Shirley Lynn
I often meet new co-writers via the Australian Songwriters Conference, but during my first, I was too shy to talk to anyone. It was a pretty overwhelming experience and gave me a lot of food for thought on whether, or not, to call myself a songwriter.
When I recognised her at the second one (that we both attended in 2019), I made a beeline for her and welcomed her back to the Central Coast, as she would travel with her husband in their camper van from Cairns (Far North Queensland). We would later meet again at DAG for their winter retreat.
Not long after the buzz wore down from the conference, (and WAY before the Pandemic forced everyone to work online), Shirley and I taught ourselves how to write in real time (rather than emails back and forth) and master the art of communicating via video (when the captioning tools were quite lax until Covid appeared).
We had many wonderfully profound conversations about life and everything in-between and our song Temporary Time evolved naturally during the early days of the pandemic. This song was my first professional artist release. Shirley’s voice is like butter, it’s smooth and I could honestly listen to her list all the names and addressed in the phone book
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6por1pCVcI
BUY: https://ditto.fm/temporary-time-shirley-lynn
TEMPORARY TIME
(C) Shirley A Lynn and Christine M Kerr
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2021
RELEASE DATE: 4 February 2021
V1
Too much gloom on the TV
Mixed messages every night
Tryin’ to figure out what’s wrong
Tryin’ to figure out what’s right
V2
People I know are hurtin’
They’ve fallen to their knees
Tryin’ to work out how to live
Tryin’ to work out how to breathe
In this Temporary Time…
CHORUS:
It’s not gonna last forever
Life is for living; however
Be patient, be kind,
In this Temporary Time
V3
Can you hear the birds are singing?
Can you see the clear blue sky?
Do you feel change in your presence?
Enough to wonder why
V4
Why the disconnection
From Mother Nature and the Earth
She’s calling our attention
To appreciate her worth
In this Temporary Time…
CHORUS:
It’s not gonna last forever
Life is for living; however
Be patient, be kind,
In this Temporary Time
In this Temporary Time
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
BRIDGE
Responsibility, our humanity,
Our children’s legacy
Responsibility, our humanity,
Our children’s legacy
CHORUS:
It’s not gonna last forever
Life is for living; however
Our choices, Yours and Mine,
In this Temporary Time
In this Temporary Time
In this Temporary Time
credits
Recorded and Produced: Pegasus Studio with Nigel Pegrum.
Lead Vocals: Shirley Lynn.
Backing Vocals: Nikki Doll & Libby Brockenshire.
Electric & Bass Guitar: Giles Smith.
Keyboard: Kirk Steel.
Guitar: Shirley Lynn & Peter Ella.
Violin & Viola: Simon McMenamin.
Drums: Nigel Pegrum.
Lyric Video: Calvin West Productions | Chariot Baldwin Music.
Graphic Design: Shirley Lynn.
PERMISSION TO USE IMAGES OF ARTIST GRANTED ON 03 Nov 2023