MR. SMOOTH OPERATOR							         (03:57)

You been standing there up against the chair
Watching me twirl my hair
How many, how many, how many
Hearts do you fool in just one night?
Not this one, not this girl
And not tonight, no
Don't make me put up a fight, hey

You be smart, no
But I know your art, no
I've seen it all before
You be cute
But I can see right through you
And what you really want

Mr. Smooth Operator, whatchu doin' later?
I been watching your smile for a while
I been watching you stare all around the room
But you come back to me every time
Oh, with those big blue haunting eyes

I know your tricks
Ooh, you think you're slick and smooth and suave
But you ain't none of the above
I know your game, yeah
And your name
Let me take a lucky guess

Mr. Smooth Operator, whatchu doin' later?
I been watching your smile for a while
I been watching you stare all around the room
But you come back to me every time
With those big brown eyes

Yeah, oh Mr. Charm, Mr. Sweet, Mr. Style, Mr. Wow
Leave a message at the operator now

Whoa, Mr. Smooth Operator, whatchu doin' later?
I been watching your smile for a while
I been watching you stare all around the room
But you come back to me every time
With those big green eyes

Leave your message at the tone
												
Kara Cavanaugh - Lead/Background Vocals
Packy Lundholm - Guitars, Bass, Drums, Percussion
Dan Moulder - Rhodes, Hammond Organ, Clavinet, Synths
John Moulder - Electric Guitar (solo)
Marty Gierczyk - Tenor Saxophone


RECORDED AT RAX TRAX RECORDING, CHICAGO, IL
TIGHT EYE STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
SOUND VAULT STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
WAYBACK MACHINE STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
GIANT RAVINE STUDIOS, HIGHLAND PARK, IL

ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY KARA CAVANAUGH
PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY PACKY LUNDHOLM, DAN MOULDER, & KARA CAVANAUGH

ENGINEERED BY PACKY LUNDHOLM & NOAM WALLENBERG 
ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING BY CURTIS RUPTASH

MIXED BY NOAM WALLENBERG AT RAX TRAX RECORDING
MASTERED BY RICK BARNES AT RAX TRAX RECORDING

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JACK PERNO
PHOTO EDITS BY JS GRAPHICS
HAIR & MAKEUP BY PEGGY PLISCOTT

ALL SONGS COPYRIGHT KARA CAVANAUGH, LLC.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Ain't Gonna Run

Smooth Operator

02 Mr. Smooth Operator

SLOW DOWN 									(03:25)

Trying to escape her mind
She keeps forgetting about the time
Ignoring the signs
Never shed a tear, no
She never don't cry

She's got to slow down
This girl, she's got to slow down, yeah

Never expecting the outcome
Just give her that rum and she'll take it away
Hey hey, hey hey
Mistake after mistake

She's got to slow down
This girl, she's got to slow down

Once she starts she can never stop
The consequences are never enough
All she wants to do is take the easy way out
But she knows deep down in her head

That she has got to slow down
This girl, she's got to slow down, down
Ooh, down
Or she is gonna go down

She's gonna slow, slow down
Yeah, yeah
Oh, she knows she's got to 
So she's gonna slow down
Oh, down, yeah

Kara Cavanaugh - Lead Vocal, Acoustic Guitar
Packy Lundholm - Guitars, Bass, Drums, Percussion
Dan Moulder - Piano, Wurlitzer, Hammond Organ, Mellotron, Synths

RECORDED AT RAX TRAX RECORDING, CHICAGO, IL
TIGHT EYE STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
SOUND VAULT STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
WAYBACK MACHINE STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
GIANT RAVINE STUDIOS, HIGHLAND PARK, IL

ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY KARA CAVANAUGH
PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY PACKY LUNDHOLM, DAN MOULDER, & KARA CAVANAUGH

ENGINEERED BY PACKY LUNDHOLM & NOAM WALLENBERG
 ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING BY CURTIS RUPTASH

MIXED BY NOAM WALLENBERG AT RAX TRAX RECORDING
MASTERED BY RICK BARNES AT RAX TRAX RECORDING

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JACK PERNO
PHOTO EDITS BY JS GRAPHICS
HAIR & MAKEUP BY PEGGY PLISCOTT

ALL SONGS COPYRIGHT KARA CAVANAUGH, LLC.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Slow Down

03 Slow Down

CHANGE 										(03:16)

There is a-something a-stirring in my bones
And this stirring I just can't control
I can tell by the way that the wind blows
I just can't let these feelings go, whoa

The sun hiding a-neath the clouds
It sure doesn't wanna come out
I sit 'neath the tree and see
Things no one else can see but me

Change is gonna come
I'm ready for a change to come
It's gonna come

The rain pourin' from the sky
They all be screaming why, why, why, why, why?
I want no more attacks, no more bites
Make a plan, play and win, and no more fights

Change is gonna come
I'm ready for a change to come
Change, it’s gonna come

The generation is begging for new change
Ooh, we need a change
Change, change, change, change
It's gotta come

Kara Cavanaugh - Lead Vocal 
Packy Lundholm - Acoustic Guitar
Dan Moulder - Hammond Pedals
Phillip Roach - Violins
Randy Mollner - Viola
Rebecca Zimmerman - Cellos 
Theresa Brooks - Bassoon

RECORDED AT RAX TRAX RECORDING, CHICAGO, IL
TIGHT EYE STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
SOUND VAULT STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
WAYBACK MACHINE STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
GIANT RAVINE STUDIOS, HIGHLAND PARK, IL

ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY KARA CAVANAUGH
PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY PACKY LUNDHOLM, DAN MOULDER, & KARA CAVANAUGH

ENGINEERED BY PACKY LUNDHOLM & NOAM WALLENBERG 
ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING BY CURTIS RUPTASH

MIXED BY NOAM WALLENBERG AT RAX TRAX RECORDING
MASTERED BY RICK BARNES AT RAX TRAX RECORDING

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JACK PERNO
PHOTO EDITS BY JS GRAPHICS
HAIR & MAKEUP BY PEGGY PLISCOTT

ALL SONGS COPYRIGHT KARA CAVANAUGH, LLC.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Change

04 Change

A NEW WORLD 									(02:51)

A new world calls
A new world cries
Across the ocean 
And across the sky
Just open your eyes
A new world longing
To show you what can be new
To help your dreams come true

I hear it calling
The new world’s calling
I hear it calling 
And it speaking out my name

But where's the new world?
Whoa
Where's the new world? Whoa

Who's gonna believe in me
If I don't believe in myself?
Who is gonna have faith
If I'm not well?

Who can I inspire							
When all I'm thinking is how I'm gonna get higher?			
Who the hell is gonna lead me to this new world?
			
I've got to find it on my own							
There ain't nobody who can show me				
I gotta get it and find it on my own					

I need this new world Whoa
I need this new world
Whoa

Kara Cavanaugh - Lead/Background Vocals, Piano, Percussion
Packy Lundholm - Guitars, Synths/Programming, Bass, Drums, Percussion
Dan Moulder - Piano, Synths/Programming, Percussion

RECORDED AT RAX TRAX RECORDING, CHICAGO, IL
TIGHT EYE STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
SOUND VAULT STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
WAYBACK MACHINE STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
GIANT RAVINE STUDIOS, HIGHLAND PARK, IL

ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY KARA CAVANAUGH
PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY PACKY LUNDHOLM, DAN MOULDER, & KARA CAVANAUGH

ENGINEERED BY PACKY LUNDHOLM & NOAM WALLENBERG 
ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING BY CURTIS RUPTASH

MIXED BY NOAM WALLENBERG AT RAX TRAX RECORDING
MASTERED BY RICK BARNES AT RAX TRAX RECORDING

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JACK PERNO
PHOTO EDITS BY JS GRAPHICS
HAIR & MAKEUP BY PEGGY PLISCOTT

ALL SONGS COPYRIGHT KARA CAVANAUGH, LLC.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

A New World

05 A New World

THIS COULD BE 									(03:33)

This could be
This could be
This could be the last time
You ever kiss these lips of mine, ‘cause

I ain't happy here no more
If you want me just to get out
I'll step right out the door
I'm sorry baby for all the things I said and wish I could be
I need to spread my wings and fly
Be free and be me, yeah, yeah

This could be
Ooh, this could be
This could be the last time
You look into these eyes of mine, ‘cause

I gotta listen to my heart and not my head
It's hard to swim in this deep, deep water
I can no longer tread
I don't want to drown you in my troubles
I know you got yours
So maybe, baby it's best
If we just let it go
We just gotta let it go

Ooh, I'm tryin' to love you like I once did
Maybe I'm not your perfect girl
Who are we to kid
Please just try to understand
Maybe it's best if you don't know me
Like you did
Whoa, like you did, yeah, yeah

Ooh, this could be
This could be
This could be the last time
You hear me sing this sweet, sweet rhyme, ‘cause

I gotta go out and find my happiness
It's not that you never, never, ever brought me joy and bliss
It's just my heart is reaching, longing for something more
The only way I'll ever find out is
If I go out and explore

Ooh, I just gotta go and be my own girl

Kara Cavanaugh - Lead Vocal, Acoustic Guitar, Hand Claps
Packy Lundholm - Guitars (Solo), Lap Steel, Dulcimer, Bass, Percussion, Hand Claps
Dan Moulder - Hammond Organ, Mellotron, Hand Claps

RECORDED AT RAX TRAX RECORDING, CHICAGO, IL
TIGHT EYE STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
SOUND VAULT STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
WAYBACK MACHINE STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
GIANT RAVINE STUDIOS, HIGHLAND PARK, IL

ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY KARA CAVANAUGH
PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY PACKY LUNDHOLM, DAN MOULDER, & KARA CAVANAUGH

ENGINEERED BY PACKY LUNDHOLM & NOAM WALLENBERG 
ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING BY CURTIS RUPTASH

MIXED BY NOAM WALLENBERG AT RAX TRAX RECORDING
MASTERED BY RICK BARNES AT RAX TRAX RECORDING

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JACK PERNO
PHOTO EDITS BY JS GRAPHICS
HAIR & MAKEUP BY PEGGY PLISCOTT

ALL SONGS COPYRIGHT KARA CAVANAUGH, LLC.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

07 This Could Be

AIN’T GONNA RUN 								(03:35)

Her heart lies at the seashore
A seashore far from home
Far from where she's gone
And where she's gonna go

It sings her a lullaby
All night in her head
Go with me, flow with me
And she said

That she ain't gonna run from the river no more
The river's gonna flow with her, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
They ain't gonna flow too fast or too slow
They just gonna go, go, go, go, go, go

They just gonna go, go
Go, no, no

He had no worries
No troubles or no cares
He was always so certain
It's all in the plan

He love her, he know her, he hold her
When he first met her, he went blind
He found her heart at the seashore
Just in time

And she ain't gonna run from the river no more
The river's gonna flow with her yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
They ain't gonna flow too fast or too slow
They just gonna go, go, go, go, go, go

They just gonna go, go
No she ain't gonna run from the river no more

No she ain't gonna run from the river no more
The river's gonna flow with her, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
They ain't gonna flow too fast or too slow
They just gonna go, go, go, go, go, go

Kara Cavanaugh - Lead Vocal, Acoustic Guitar
Packy Lundholm - Guitars, Bass, Drums, Percussion
Dan Moulder - Wurlitzer, Hammond Organ, Clavinet, Mellotron, Synth


RECORDED AT RAX TRAX RECORDING, CHICAGO, IL
TIGHT EYE STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
SOUND VAULT STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
WAYBACK MACHINE STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
GIANT RAVINE STUDIOS, HIGHLAND PARK, IL

ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY KARA CAVANAUGH
PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY PACKY LUNDHOLM, DAN MOULDER, & KARA CAVANAUGH

ENGINEERED BY PACKY LUNDHOLM & NOAM WALLENBERG 
ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING BY CURTIS RUPTASH

MIXED BY NOAM WALLENBERG AT RAX TRAX RECORDING
MASTERED BY RICK BARNES AT RAX TRAX RECORDING

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JACK PERNO
PHOTO EDITS BY JS GRAPHICS
HAIR & MAKEUP BY PEGGY PLISCOTT

ALL SONGS COPYRIGHT KARA CAVANAUGH, LLC.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

08 Ain't Gonna Run

TAKE ME TO CALIFORNIA 							(06:50)

She gotta get away, get away from here
This cold lifestyle just ain't bringing her cheer
They always go, go, run, run, oh so fast
Little too fast pace for her taste, just pass the grass

Take me to California
Where the breeze is warm and the people smile at ya
Take me to California
Where the ocean blue and the sand right near you
You'll never be bored, ‘cause there's just so much to do

The land of dreams where your wishes come true
With mountains and oceans and skies of pure blue, hey yeah
The beauty of the land, it's always shining through
West coast the best coast, fits like a shoe

Take me to California
Where the breeze is warm and the people smile at ya
Take me to California
Where the ocean blue and the sand right near you
You'll never be bored, ‘cause there's just so much to do

So take me
Please take me, hey yeah

Take me to California
Where the breeze is warm and the people smile at ya
Take me to California
Where the ocean blue and the sand right near you
(x2)

You'll never be bored, ‘cause there's just so much to do

Kara Cavanaugh - Lead Vocal
Packy Lundholm - Guitars, Lap Steel, Bass, Drums, Percussion
Dan Moulder - Rhodes, Clavinet, Hammond Organ, Mellotron
John Moulder - Electric Guitar (solo)


RECORDED AT RAX TRAX RECORDING, CHICAGO, IL
TIGHT EYE STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
SOUND VAULT STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
WAYBACK MACHINE STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
GIANT RAVINE STUDIOS, HIGHLAND PARK, IL

ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY KARA CAVANAUGH
PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY PACKY LUNDHOLM, DAN MOULDER, & KARA CAVANAUGH

ENGINEERED BY PACKY LUNDHOLM & NOAM WALLENBERG
 ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING BY CURTIS RUPTASH

MIXED BY NOAM WALLENBERG AT RAX TRAX RECORDING
MASTERED BY RICK BARNES AT RAX TRAX RECORDING

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JACK PERNO
PHOTO EDITS BY JS GRAPHICS
HAIR & MAKEUP BY PEGGY PLISCOTT

ALL SONGS COPYRIGHT KARA CAVANAUGH, LLC.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

06 Take Me To California

WITHOUT YOUR LOVE 								(03:11)

Feel like a little girl
In this big, strange world
Don't quite know my way around

One step at a time
I don't even wanna lie
I wanna laugh, I wanna cry
I wanna live, I wanna die
Oh, I just wanna die

Am I strong?  Was it wrong to keep pushing you away everyday? 
Which direction do I turn?  Right or left, will it burn without your love?

Should I stay? What to say?  It just won't stop hurting my heart everyday
Head poundin’, heart soundin' like it's driving me away

I gotta go now
I gotta go, I gotta go, ooh I gotta go
And learn to live without your…

Time heals everything
Broken hearts and broken wings 
Tell you I'd do anything
To heal you, baby

Whoa, but I gotta learn to live without your love
Whoa, without your love, whoa
Without, without,16 oh, without your love

Kara Cavanaugh - Lead Vocal
Dan Moulder - Piano
Philip Roach - Violins
 Randy Mollner - Viola
 Rebecca Zimmerman - Cellos
Theresa Brooks - Bassoon


RECORDED AT RAX TRAX RECORDING, CHICAGO, IL
TIGHT EYE STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
SOUND VAULT STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
WAYBACK MACHINE STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
GIANT RAVINE STUDIOS, HIGHLAND PARK, IL

ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY KARA CAVANAUGH
PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY PACKY LUNDHOLM, DAN MOULDER, & KARA CAVANAUGH

ENGINEERED BY PACKY LUNDHOLM & NOAM WALLENBERG
 ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING BY CURTIS RUPTASH

MIXED BY NOAM WALLENBERG AT RAX TRAX RECORDING
MASTERED BY RICK BARNES AT RAX TRAX RECORDING

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JACK PERNO
PHOTO EDITS BY JS GRAPHICS
HAIR & MAKEUP BY PEGGY PLISCOTT

ALL SONGS COPYRIGHT KARA CAVANAUGH, LLC.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Without Your Love

10 Without Your Love

TOO LATE 										(04:53)  

You walked away
Without a glance my way
How, how could you just let me go?
This cloud of confusion surrounds your face
How, how can we go on this way?

Cause it's too late
Yeah, it's too late
To say you love me still, hey

I, I only want to love you, you, you
But how, how if you don't love you?
Save the anger for another time
Your lost thoughts and words
Confuse my head with mine

Cause it's too late
Yeah, it's too late
To say you love me still, hey

I, I don't wanna be singing the blues no more
So get your head out of the gutter
And up into the stars

But it's too late
Yeah, it's too late
To say you love me still


Kara Cavanaugh - Lead/Background Vocals, Guitars
Packy Lundholm - Guitars (Solo), Bass, Drums
Dan Moulder - Rhodes, Hammond Organ
Philip Roach - Violins
 Randy Mollner - Viola
 Rebecca Zimmerman - Cello

RECORDED AT RAX TRAX RECORDING, CHICAGO, IL
TIGHT EYE STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
SOUND VAULT STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
WAYBACK MACHINE STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
GIANT RAVINE STUDIOS, HIGHLAND PARK, IL

ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY KARA CAVANAUGH
PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY PACKY LUNDHOLM, DAN MOULDER, & KARA CAVANAUGH

ENGINEERED BY PACKY LUNDHOLM & NOAM WALLENBERG
 ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING BY CURTIS RUPTASH

MIXED BY NOAM WALLENBERG AT RAX TRAX RECORDING
MASTERED BY RICK BARNES AT RAX TRAX RECORDING

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JACK PERNO
PHOTO EDITS BY JS GRAPHICS
HAIR & MAKEUP BY PEGGY PLISCOTT

ALL SONGS COPYRIGHT KARA CAVANAUGH, LLC.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Too Late

09 Too Late

FREEDOM 										(04:17)  

No complaints
Though I'm no saint, yeah
But love is in the air
So I ain't got no cares, hey yeah

Hey hey
Ooh hey hey, yeah
Hey hey
Hey hey

The smile on her face
Leaves a trace, hey yeah
Of pure bliss
From just one kiss

Freedom, yeah
Freedom
Freedom, it's not to come

Cause it's here, yeah
It's here, hey
It's here, it's here
So we sing and cheer

Freedom, oh
Freedom
Freedom, yeah
Freedom, hey

Can't let this feeling go, no, no
There is too much to show
So, let's spread the love around
Until we hear that sound 

Of Freedom, hey
Freedom
Freedom, yeah
Freedom

Hey hey, yeah
Hey hey, oh 
Hey hey
Hey hey, yeah

Kara Cavanaugh - Lead/Background Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Packy Lundholm - Guitars, Bass, Drums, Percussion
Dan Moulder - Rhodes, Hammond Organ (solo), Percussion
John Moulder - Acoustic Guitar (solo)


RECORDED AT RAX TRAX RECORDING, CHICAGO, IL
TIGHT EYE STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
SOUND VAULT STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
WAYBACK MACHINE STUDIOS, CHICAGO, IL 
GIANT RAVINE STUDIOS, HIGHLAND PARK, IL

ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY KARA CAVANAUGH
PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY PACKY LUNDHOLM, DAN MOULDER, & KARA CAVANAUGH

ENGINEERED BY PACKY LUNDHOLM & NOAM WALLENBERG 
ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING BY CURTIS RUPTASH

MIXED BY NOAM WALLENBERG AT RAX TRAX RECORDING
MASTERED BY RICK BARNES AT RAX TRAX RECORDING

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JACK PERNO
PHOTO EDITS BY JS GRAPHICS
HAIR & MAKEUP BY PEGGY PLISCOTT

ALL SONGS COPYRIGHT KARA CAVANAUGH, LLC.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Freedom

11 Freedom

Coyote- Joni Mitchell

Coyote (Joni Mitchell Cover)

Kara Cavanaugh is a singer-songwriter based in Chicago.

Her debut album "Ain't Gonna Run” produced by Packy Lundholm (I Fight Dragons) and Dan Moulder (Tom Schraeder & His Ego, Free Space) is a diverse collection that features her musical influences ranging from Laurel Canyon folk, powerful piano ballads, sultry R&B, and cinematic soundscapes.

With this new material, Kara is poised and excited to introduce you to a side of her yet unseen.

 "You nailed this album...sounds phenomenal." 
     ⁃ Meagan Panici, WZRD 88.3 FM Chicago

"I am really impressed with the production and your powerful voice. I think you are ready for the next chapter in your life."
     ⁃ Melvin Seals, Jerry Garcia Band

Kara Cavanaugh

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