Hard to be a human, hard to be a human You gotta dig deep, find hope, find faith inside We’re only human Doing the best that we possibly can Make some mistakes and we’ll make some new plans We’re only human…

Written by Billy Bryans, Keir Brownstone, Lynne Fernie, David Gray & Lorraine Segato. © 1996 Big World Songs & More Life Music.

WE GAVE THE NIGHT AWAY We Gave the Night Away… We Gave the Night Away… You had to be there!

We Gave the Night Away into a stellar day Moments so perfect they turned into hours Nothing could stop us from beating our crazy drum You had to be there… We were inspired!

Well tonight, we’re feeling alright Were lovin’ how it feels to be on this ride There’s alchemy, there’s magic and we take flight We’re singing our songs, Your singing along We’re having such a superior time And love is in the air We gave the night away into a stellar day Moments so perfect they turned into hours Nothing could stop us from beating our crazy drum You had to be there (you had to be there) We were inspired!

It’s your life, when you’re riding a wave, It’s the beat of a groove, when your finally breaking away This is the time and the place to let go now Throw all the caution into the wind This is your moment to be a believer Let the truth pull you in

We Gave the Night Away into a stellar day Moments so perfect they turned into hours Nothing could stop us from beating our crazy drum You had to be there We had the power!

One to the power of two to the power of three to the power of four to the power of love (give more, get more) to the power of love…

Eight to the power of nine to the power of ten to the power of ten to the power of change, Open up the door!

We Gave the Night Away…into a perfect day We Gave the Night …into the day We Gave the Night Away into a stellar day Moments so perfect we flew so high Nothing could stop us from beating our crazy drum.

You had to be there…(you had to be there) you had to beat the drum (To the power to the power to the power to the power to the power to the power of change) (To the power to the power to the power to the power to the power to the power of love) We gave the night away… into a stellar day (We have the Power) Written by David Gray & Lorraine Segato. © 2010 Big World Songs & More Life Music.

HOLE IN THE WALL Joey roams the streets He’s so young and already knows defeat Looking for some comfort from the scorching heat Some kind of Hole in the Wall Mary looks for love Something more than what her tiny world’s made of She’s got break cuz expectations aren’t enough Some kind of Hole in the Wall Everyone needs a place A comfort from the storms that come our way Magical hideaways, a refuge from the tensions of the fall A Hole in the Wall Everywhere we go, there are mysteries still waiting to be known Walking by we see but we don’t hear the call there’s a crack—there’s a Hole in the Wall When you go inside, children laughing— awe so beautiful and wild!

They are calling us from all around the world look for that Hole in the Wall

Everyone needs a place, a comfort from the storms that come our way A magical hideaway, a refuge form the tensions of the fall A Hole in the Wall One day we’ll breathe A little love and decency So we can reach beyond those walls that we can’t see Everyone needs a place A comfort from the storms that come our way A magical hideaway, a refuge from the tensions of the fall Everyone needs a place Everyone needs a place where we can fall A Hole in the Wall, a Hole in the Wall, a Hole in the Wall Written by Lorraine Segato, David Gray & Liz Rodriguez. ©2010 More Life Music, Big World Songs & Matriz Music/Universal Music.

ALL WENT WRONG (AT THE RIGHT TIME) I’ve been looking at my life, thru the same old eyes I’ve had one too many shots and I’m done with compromise No reason left to fake it, oh I may never shake it Taking off my blinders and I’m done with hearing lies Oh the price I paid was a broken heart but I learned how to fix it Yeah the knife in the back from a so-called friend is the gift that keeps on giving Yeah, it all went wrong (at the right time) It took so long (at the right time) And now I’m strong and it’s the right time Its okay yeah I’m alright I’m feeling good cuz now I’m back on track Well I know my mistakes cannot be denied although I have changed love has its disguise No reason left to fake it and I may never shake it When I’m feeling weak or unsteady I won’t compromise It all went wrong (at the right time)

It took so long (at the right time) And now I’m strong and it’s the right time It’s okay yeah, I’m alright I’m back on track Surrender to a brand new day, it took some time to find my way and I’ll find my way The price I paid was a broken heart, And although I’ve changed, sometimes I come apart, I have been betrayed It’s hard to forget.

I won’t question, I won’t mention and I won’t have regrets Yeah, it all went wrong (at the right time) and it took so long wrong (at the right time) Cuz now I’m strong and it’s the right time…

It’s okay… yeah I’m alright… I’m feeling good…

I’m all right I’m all right Written by Lorraine Segato, David Gray & Liz Rodriguez. ©2011 More Life Music, Big World Songs & Matriz Music/Universal Music.

I’M COMING BACK It’s a new day I’m on a new wave And I finally found my way back home to you Been a long time since I felt this good I can’t remember how I got to feeling so blue Well I’ve done my time alone and I faced some wicked cold But, I know this time..

Finally gonna let it all go Yes, I’m Coming Back, I’ve been gone so long ( I feel it, I feel it) Feel it in my skin yeah, finally feeling strong.

Wish I knew how to live with all of this ambivalence I’ve carried, Held me hostage, all this love I could of saved to give to you Wish I knew what to say— everytime you asked me Where’d you go, why’d you run so far— why did you have to go away?

Well, I have loved and I have wept, Had to soar above regrets But, I know this time Finally gonna let it all go

Yes, I’m Coming Back (I feel it, Oh I feel it) I’ve been gone so long (I feel it, Oh I feel it) Yeah I feel it in my skin (I feel it).

I’m finally feeling strong I go down the well, I live through my hell, I break the glass the mirror cracks.

I’m inspired, finally I’m on fire ’Cause I’m so glad I found myself at last.

I’m Coming Back…….

Written by Lorraine Segato & David Gray. © 2011 More Life Music & Big World Songs.

TENGO LE TASCHE VUOTE Sento che é arrivato giá da un pezzo il giorno che Spingerò via le nuvole da me Sto in attesa che questo pazzo mondo mi dia Un pò di scampo e anche la via Se tengo forte so ce la faro Alla fine no, non mi butterò Quello che ho passato io lo so Se tengo forte so ce la farò Il mondo é pazzo forse, ma io no Il passato é un pensiero Lo tengo le tasche vuote Va tutto liscio se, la musica mi trasporta nella notte Ma ho le tasche vuote Ho gambe forti per ballare Gli amici mi faranno divertire Anche con le tasche vuote Sento che é arrivato, quel giorno che Soffierò le nuvole lontano da me Restauro in attesa che questo pazzo mondo mi dia Un po’ di scampo e la sua via Se tengo forte so ce la farò Alla fine no, non mi butterò Quello che ho passato io lo so Se tengo forte so ce la farò Il mondo é pazzo forse, ma io no Il futuro é un pensiero

Con le tasche vuote. É molto meglio sai?

Così la musica mi trasporta nella notte Io mi disperdo nell’etere Ho tanti sogni per bruciare Il ritmo é così caldo mi fa girare Mi fa girare, mi fa girare, mi fa girare Sai, sai, sai, sai Che ho le tasche vuote Ma ho tutto il resto e poi, Gli amici, ho famiglia e amore Questo non si compra Ho frutti dolci da seminare Gli amici li faranno poi vibrare Tengo le tasche vuote Ma ho anime gemelle che Mi strapazzano come fossi una bambola e Mi fan girare, mi fan girare E io Tengo poco pensiero Tengo poco pensiero Va tutto liscio se Mi ritrovo nella quarta dimensione Nessun pensiero Leggera io sarò Con le tasche vuote.

Written by Lorraine Segato & David Gray.

Additional lyrics & translation by Carol Milone. © 2013 More Life Music & Big World Songs.

TIMES LIKE THIS Gotta call from an old friend, I said hey how ya doin’ Just the other day, I was thinking about you When I heard his voice, He sounded kinda weary And I knew right then, Trouble was here to stay It’s times like this I write these words, so I can sing to you In times like this, In times like this And I wrack my brain, to think of all the ways I’d pray for you In times like this, In times like this

Come drink your strength from friends and family In times like this Embrace the love that you once gave to me For times like this Times like this…

We’re always asking why Times like this…

Our tears will not subside Remember this..

Your spirit is alive And your music will never die It’s times like this There’s times like this Oh my friend, my beautiful friend.

You will be missed. Yeah, yeah.

It’s times like this Written by Lorraine Segato & David Gray. © 2012 More Life Music & Big World Songs.

INVINCIBLE DECENCY Don’t cry Grandma You will have some peace of mind All the dreams that you carry for your children, you will find The love that you have given,will not be felt in vain The pain you endured in silence, the strength that you’ve gained I’m reaching forth to hold you Let me be your blanket on this long and lonely night.

Invincible Decency What we need is Invincible Decency Invincible Decency It’s what you mean to me Invincible decency What I’d only hoped to be Invincible decency Let me carry you that extra mile Cause you have buried your children’s, children’s children Well I see your courage, so powerful and wise I’m so very young, I want to learn how to be You show me, you lead me, you teach me

Invincible Decency What we need is Invincible Decency Invincible decency It’s what you are to me Invincible decency It’s all I wanna be…. Invincible decency These now or never moments,have never been so clear Invincible You been hidden, revealed.

You’ve been promised, Denied. Forsaken, Forgotten, Forgotten In all these lies.

Invincible Decency Invincible Facing the extinction, with an elegance untold In the face of great destruction, a quiet dignity took hold Running out of choices, Corporate greed had held them hostage Grannies pushing back the wreckage , Turning tides and raising voices Invincible Written by Lorraine Segato & David Gray. © 2011 More Life Music & Big World Songs.

WHO YOU ARE (Be What You Be) Sometimes I held it The world was mine I hit my stride Sometimes I missed it Even though I tried and tried The shades of grey became the thread Through my uncommon life One thing I know hard to see the world thru black or white Sometimes I saw deception I stretched myself a bit too far And then I failed to notice The dreams I had would not work out Everything I see or do and Everywhere I looked for truth.

Its take me back to a mantra I can use Be what you be not what you do.

Some days when I felt broken I learned to live alone I had to trust that I would love again Everywhere around us, reflections of a so-called perfect life

We think we want to have it all For what you get the price is high So that which is before me now Is just another open door It takes me to this mantra I can use Be what you be not what you do Be what you be Some people hunger for excellence.

Some are hungry to know Others are hungry for money or power For some its just one big show If you just do What you ought to do But in the end it don’t feel true Just hook onto to a mantra you can use Be what you be not what you do its who you are.

Be what you be, Be what you be Be what you be not what you do Written by Lorraine Segato & David Gray. Š 2012 More Life Music & Big World Songs.

LIVING ON THE OUTSIDE I go home… Wondering why I’m feeling what I’m feelin’ Lonely bones… in a city full of modern living Inside these walls of power you can lose your voice The pressure to fit in and conform And in this world you’re told that you’re expendable It’s just the way it goes, another head that rolls ’Cause everywhere you go, signs of people lost inside some big illusion.

Holding onto hope, holding onto to what we think we should be doing.

Oh… Living on the outside…

I get lost… looking at the way we try to make a living Its surreal… what it takes to keep on try to keep creating Beyond my own emotions I still hear a voice, it tells me that I’m going to survive.

I tell myself, I have a choice What’s it gonna take? What’s it gonna take to heal this rage?

Everybody knows, somewhere there’s just got to be a new solution Everywhere we go… you go.

People squeezed into a box of well-defined exclusion.

Hey, where living on the outside.

Livin’ on the Outside. Knock. Knock. Let me in. Heh! (Enter Amazon Warrior Poetess) I… I… I… I want to find an entry point within I have a few questions bout how I’ve been livin’ I’m lookin’ in da mirror don’t recognize my own riddim talking a lot but I’m really saying nuthin’ no time to feel… no time to think… no time to heal… Too afraid to sit still.

Let silence fill the void, the void, the void within cuz I’m livin’ I’m livin’… on the outside What do you see, ya see the posters going up and the people lying down.

Look beyond the firestone ride, look beyond the neon high.

Don’t you know that—everybody got a voice but who’s sayin it?

Everybody’s got a choice but who’s taking it?

Tell me why? Tell me why?

I’ve livin’ on the outside.

Tell me why… yeah?

Beyond the neon high. Don’t you know that everybody got a voice but whose sayin’ it, everybody got a choice but who’s taking it I got to know why we are living on the outside Naturally the people want to be… a part of a village—one community.

I want to be loved but I also want to be free… Free of living on the outside Free of living on the outside… of me… of me… of me… of me.

Knock. Knock on the door. Everybody wants to come in.

Knock. Knock on the door. Everybody wants to come in Knock knock… Everybody… Living on the outside. Living on the outside.

Everybody got a voice, everybody got a choice but who’s….takin’ it.

Living on it… This is my rhetorical, political (spiritual) turn off your TVs and get yourselves in the streets.

The time is now. The time is now.

Choose wisely… Knowingly Written by Lorraine Segato, David Gray, Billy Bryans & Keir Brownstone. © 2011 More Life Music & Big World Songs.

Produced by David Gray.

Except “Times Like This”, produced by Steve Webster, engineered by Dustin Anstey at RMW Music Studios.

Invincible Decency inspired by Stephen Lewis, the Grandmothers of Africa, and the work of the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

Recorded at Drive Shed, MDI Studios, RMW Studios, Big World Studios.

Quote by Arundhati Roy: “Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”

Engineered by Matt Pataki at the Drive Shed, Peter Moore at MDI Studios, David Gray at Big World Studios.

Times Like This · Dedicated to beloved friend & musical partner in the rebel zone, Billy (Beans) Bryans, drummer & world music aficionado. 1947–2012.

Assisted by Elijah Walsh.

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada Music Fund) and of Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters.

Mixed by John Whynot, except “Only Human” mixed by Vic Florencia.

Mastering by Peter Moore, MDI Studios.

Executive Producer: Get Off My Dress Productions.

LAYING DOWN THE BEDS BAND Drums · Mark Kelso Bass · Steve Webster Hammond B-3 Organ · Chris Brown Guitars, Piano/Keyboards, Programming · David Gray Guitar · Lorraine Segato Percussion, Timbale, Tambourine · Chendy Leon & Vicki Randle ADDITIONAL MUSICAL GUESTITOS Guest Vocals · Liz Rodriguez · Hole in the Wall, All Went Wrong Supporting Vocals · Vicki Randle · We Gave the Night Away, Only Human, All Went Wrong, I’m Coming Back, Hole in the Wall, Invincible Decency Supporting Vocals · Rebecca Jenkins · Only Human, We Gave the Night Away Supporting Vocals · Suzie Vinnick · We Gave the Night Away Supporting Vocals · The Songbirds.ca (Cyndi Carleton, Sue Marenick, Kate Proctor, Kyla Tingley) · We Gave the Night Away, All Went Wrong Bass · Rich Brown · We Gave the Night Away

Here comes the thank you part!

The commitment of family, friends and investor patrons has enabled the birth of this creative endeavour.

The Early Believers—Salah Bachir, Jon Duchinsky & Sofia Vinnick, Janet Solberg, Ilana Landsberg-Lewis.

David Gray, stalwart guidance and masterful playing. Jim Campbell for sage advice.

Enduring friends and friends who endure: Lynne F, Giberto G, Ally Klein, Beck Jenkins, Suzie & Leslie, Bevy C, Lo Fine, Murman M, Micah B, The Tuscany Girls (DD to the power of 2, Ambrosia Chelly, Skippy, Susan, ShellyOther, Sammy, Gillian, Susan) for spirited (in more ways than one) conversations that lifted the Bar. Darren Zakreski, for years of dedicated hair follicle attention. Alexis MacDonald (website photo), Kate & David Daniels, Frank Toskan. Joni Daniels, Jie Matar, Allison (at the Acorn). Grazie: Carol Milone & Elvira Ferrari, Caterina Florio & Eugenio V. The veins of groove and music run deep augmented by the musical friends who have inspired · Billy Bryans, DG, Lauri Conger, Julie Masi, Steve Webster, Keir Brownstone, Margo Davidson, Vicki Randle.

Synth/Organ · Matt Horner · We Gave the Night Away

For keeping the body, mind and spirit together. As Above—So Below— Xioalan Zhao, Lee Freedman, Chris Lee, Barbara Brachi, Anita Shack.

Timbale · Billy Bryans · We Gave the Night Away

For taking me In and Up: Stephen, Michele, Avi, Naomi, Jenny, Zimri, Toma.

Piano · Nancy Walker · All Went Wrong (At the Right Time), Living On the Outside Soprano Saxophone · Colleen Allen · Living on the Outside

A most expansive embrace and deep love go to Ilana, Zevy and Yoav. You inspire! Your belief and patience make you eligible for endless accolades & perhaps more screen time at the end of a long school day. Love you family!

The Goddess of Spoken Word · D’Bi Young · Living on the Outside

Tanti Bacioni famiglia Segato—Mary, Silvio & Carla Segato. I’m so very lucky!

He’s the man! You gotta admit he has a way with the words · Stephen Lewis

Photography: Kristina Laukkanen, Pear Studios.

Website & Cover Art Design: Jerad Gallinger