Name: Distant Land
Duration: P00H04M05S
Description: Hannah Baiardi's utopian song "Distant Land" gets your toe tapping and your groove on. Filmed in her native college town of Ann Arbor, MI, her quirky video conjures a nostalgia for childhood innocence and creative escape.

Distant Land

from Straight from the Soul by Hannah Baiardi

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Hannah Baiardi's utopian song "Distant Land" gets your toe tapping and your groove on. Filmed in her native college town of Ann Arbor, MI, her quirky video conjures a nostalgia for childhood innocence and creative escape.

lyrics

Distant Land
Music & Lyrics by Hannah Baiardi
©Hannah Baiardi Music 2021

If only we were young and innocent
And had a helping hand
If only we were youthful dreamers
Free to roam this land

If we had the strength and peace of mind
To let our souls be free
Would we float away upon the wind
In sheer ecstasy

And wonder how we made it here
To breathe this breath
To feel the wind upon your back
But wonder why instead

There’s hatred
That casts a pall on everything
There's violent themes
Crushing all our dreams

There’s so much torment
For children so innocent
What does it mean
To have a heart truly beat

Just like I was someone new
Peeking in on this strange world
With a heart of a sweet child
With a gift to give to Earth

Would I crack a smile as I walked down the street
And hold my head high greet everyone I meet

And wonder how we made it here
To breathe this breath
To feel the wind upon your back
But it’s all inside my head
Tell me

When will
peace be our guiding hand
When will
the children of this land
Come alive in each one of us
Come alive in each one of us
And bring forth the best in us today

When will the life in us guide us to a place
Where our heart are one
And our pain’s erased
When will we feel what it’s like to breathe
The breath that life gives
And hold it dear like your mother did
When she gave you her first kiss

Ohh..
Cmon
Take me, make me, take me, make me fall in love
Take me, make me, take me, just take me to the great escape

Outro:
Take me take me to the great escape
Where all is real ain’t nothin’ here fake
No distractions, lies or hate
Your gonna paint your picture n’ choose your fate
Raise yourself to a new vibration
Lose the drama seek a new sensation
Ask for me and believe your get it
This is our moment, our time don’t forget it.

Take me, take me a distant land..
Take my hand...

credits

from Straight from the Soul, track released March 22, 2021
2. Distant Land 4:05
Composer: Hannah Baiardi
Players: Hannah Baiardi (piano & vocals), Ryan King (guitar) Anthony Wyatt (saxophone)

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Hannah Baiardi Ann Arbor, Michigan

Michigan-born pianist, vocalist, composer and arranger, Hannah Baiardi pushes the boundaries of jazz into the smooth and hypnotic terrain of “sophisti-pop.” She draws upon jazz, soul, R&B, pop and world music influences. Learning by ear, she started playing piano and writing her first songs when she was three. ... more