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…an intimate eulogy to Prince...a three minute song for someone you’ve admired for more than three decades

lyrics

CHANHASSEN

When I heard your song
On the radio
It was three AM on a Friday morning
It was When Doves Cry
And then he said you’d died
In Chanhassen. in Minnesota
Who Who-ooh-ooh-ooh

It was flesh on flesh.
it was bone on bone
It was splits and slide. it was Manic Monday
And Positivity
And your guitar and voice
And no bass on Kiss and If I Was Your Girlfriend
Who Who-ooh-ooh-ooh

Well you blew our minds
And rhymed Sign with Times
And that was in nineteen eighty seven
And as we laid to rest
Your best Purple vest
I wrote you a song. just to wish you Heaven
Who Who-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ah Aaah Ah Ah Ah Aaaaah

Written by TESS MCKENNA

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from Before You Wandered In, released March 1, 2019
Track 05: CHANHASSEN written by Tess McKenna
Artist: Tess McKenna
Album Title - Before You Wandered In (2019)
Album Duration: 45:24mns
Track 07: The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll written by Bob Dylan. Published by Special Rider Music
Produced by Tess McKenna and Roger Bergodaz.
Recorded and mixed by Roger Bergodaz at Union Street Studio, Brunswick, Australia
Musicians (all tracks): Ashley Davies drums, Karen Rush bass/vocals,
Tess McKenna vocals/guitars,
Michael den Elzen guitars (tracks 1, 5 and 8).
Mastered by Amy Marie, Nashville, Tennessee

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Tess McKenna Melbourne, Australia

Tess McKenna is an independent artist based in Melbourne, Australia.
Tess has performed her songs at festivals, concert halls and pubs across Australia and overseas, from the Byron Bay Blues Fest (NSW, AUS) to Austin’s SXSW (Texas, USA).
She has played guest supports for Lucinda Williams and Nick Cave
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