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Clean. Explores the universality of human yearning. That one thing we all have in common is suffering. Whether that is in the form of craving something out of our reach or mourning the loss of something or someone. All of us looking for the truth somehow but drowning in lies. This song is a cry to be free of this kind of suffering “wash me clean”.

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Clean
Music and Lyrics by Kate Owen


VERSE 1  
I’m just a child waiting for her mother 
I’m a great grandfather remembering his lover 
 
She’s just a girl  who dreams of a house and picket fences  
He bruised and broken his life’s as a battle in the trenches 
 
CHORUS 1
All of us fools 
Looking for the truth 
Drowning in lies 
Wash me Clean 
 
VERSE 2
She drowned all her sorrow in a sea full of glass
While he dragged his rainbow backwards through the mud 
 
She looked high and low for love in the strangest of places 
While he scored back ally highs and duels at 10 paces 

CHORUS 2
All of us fools 
Looking for the truth 
Drowning in lies 
Wash  me Clean 

VERSE 3
She’s seen the catholic girls waiting for redemption 
He’s  kicking off his shoes and dancing in detention 
 
She’s a freedom fighter one day she’ll save the world 
Until she realizes she’s not a man not a man, just a god 

CHORUS 3
All of us fools 
Looking for the truth 
Drowning in lies 
Wash  me Clean 
Wash  me Clean

CHORUS 4
All of us fools 
Looking for the truth 
Drowning in lies 
Wash  me Clean 
Wash  me Clean

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from Not A Proper Girl, released March 13, 2020
Played and sung by Kate Owen, Jonty O’Connor, Shane Bolingford, Tom Harris, Moses Robbins, Anita Clark, Elmore Jones, Ben Edwards, Mike Fordham.
All tracks written by Kate Owen.
Produced, recorded and mixed by Ben Edwards at The Sitting Room, Lyttelton, NZ.
Mastered by Chris Chetland at KOG, Auckland, NZ.
Photography by Justyn Rebecca Denny and Amanda Billing Artwork by Leon White Design.
For my Mum, Barbara Owen.
This album was made possible thanks to the generous contributions of 173 arts supporters who believed in me and my music. You know who you are.

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Kate Owen New Zealand

A singer with a poetic, restrained intensity, Kate Owen has been song-writing for 20 years and performing live for a decade, but until now has never recorded an album. Her sound ranges from stripped-back laments to 90’s pop anthems. Her recordings showcases Owen’s songs with rich textures including synth and strings, & strong rhythmic pulses from live kits & drums machines. ... more

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