Lyrics:

I am a mother and a daughter, a lover and a friend 
The world that I once knew is gone, impossible to comprehend 
Once I had a gentle man and he loved me to the moon 
They call me by another name 
But still, my name is June. 

Now I keep my head down, I don't look them in the eye 
Every dress I own is red and the driver is a spy 
Once I had a mother, a fighter through and through 
They call me by another name 
But the name she gave to me is June. It's June. 
All I have left is my name. 

How can you do this? How can you let this be? 
How can you do this? You're a woman just like me. 
My name is June. And all I have left is my name. 

You asked me if I'm happy. I told you what they made me say. 
The truth is: Death is preferable to what I'm living through today 
Once I had a little girl that I carried in my womb 
They call me by another name 
But now you know my name is June. It's June. 
And all I have left is my name. 

How can you do this? How can you let this be? 
I'm a woman, I am human, I'm not a commodity. 
How can you do this? How can you let this be? 
How can you do this? You're a woman just like me... 

...a mother and a daughter, a lover and a friend 
The world I knew is upside down, impossible to comprehend 
My daughter is out there somewhere and I pray to see her soon 
She's the only reason I stay alive. 

How can you do this? How can you let this be? 
I am a woman I am not a commodity 
How can you do this? How can you let this be? 
How can you do this? You're a woman just like me 

My name is June. 
And all I have left is my name.

© Kirsten Hazler/HazyShade Productions

My Name Is June (solo rough)

Inspired by a scene in Episode 11, Season 2

Oh Canada (solo rough)

Rough recording 3/29 (take 2)

Lyrics:

Blue, blue 
I focus on the blue 
I float far away 
To survive another day 
I focus on the blue 

Blue like a summer sky 
Blue like the wings of a damselfly 
Stray cornflower in a field of rye 
And blue like the sea 

I keep my eyes focused on the ceiling 
Go blue to avoid all feeling 
I fly to another place 
To get through the ceremony 
This monthly rite of matrimony 
And if we pray and if we believe 
I will conceive and I'll have a baby 

So for me it's blue 
I focus on the blue 
I float far away 
To survive another day 
I focus on the blue 

Blue violets in spring 
The box that held my wedding ring 
Indigo of a bunting's wing 
and blue like the sea 

I keep my eyes focused on the ceiling 
Go blue to avoid all feeling 
I fly to another place 
To get through the ceremony 
This monthly rite of matrimony 
And if we pray and if we believe 
I will conceive and they'll take my baby 

So for me it's blue 
I focus on the blue 
I float far away 
To survive another day 
I focus on the blue 

Sunlight through blue bottle glass 
Forget-me-nots and blue-eyed grass 
The patterned hem of my daughter's dress 
And blue like the sea 

I keep my eyes focused on the ceiling 
Go blue to avoid all feeling 
I fly to a better place 
To get through the rape and plunder 
That tears my body and my soul asunder 
And if I pray and if I believe 
I'll be redeemed and Blue will save me 

So for me it's blue 
Wild innocent blue 
I drown in blue 
Blue like the sea

© Kirsten Hazler/HazyShade Productions

Blue (duo rough)

Based on Season 1, Episode 9 ("The Bridge")

Lyrics:
It would feel so good to fly... 
I stand on the ledge looking over the edge 
At the rocks and the waves below 
That would destroy my body but liberate my soul 

The baby in my arms sleeps quietly, breathes peacefully 
The baby in my arms, she could fly with me 
She would never have to know.

I could set her free...

No more twisted world, no more twisted desires 
No more servitude, no more hypocrites and liars 
There's got to be something better, beyond this great big sky 
We can get there if I'm brave, if I take this leap and fly 
If I fly, if I fly 

And the baby in my arms, she sleeps quietly, breathes peacefully 
The baby in my arms, she could fly with me 
She would never have to know.

It would feel so good to fly 
I stand on the ledge, toes over the edge [x 3]

And now I look back to say goodbye 
I hear the panicked voices, reconsider my choices 

'Cause the baby in my arms sleeps quietly, breathes peacefully 
The baby in my arms, maybe she could have a better life than mine... 
So I step off the ledge, away from the edge 
And June takes my baby from my arms 

And now my arms are spread like wings 
The wind on my face swirls and sings 
The rocks and the waves below 
Are beckoning and I'm ready to go 
Ready to go

It would feel so good to fly  
I stand on the ledge, toes over the edge [x 3]

The air is sky, the sky is blue 
I'm over the edge and now I know it's true 
It feels so good to fly 
It feels so good to fly 
It feels so good, it feels so good, it feels so good to fly

It feels so good to fly

© Kirsten Hazler/HazyShade Productions

Feels So Good To Fly (solo rough)

Inspired by episode 4, season 1.

Lyrics:

I was lying on the closet floor 
With my face toward the wall 
Contemplating how to end it 
When I noticed the scrawl 
Someone had been here before 

Someone had gotten a knife 
And etched letters in the wall 
I traced them with my fingers 
But I didn't understand at all 
It said "Nolite te bastardes carborundorum." 

It said "Nolite te bastardes carborundorum." 

It seemed like a message from the other side 
It seemed like a sign that I should stay alive 
It made me want to live for another day 
If only to find out what she was trying to say 
When she said, "Nolite te bastardes carborundorum." 

"Nolite te bastardes carborundorum."

Later I found out 
What the message said 
And I also found out 
That they found her dead 
They found her hanging from a ceiling fan 

She couldn't take it any more 
Not one more single day 
But before she left 
She had one last thing to say:
"Don't let the bastards grind you down." 

"Don't let the bastards grind you down!" 

It seemed like a message from the other side 
It seemed like a sign that I should stay alive 
It made me want to live for another day 
If only to live out what she was trying to say 

She left me a message from the other side 
Saying, "Hang on girl you gotta stay alive 
You've still got a lot of living to do 
Don't let what happened to me, happen to you, no 

Don't let the bastards grind you down!
Don't let the bastards grind you down!
Don't let the bastards grind you down!
Don't let those bastards grind you down."

© Kirsten Hazler/HazyShade Productions

Closet Scrawl (Nolite te bastardes carborundorum) [solo rough]

Lyrics:

Hannah, my sweet Hannah baby
Please don't, don't turn away
We have so little time here in this place
Please turn around, let me see your face
My baby...

Hannah, my Hannah Banana
Do you remember, do you remember me?
Do you remember your dad and the things that he said?
The stories we told? Being tucked into bed?
My baby, our baby you'll always be

Hannah, my Hannah Banana
Baby, are they good to you?
Do you laugh, do you play, do you splash in the rain?
Do you sing silly songs? Do they know the refrain?
Do they tell you that they love you?

Hannah, my sweet little Hannah
Baby, look me in the eye
Keep my love and the truth close to your heart
But keep yourself safe by playing the part
Oh baby, I'm telling you to lie

Hannah, my Hannah Banana
Please believe me, I really tried
There's so much love and there's so much pain
And these minutes are ticking away
to maybe our last goodbye

Maybe our last goodbye

© Kirsten Hazler/HazyShade Productions

Hannah (solo rough)

Lyrics:

This is a letter to you 
although I don't know who I'm writing to 
And if it ever gets through  
I don't know if there's anything that you could do 

But there's things that you need to know.  
So many here have given up on hope 
I try to take it day by day  
but I can feel my soul slipping away 

So I'm writing you a letter, hoping that this letter  
will somehow make it through to you 

And if you find this letter and if you read this letter,  
will it make any difference to you?  
If it makes it through... 

If you could see it all with your own eyes  
I'm pretty sure that you would be surprised 
I don't know what you see on the news  
but no doubt they sanitize the views 

There's only so much we can say.  
They won't hesitate to cut away our tongues 
And if we disobey  
you can't conceive of the terrible price we pay 

So if I write a letter, if I send this letter  
will it somehow make it through to you? 

And if you find this letter and if you read this letter  
will it make any difference to you?  
Will it make it through? 

Mayday is on the move.  
A stack of letters could finally prove 
that the rumours you've heard are true.  
We need your help and we're begging you 

We're crying, "Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!  
M'aidez! M'aidez!" 

We're crying, "Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!  
M'aidez! M'aidez!" 

We're writing these letters, hoping that these letters  
will somehow make it through to you 

And if you see these letters, if you read these letters  
it has to make a difference to you 

We're writing these letters, hoping that these letters  
will somehow make it through to you 

And if you see all these letters, if you read all these letters  
it has to make a difference to you 
It has to make it through… 

Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!  
M'aidez! M'aidez!

© Kirsten Hazler/HazyShade Productions

Letters from Gilead (solo rough)

This version of the song is from a get-out-the-vote video we made just before the election last fall. On a whim, I decided to release it as a single. 

Read about how the new lyrics to this older song came to be, here: https://hazyshadeproductions.com/solo/blog/guilty

See the video and read about its creation here: https://hazyshadeproductions.com/duo/blog/silver-linings

Download this and other songs here: https://hazyshadeproductions.com/store

Guilty (2020 Version)

Based in Richmond, Virginia, Haze & Dacey revel in lilting melodies, tight harmonies, and compelling rhythms that make toes tap and bodies sway.  Original songs are interspersed amongst covers both familiar and obscure.  The duo skips nimbly from folk-pop to alt-country to roots-rock, creating a homegrown organic sound with upright bass, acoustic guitar, piano, shaker, tambourine, and mouth-horn.

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