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Got To Get Away 2020

by MCKENZIE & GARDINER

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EARL MCKENZIE – Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar
CLIVE GARDINER – Keyboards, Drum Programming, Backing Vocals

MCKENZIE & GARDINER are a certified OG funkster duo from back in the day known by serious cratediggers, rare groove and boogie fans in Europe and USA. Now making music again and supported by luminaries such as Dam-Funk, GOT TO GET AWAY 2020 kicks off the next chapter delivering an infectious modern funk groove matched with heartfelt lyrics about the need to escape and self-heal at the end of a deep relationship gone bad.

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YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME,
BUT THAT AIN’T TRUE
YOU AIN’T NO ANGEL IN DISGUISE (No Angel Ooh)
I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE
I SEE RIGHT THROUGH YOU
YOU JUST CAN’T FOOL ME WITH YOUR LIES (You’re Lying)
I’VE BEEN SO STUPID
I FELL FOR IT ALL
JUST LIKE A FIGURE IN YOUR PLAN (Just A Number)
JUST LIKE A FOOL
I WAITED ON YOUR CALL
BUT NOW I REALLY UNDERSTAND

JUST GOT TO GET AWAY
PACK MY THINGS AND LEAVE TODAY
I’VE GOT TO LET MYSELF UNWIND
I’VE GOT TO FIND SOME PIECE OF MIND,
YOU DON’T SEEM TO WANT ME SO I’M LEAVING YOU
GOT TO GET MY ACT TOGETHER
AND PULL ME THROUGH
JUST GOT TO GET AWAY
PACK MY THINGS AND LEAVE TODAY
I’VE GOT TO LET MYSELF UNWIND
I’VE GOT TO FIND SOME PIECE OF MIND,
YOU DON’T SEEM TO WANT ME SO I’M LEAVING YOU
GOT TO GET MY ACT TOGETHER
AND PULL ME THROUGH

LOOKS LIKE THE WORLD
IS LOOKING BAD AGAIN FOR ME
I'VE GOT TO START FROM SQUARE ONE (From Square One)
BUT I'LL GET MYSELF TOGETHER
JUST YOU WAIT AND SEE
MY LIFE HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN (My Life)
SURE WON'T BE EASY
GOT SUCH SWEET MEMORIES
I KNOW WE REALLY HAD GOOD TIMES (Good Times)
I NEVER REALLY KNEW BABE
JUST HOW SWEET LOVE COULD BE
BUT YOU NEVER EVER WILL BE MINE

JUST GOT TO GET AWAY,
PACK MY THINGS AND LEAVE TODAY
I’VE GOT TO LET MYSELF UNWIND,
I’VE GOT TO FIND SOME PIECE OF MIND,
YOU DON’T SEEM TO WANT ME SO I’M LEAVING YOU
GOT TO GET MY ACT TOGETHER
AND PULL ME THROUGH
JUST GOT TO GET AWAY
PACK MY THINGS AND LEAVE TODAY
I’VE GOT TO LET MYSELF UNWIND
I’VE GOT TO FIND SOME PIECE OF MIND,
YOU DON’T SEEM TO WANT ME SO I’M LEAVING YOU
GOT TO GET MY ACT TOGETHER
AND PULL ME THROUGH

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released May 1, 2020
Lyrics by Earl McKenzie
Music by Earl McKenzie and Clive Gardiner
Produced by Clive Gardiner
Vocals Originally Recorded 1983
New Parts and Production 2020
first release 2020

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MCKENZIE & GARDINER London, UK

Earl McKenzie & Clive Gardiner are two lifelong friends who grew up together in Southall, West London, UK. Their mutual love of soul and funk inspired them to form a 7-piece band THE CLASS OF 78 while still at school and years later became a duo MCKENZIE & GARDINER. They made their first demos in 1983 followed soon after by a 12" single ”FROM TIME” which became a highly sought-after Rare Groove. ... more

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