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Lay It Back
A Better Place
Gotta Lotta Lemons
Perfect Day
Walk The Straighter Road

Lay It Back

Music and Lyrics by Kevin Kunz
Arranged by Kevin Kunz, Kelly Kunz, and Dan Dean
Straighter Road Publishing/BMI
Back in the day the cats were cool
Louis and Fats were really swingin'
Monk had a groove, and Sonny was smooth
Like the silky sound of Ella singin'

Count to four, Basie's boys would play
Blowin' cheek to cheek with Dizzy
When Billie crooned Ain't no Holiday
The Bird would blow and have them in a tizzy

They all paved the way, for the music that play
They showed us how to lay it on the backside
Breakin' down the walls, they found another way
and the music still lives on

You gotta, lay back
You got to lay it back
I'm talkin, way back
You gotta just lay it back
To all the cats back in the day
It's all about groovin your way
Just lay it back

With the birth of the cool things began to change
Miles was king his notes were steamy
Hampton had a vibe, ain't talkin no jive
Sarah Vaughan was really very dreamy

Herbie and Chick their fingers were slick
To ride the Coltrane was a slice of heaven
Mel could scat, he had a nack
Singin' F sharp nine raised eleven

They showed us how to see, new possibilities
Everybody lay it on the back side
Along every lonely mile, they stayed true to the style
And the music, still lives on

You gotta, lay back
You got to lay it back
I'm talkin, way back
You gotta just lay it back
To all the cats back in the day
It's all about groovin your way
Just lay it back
Lay back

Just lay it back
Lay back
Gotta lay it back
Just do it, get to it
Feel the rhythm movin through ya
Just lay it back

Breakin down the walls, they found another way
And the music still lives
Still live on

Lay it way back
Lay it back
I'm talkin, way back
You gotta just lay it back
To all the cats back in the day
Its all about groovin your way
Just lay it back
Here's how we lay back

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A Better Place

Music by Kevin Kunz
Lyrics by Aliya Rose and Mary Kunz
Arranged by Kevin Kunz
Straighter Road Publishing/BMI
What if the sky were always blue
What if a tear never fell on you
What if the music played
All night and all day
Would the world be a better place

What if the flowers always bloomed
What if the choice were up to you
Whether to wonder why
To laugh or cry
Would the world be a better place

In a dream
The light you see
Shines when your eyes are closed
Live your life
With open eyes
Let true light
Fill your soul

If you could in every way
Live all your dreams in just one day
Would it be just as bright as the perfect light
Would the world be a better place

In a dream
The light you see
Shines when your eyes are closed
Live your life
With open eyes
Let true light
Fill your soul

If you could in every way
Live all your dreams in just one day
Would it be just as bright as the perfect light
Would the world
Or would it be such a sight to see
Would the world be a better place

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Gotta Lotta Lemons

Music by Kevin Kunz
Lyrics by Kevin and Mary Kunz
Vocal Arrangement by Kevin Kunz and Kelly Kunz
Big Band Arrangement by Kelly Kunz and Kevin Kunz
Straighter Road Publishing/BMI
The grass is never greener on the other side of the fence
It just seems that way
At the end of every rainbow there's just colors
To brighten the day
Nothing is impossible
Nothing at all
'Cept everything you never try
One day at a time
Good things
Good things come to those who wait

(You've got)
You've got just what it takes
(Right there)
Right there in the palm of your hand
(Just give)
Just give a little squeeze

If you've gotta lotta lemons
Just make lemonade
Every dark cloud has a silver lining
Just look behind the grey
Ya gotta lotta lemons
Make lemonade
A lotta lemons make really good lemonade

A little cup of something is better than nothing
Is it half empty or full
Did you know that when it rains
It really only pours sometimes
You can do anything
That you put your mind to
Reach up and touch the sky
All you gotta do
Take a chance
Shake it up and roll the dice

You've got what it takes
In the palm of your hand
Oh, just give a little squeeze

If you've gotta lotta lemons
Just make lemonade
Every dark cloud has a silver lining
Just look behind the grey
Ya gotta lotta lemons
Make lemonade
A lotta lemons make really good lemonade

Really good lemonade
Really good lemonade
Really good lemonade

If you've got
Got a lot
Gotta lotta lemons
If you've got
Got a lot
Gotta lotta lemons
If you've got
Got a lot
Gotta lotta lemons

A lotta lemons make
Mm...Really good

Really good lemonade
Uh huh

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Perfect Day

Music and Lyrics by Kevin Kunz
Arranged by Kevin Kunz
Straighter Road Publishing/BMI
No hellos
No goodbyes
The perfect day in our paradise
The only voice we hear
Drifts down from heaven
Whispering our names

For on this perfect day
The sounds of gentle rain
caress your name
No storm can shade your glow
Or hide your beauty
You just take my breathe away

You are the heart of my perfect day
You are candle that lights my way
In every song is your precious name
You are the start
Your the end
Of my perfect day

For in this moments time
Our hearts meet in a silent rhyme
(Silent rhyme)
You see me for who I am
Not who I was
Or what I used to be

You are the heart of my perfect day
You are candle that lights my way
In every song is your precious name
You are the start
Your the end
Of my perfect day

Eyes of the world can not see us
Troubles of life will not bind our way
From the rise to the setting of the sun
Till this day turns night
And back again

You are the heart of my perfect day
You are candle that lights my way
In every song is your precious name
You are the start
Your the end
Of my perfect day
You are the candle that lights my way
In every song is your precious name
You are start
And your the end
You are the heart of my perfect day

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Walk the Straighter Road

Music and Lyrics by Kevin Kunz
Arranged by Kelly Kunz
Straighter Road Publishing/BMI
When hope is gone
And you stand before the open door
Hear the voice that calls to you
To walk the straighter road

When all is lost
Just hold the hand that lifts your load
Trust the one thats guiding you
And walk the straighter road

Voices say to look within
For the measure of a man
But lies live inside us
Holding truth in their hand
The only voice unwavering
Guides you through the door
To an everlasting love
And hope

A secret bathes in heaven's light
Reveals a troubled soul
Offers hope to every life
To walk the straighter road
When dreams seem far And the rivers of your life runs dry
Taste where living waters flow
Along the straighter road

Voices say to look within
For the measure of a man
But lies live inside us
Holding truth in their hand
The only light unwavering
Shines through the door
To an everlasting love
And hope

A secret bathed in heaven's light
Reveals a troubled soul
And offers hope in darkest night
To walk the straighter
Walk the straighter
To walk the straighter road

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