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I call this my recovery song. This is all about finding your inner power and letting go of anything holding you down.

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The Key

You’ve been crawling down the same old path
Wondering why it always takes you back
You swear you’ll make a change
But you can’t outrun the shadows tied to your feet
You can’t open your mouth when you’re grinding your teeth
You just rearrange

But sometimes you’ve gotta let it go
Leave behind what you know

Let it go, let it out
Walk away, don’t turn around
You can leave it all behind
Shut the door and walk away
They don’t deserve you anyway
You can do it, yea throw away the key
If the ground keeps crumbling, then get some wings
You gotta rise to survive this thing
Yea, fly, and throw away the key

You can keep that bitter taste in your mouth
You’ll get thin, but there’s no way out
That’s no way to live a life
Sometimes you gotta burn that bridge down
Let it light your way out
It hurts, but it’s right
And you can shout and blame from the top of your lungs
You can shake and cry or you can learn to trust
It doesn’t have to be a fight

CHORUS

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from A Thousand Lives, released November 28, 2021
Jess Novak - vocals
Anthony Saturno - electric guitar / backup vocals
Nick Fields - trumpet / backup vocals
Byron Cage - drums
Jabare Mckinstry - bass
Ashley Cox, Mikey Mousaw and Ben Wayne - backup vocals
Deyquan Bowens - keys, etc.

Recorded at Hobin Studios. 2021.

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The Jess Novak Band Syracuse, New York

Pop, rock, funk, soul, love. The Jess Novak Band has rocked audiences along the East Coast and Novak has delivered from Burlington, VT to San Diego, CA. "A Thousand Lives" will mark her 10th original album since 2013. JNB has won Best Pop twice at the Syracuse Area Music Awards and Novak was named Best Female Vocalist in Syracuse in 2018. ... more

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