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I Lost My Voice

from Muscles EP by Dudley Benson

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On a fine day
If Mum says 'OK'
I go walking out on the hills
Where I can play

Singing Kylie songs
My friends, they wait for me
They are white quadrupeds
Eating lucerne leaves

But here is where I'm gonna stay
This is where I'll lay my head to rest
I'll go to sleep on the shoulders of the Earth
This is where you'll find me if you came looking

I lost my voice
I couldn't find it anywhere
Hoki mai
Return to me my voice
But it would not come
Until I asked the Kiwi

Oh he told me:

You'll find your voice
In the kohanga
And right here
Right here in the sky above

credits

from Muscles EP, released June 26, 2015
Written, performed & produced by Dudley.
Features translated lyrics from Hinepukohurangi by Hirini Melbourne, as seen in Barry Barclay's Journeys In National Parks: Te Urewera (1987).
Slide guitar by Paddy Burgin, recorded by Mike Gibson at Munki Studios, Wellington.
Vocal recorded by Leyton Glen at Albany St Studios, Dunedin.
Mixed by Dudley at Albany St Studios.
Mastered by Nick Roughan.

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Dudley Benson Dunedin, New Zealand

I'm a queer independent artist based in Dunedin, New Zealand. I make music about nature and nationhood. Thanks for listening!

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