Blink 

Blink I can’t erase this memory of you
As if we could ever be two
As if sight was something so new 

Blink no the time won’t soften the blow 
The years keep taking their toll 
And what was stolen will never grow old

In the blink of an eye can change
I can change your life
In the blink of an eye can change
I can change your life
Your life

Blink as if this was never your thing
A mirage constantly leaving
Is seeing believing

Blink and the picture is never the same
An instant can alter the frame
The darkness will change the game

In the blink of an eye can change
I can change your life
In the blink of an eye can change
I can change your life
In the blink of an eye can change
I can change your life
In the blink of an eye can change
I can change your life
Your life
Your life
Your life

In the blink of an eye can change
I can change your life
In the blink of an eye can change
I can change your life
In the blink of an eye can change
I can change your life
In the blink of an eye can change
I can change your life
Your life
Your life
Your life

Blink I can’t erase this 
memory of you

Blink

Tania Joy on Swap Talk at The Grand 101.1 May 04 2021

Interview and a live performance of "Planks and Marietta" and "Blink"

Tania Joy LIVE on Swap Talk at The Grand 101

Who I Am

Did you know I’m scared of my guitar
No one ever told me it would be this hard
To sing the words that I write down
And face the folks in my small town
Start this road the runs for years
Fight the failure, fight the fear
Try to fill an empty bar
If what you do, is who you are

Who I am is black and blue
Who I am will push on through
Who I am…  
Is what I’m scared to do

Well did you know I’m scared to fall in love
No one ever told me it would be this tough
To give it up to just one man
And trust that I would get love back
Settle in and take walls down
Wear my momma’s wedding gown
Well once it almost got that far
If what you do is who you are

Who I am is black and blue
Who I am will push on through
Who I am…  
Who I am is black and blue
Who I am is just like you
Who I am…  
Is what I’m scared to do

Did you know I’m scared of my mother
No one ever told me I would be just like her
I’d sacrifice all my plans
To hold the world in just one hand
See my light through my children's eyes
let them grow and watch them fly
Give my love with all my heart
Well what you do is who you are

And who I am is black and blue
Who I am will push on through
Who I am…
Who I am is black and blue
Who I am is just like you
Who I am...
Is what I’m scared to do
Who I am
Who I am
Who I am
That’s who I am


Tania Joy
(single) (2021, Independant) CDN

Who I Am

I Will Stand

You criticize me because I have a different voice
I choose to live free and you disagree with that choice
I will stand In the light

You’re under my skin but I don’t have to let you in
I won’t put up a fight but that don’t mean I let you win
I will stand, I will stand in the light

I’ll stand in the light and let go of the wrong and the right
I’ll take a deep breath and I’ll take the next step in my life

I will stand
I will stand
I will stand
I will stand in the light

oooooh

You tear at my heart be I won’t let you wear me down
The seeds have been sown but I’ll stand on my own firm ground

I will stand
I will stand
I will stand
I will stand in the light

oooooh

I’ll stand in the light and let go of the wrong and the right
I’ll take a deep breath and I’ll take the next step in my life

I will stand
I will stand
I will stand
I will stand in the light

I will stand
I will stand
I will stand
I will stand in the light

I Will Stand

I Can Do That For You 
Written by: Tania Joy, Selby Copeland, Christine Parker

When you find you lost your way
And your standing all alone
And the clouds don’t seem to break
Sometimes it's hard to see tomorrow

When you need the sun to shine
When you need to clear your mind

I can do that for you
I can do that for you
When you need to lift that weight up off your heart
I can do that for you

When you’re looking in the mirror
And you can’t see the truth
You just wanna disappear
But the beauty is within you

‘Till you believe, yeah in yourself
‘Till you believe, you know I will

I can do that for you
I can do that for you
And when you can’t remember who you are
I can do that for you

You just gotta tell me, tell me
whatever you need
Tell me, tell me
whatever you need
You just gotta tell me, tell me
whatever you need
Tell me, tell me
whatever you need

I can do that for you
I can do that for you
And when you’re feeling lost I’ll be your north star
I can do that for you

I can do that for you
I can do that for you
And when you can’t remember who you are
I can do that for you

You just gotta tell me, tell me
whatever you need
Tell me, tell me
whatever you need
You just gotta tell me, tell me
whatever you need
Tell me, tell me
whatever you need

I Can Do That For You

Stay Here

I’m so tired of crying, tired of the blues
Sick and goddamn tired of all this news
Ain’t that the state of the world today

I’m feeling under the weather, hiding under the covers
Trying to put one foot in front of the other
With my head in my hands and this world I can’t change

Stay…. Here
Stay…. Here

It looks small, it feels small, this life we’re living
It’s hard to imagine my brothers children
Growing up in a world to see nothing but hate

If we choose to stand, if we choose the light
If we choose our hearts instead of our minds
Do we choose to stay

Stay… Here
Stay… Here

Stay… Here
Stay… Here

If we choose to stand, if we choose to fight
If we choose our hearts instead of our minds
Do we choose to stay

Stay… Here
Stay… Here

It looks small, it feels small, this life we’re living
Ain’t it hard to imagine your children’s children

Stay Here

The Drought

The Drought 

I pray it’s raining outside
Cause my tears have long dried
And my love like the tide, has gone out 
Where there once flowed a river,
How I long to forgive her, the silent killer

The drought  Ooo ooo ooo
The drought  Ooo oooooo

I played with thunder and light
In the same place twice
Love’s like a hunger strike, and I’m locked out
When there’s nothing left to prove
I’ll keep holding back the truth, the damned fool

The drought  Ooo ooo ooo
The drought  Ooo ooo ooo

I laid it all on the line
drew the water from the mine
Loved like the sweetest wine, hand to mouth
I held the taste of your love, 
watershed and damage done, the twisted tongue

The drought  Ooo ooo ooo
The drought  Ooo ooo ooo
You leave me for dead in this drought
You leave me for dead
You leave me for dead in this drought
You leave me for dead
You leave me for dead in this drought
Ooo ooo ooo
You leave me for dead in this drought 
You leave me for dead
You leave me for dead in this drought

In 2021 #Folk-roots musician Tania Joy released her EP I Will Stand, produced by #Juno nominated Hill Kourkoutis. (SATE, Digging Roots, Leela Gilday, Madison Violet)

I Will Stand debuted at number 1 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter Canada chart, Top 3 at CFUV college radio’s Folk/Roots/Blues chart, and Top 15 at CFUV’s Top 30 chart. Both “Planks and Marietta” and “The Drought,” won Tania Joy the Songwriter of The Year Award at the 2021 OMAs (Oshawa Music Awards), while “Planks and Marietta” was also nominated for Durham Song of the Year.

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