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I've Got to Find a Reason (from CARNIVAL)

by Frank and Gwendolyn Coleman

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We just got a new batch of reels digitized. This appears to be from a voice lesson. In fact it's at the beginning, so maybe this is him "warming up." The song is particularly poignant, given what the future held for him.

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Look my friend do what’s best for you
Do what’s best for you
Look my friend I’m out of step with the rest of you
Is this the answer to your prayer
That’s fine, your prayer not mine
Your life not mine
The phony and fake with nothing to take
Or bring to the world
Just cling to the world for life
Look my friend I’m out of step with the rest of you

I’ve got to find a reason
For living on this earth
I’ve got to find a reason
For taking the space I take
Breathing the air I breathe
There’s more to this there’s more to me
Something in me that needs to
Do more than suck the breath from life
Like moss and leaves and weeds do

Holding up my head
Holding down a place
Being worth a name
To go with my face

I’ve got to find a reason
For living on this earth
Something to want
Something to be
Somehow to say
I am me

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released April 26, 2019

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Frank and Gwendolyn Coleman New York, New York

Frank and Gwendolyn Coleman were professional actors and singers in New York City from 1960 until Frank's death in 1970 at 35. They recorded over 200 songs, separately and together. Many of the original tapes are lost but a full-length cassette surfaced in 2017 and was digitally remastered by their son, Frank IV. ... more

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