I Am (by Casey Bennetto)

by Geraldine Quinn

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Written by Casey Bennetto as an exercise in hyper-distilled pop for ABC TV's 'Get Krack!n' (Kate McLennan & Kate McCartney) and sung by GQ. Re-gifted by the Kates to Casey when they found they didn't have a space for it in the show (they did love it though).

'I Am' was then entered into 'Eurovision 2020 - Australia Decides', almost on a whim by CB with GQ's hearty encouragement. And it made it to the Top 20 longlist - before being culled out of the Top 10. Then singer Geraldine Quinn (me) made a music video in her lounge-room over 12 hours in 35 degree heat, a few seconds of which was aired during the 'Australia Decides' broadcast and an underground banger was sneak-released to a nation. Oh you done goofed, guys, you done goofed...

lyrics

You keep on telling me
That freedom is a state of mind
Go tell the ones you leave behind
Well there ain't no doubt about it
It doesn't have to be this way
Can't turn the party out 'til
Everybody here can say

I AM!
To myself I must be true
I AM!
And my moment's overdue
So let the heavens shine their happy light on me
Everybody has the right to be
So I am
And I will
And I do

You say it's all too much
And now you want to close the door
Look what we could be reaching for
Well it's shining in the sky now
The love we want to rise towards
We won't begin to fly
'Til everyone can get on board

(Chorus)

credits

released September 2, 2020
Written and produced by Casey Bennetto
Vocals by Geraldine Quinn

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Geraldine Quinn Melbourne, Australia

Geraldine Quinn is a multi-award-winning writer-actor-songwriter-rock cabaretiér. She's been nominated for 26 Green Room Awards (winning 6), 3 Melbourne Comedy Festival Golden Gibbo Awards (winning in 2011), Best Cabaret in Adelaide Fringe (2013), 2 NZ Fringe Awards (2014) and was nominated for Most Outstanding Show in MICF 2022.

She's healthily enamoured of David Bowie & not at all obsessed. ... more