PREACH

by Michelle Joly

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Lyrics written by Jaz Gill
Music wirtten by Michelle Bahrynowski

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Preach -
Lyrics written by Jaz Gill
Music written by Michelle Bahrynowski

Don’t preach to me about wrong or right.
I’ll be the one who defines my life.
Don’t wanna colour in the lines no more,
Wanna know, wanna know what I was brought here for

I have questions and I’m looking for answers!
Does the devil love me? Is there a heaven?
I’ll find my way,
But I’ll make mistakes

It’s about living, it’s a risk we take
To cry at night but never feel passion.
Love is something we can risk it all,
There is glory in love, there is story in love!

One and all we have this life by our creator
To dance and sing before we meet our maker!
Our days are numbered live while we still can
No use living with regrets wishing you took a stand!

For what you wanted, your god given right
To follow dreams with all your might.
No one needs to understand
I’m livin’, I’m livin’ I’m livin’ my life!

Been afraid too long
Of hurting anyone.
Now theres everyone to please so I’m
Livin my life, livin my life for me

Don’t preach to me about wrong or right!
I’ll be the one who defines my life!
Don’t wanna colour in the lines no more,
Wanna know wanna know what I was brought here for!

Don’t judge what I do or who I am
One day this all will come to an end
We all have a reason to rise and shine
It’s another day now, I claim what is mine

Success, fame, riches or glory
May be my future won’t be end of my story
I will heal I will do all that I can
To make this world better for every woman child and man

Gonna follow my heart
Gonna ask for it all
So I can give it away and say I lived this life
Didn’t worry ‘bout

Don’t preach to me about wrong or right
I’ll be the one who defines my life
Don’t wanna colour in the lines no more, wanna know wanna know what I was brought here for

I have questions and I’m looking for answers
Does the devil love me? Is there a heaven?
I’ll find my way but I’ll make mistakes

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released June 17, 2017
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Blue LIght Studios Vancouver, BC
Drums/sax/bass/organ/piano and bkgrd vocals: Lamar Alviar
Organ and Bkgrd vocals: George Kauffman
Piano and Lead Vocals: Michelle Joly
Bckgrd vocals: Simmi Lally

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Michelle Joly Saint Paul, Alberta

In a musical generation characterized by cookie-cutter pop acts, Michelle Joly’s impeccable
vocal stylings and musicianship do more than stand out. They reveal qualities that cannot be
engineered in the studio.

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