I Remember It Well

Key of Zed is a duo consisting of Mike Charko (multiple instruments, engineering, background vocals, melodies, lyrics, and arrangements) and Keith Shields (lead vocals, background vocals, percussion, lyrics, melodies, arrangements, social media, and promotion). The duo has been collaborating on song-writing and performing since 2009. Their latest release is a song called “I Remember It Well.” Keith Shields says that the song started out as a pure love song but, in true Key of Zed fashion, it morphed into a song about a man who is far away from his love, “paying for his fame with memories.” The guitar style is reminiscent of 1970’s sounds with just a bit of Blue Rodeo thrown in. We think you will enjoy this fresh kick at a retro mood and we hope you like our latest hit (okay, I said "hit" with my tongue planted firmly in my cheek). Check out all Key of Zed music at Reverbnation. You can even download selected tracks and take it with you on the road.

I Remember It Well

(Lyrics and Music by Mike Charko and Keith Shields; SOCAN 2016)

(Listen while you read the lyrics.)

I can still recall

The first time I held your hand

I can still recall

Oh the life we planned

Butterflies in my tummy

First time I called you honey

Oh-Oh I remember it well

I can still recall

Oh, the way you smiled

I can still recall

How you drove me wild

Making love under the covers

Talking on and on for hours

Oh-Oh I remember it well

But tonight I call your name

And it’s all a shade of blue

I’m paying for my fame

With memories of you

I can still recall

The times we ran away

I can still recall

The crazy things we’d say

Talkin’ ‘bout the dreams we’d chase down

The legacy to leave our children

Oh-oh I remember it well

But tonight I call your name

And it’s all a shade of blue

I’m paying for my fame

With memories of you

(Instrumental break)

And as my mind goes racing back

I can’t recall the things we lacked

Girl you’re easy on my mind

On days like this I find

I remember it well

But tonight I call your name

And it’s all a shade of blue

I’m paying for my fame

With memories of you

I can still recall

I can still recall

I can still recall 

Lest We Forget

A portion of "Recessional," a poem by Rudyard Kipling, composed in 1897.

God of our fathers, known of old—
Lord of our far-flung battle line—
Beneath whose awful hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine—
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget! 

The tumult and the shouting dies—
The Captains and the Kings depart—
Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice,
An humble and a contrite heart.
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget! 

Far-called our navies melt away—
On dune and headland sinks the fire—
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!

With "an humble and a contrite heart."

See also Recessional (poem), Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recessional_(poem)