(For Complete Lyrics to the “Struggle Within” CD, scroll past reviews below)

Kajun Kelley "StaleStories FreshEars"

"Check out Kajun Kelley on guitar. He can rip it up."
Mac McDonald , The Herald, Monterey, CA

"There is not much like this on the radio right now, and pop metal fans will not be disappointed.
Kelley's irreverent, raucous record is just the reality check this town needs. Get in your car and turn it up."
Lisa Iannucci, OnTap Magazine

"Kajun Kelley is extremely talented. The Album is solid and well written.....Nice Work! ."
Brad Cox, Music Monthly

"Kajun Kelley is rock. Heart felt, solid, timeless rock and roll...Many guitar soloists find it hard to transition from solo guitarist, to fronting a band, but this CD demonstrates that in this respect, Kelley has made the transition with panache...'StaleStories FreshEars' strikes it's own chord. Listen and I think you'll like it."
Robert, Allzah.com

Kajun Kelley Project "Moods"

"Very few guitar instrumentalists ever get signed to a record deal; Steve Vai and Joe Satriani are the lucky, talented exceptions. I have a feeling, though, that when record execs hear Kajun Kelley play, they'll want to sign him as well"
L.A. Music Connection

"Moods" is [a] power trio romp ... fleet-fingered, beat-happy fun."
Mike Joyce, Washington Post

(Live Show/CD Review) "I'm not usually enthralled by purely instrumental sets, but this was a BIG exception ... the difference being that there were actually discernible melodies ... I've actually listened to (Moods) a thousand times ... I'm telling you; this guy is wicked. Really."
Michelle Welch, Rox Magazine

"Moods" (is) a real enjoyable release ... sounds like what you might get if the Allman Brothers invited Eric Johnson up onstage for a jam ... Pretty slick licks for a local boy. Pretty slick licks for anybody."
Rivet, Northern Virginia Rhythm

(Live Show Review) "To say Kajun Kelley makes fine guitar playing look effortless is like saying giraffes are tall"
Chelsea Gahar, N.Va. Rhythm

With Deanna Bogart

"(Deanna's) piano work is complemented by some hot guitar licks from KajunKelley"
Bill Mitchell, Blues Bytes

"Bogart finds plenty of support and inspiration from her bandmates, especially guitarist Kajun Kelley"
Mike Joyce, Washington Post

"Deanna Bogart Live" is out now...Kajun Kelley kills on the guitar...together, they are exceptional"
Susie Mudd, Music Monthly

"I went with Carlos "Mike" Carabello from Santana. When the performance ended, he told guitarist Kajun Kelley, "Man, you play like Carlos (Santana)!" This is true. Kelley is clean, fast, and innovative as anybody playing today."
Valerie Ridenour, Key West
The Newspaper

“STRUGGLE WITHIN” LYRICS

Can You Help Me

Can you help me?

I’m climbing the walls, trying to find a change of scenery

There’s gotta be some other version of reality

But all my life they’ve thrown their rules at me

Holding me back, doubting every possibility

But I know something lies beyond their four-walled world

But they try to tell me…

“There’s no running away

There’s no getting around

The truth is what it’s always going to be”

Get me out of this place

Take me out of this town

I know there’s something more

Can you help me?

“You’re wasting your time boy, you’re right here where you ought to be

Leave ambition alone, just accept your mediocrity”

But I know something lies beyond their four-walled world

And I’m gonna find it

“There’s no getting away

There’s no running around

The truth is what it’s always going to be”

Take me out of this place

Get me out of this town

Show me something more

Can you help me?

_______________

True Love

Oh what a night

I didn’t know that I was double jointed

Oh what a nice surprise

We went all night

I found that when attention is divided

Stamina multiplies

And they were beautiful, I think

Supermodels by my thirteenth drink

And who was I to say “no”?

What’s my motivation

Who do I need to fuck to find some

Mental stimulation

Somebody I can trust when I’ve got

Fat cash in the bank account

I feel it’s coming right around the corner

I’ll find true love

She’s going down

I must say I’m a little disappointed

She couldn’t hold her own

I’m falling out

Laughing at my reflection in the mirror

I’m like a Rolling Stone

And every time I’m on the brink

I choke it off, I over-think

I just can’t seem to let go

But it goes

On and on and on and on and on………..

_______________

Sky Is Falling

The whole world is screaming

Could you try to keep it down?

Unaware I’m sleeping

While the sky is falling down

Everyone’s been calling

But I haven’t heard a sound

Saying the sky is falling

The whole world is upside down

What is this I’m seeing

Buildings burning to the ground

Stand here disbelieving

While the sky is falling down

Broken hearts are bleeding

Tears are falling to the ground

Saying the sky is falling

The whole world is upside down

Media repeating

Every hour another round

Saying the sky is falling

The whole world is upside down

Broken hearts are bleeding

Tears are falling to the ground

Saying the sky is falling

The whole world is upside down

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Reasons To Complain

Oh it’s such a crime

Wasting all this precious time

Seeing life through jaded eyes

Tell me what you gain

Focused only on the pain

While beauty goes unrecognized

But just go along your way

Suffer through another day

If it fills your empty arms, embrace the pain

Is it easier for you?

Does it help you make it through?

Are you happy finding reasons to complain?

Desperate for attention

Exaggerate the negative

A tragic shadow over you

It’s all a fabrication

A tortured life you’ve never lived

And no one’s stopping you but you

_______________

Falling Behind

What have I learned?

The pages I've turned

and forgotten now

Struggle within

Now it's beginning

to show

It's closing in on me

So hard to breathe

I'm dying inside

Just can't revive

what it used to be

Everything's changed

Confidence chained

to the floor

It's closing in on me

So hard to breathe

I'm trying so hard to see

Reflections so blurred to me

Chasing my shadow

I feel like I'm falling behind

Falling behind

A cog in the wheel

All the ideals

that I held so strong

I question it all

Conviction has crawled

out the door

It's closing in on me

So hard to breathe

I'm trying so hard to see

Reflections so blurred to me

Chasing my shadow

I feel like I'm falling behind

Falling behind

_______________

The Fire

Looking in your eyes

You give it all away to me

There’s no surprise

Finding all I seek

No questions left to ask

There is no mystery

…And love grows cold

Senses numbed by time

The challenges all come and gone

And far behind

Acting out this lie

We’ve given up the fight

And lost the will to try

…And love grows cold

Tell me, where did it go?

We used to feel the fire

But now we stand here growing cold

Afraid to face the problem

We strangle our emotions in denial

We’ve lost the fire

…And love grows cold

Staring at these same walls

The pictures hung with care

Never a change at all

Nothing new ahead

Sitting side by side

With nothing ever said

…And love grows cold

Our loves grown cold

We’ve lost the fire

When did love grow cold?

Where did our love go?

Where did our love go……

_______________

Future Passed Me By

Caught in a wave of confusion

Coming down on me

I can’t seem to find my direction

And no one’s pointing me

Consumed with the thoughts of the future

What’s my destiny

They say that in time I will find it

But time keeps passing me right by

And it leaves me with nothing

Close my eyes and I keep missing something

The future’s passed me by

Stuck where I am, I’ve got nowhere to go

The future’s passed me by

Look up ahead it’s the same damn road

The future’s passed me by

With nowhere to go

But the same damn road

Watching my friends as they’re leaving

On to better things

But I just keep standing here waiving

And they keep passing me right by

And they leave me with nothing

Close my eyes and keep wishing for something

When I was young

I’d hope for the future

And all of the promise tomorrow would bring

But now it’s tomorrow

And here I’m still standing

Hoping and wishing for the same damn thing

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My Sweet Memory

A memory unfinished

Burning embers of the fire you set

Touches full of promise

And true intentions

Empty hands, regret

The rain came down one morning

Clouded up my eyes

You left without a warning

Never said goodbye

Oh my memory said…

You always turn away from where love grows

All of your bridges left to burn

You walk this path of loneliness you chose

The love we made

That you left to fade

Is my sweet memory

A memory unfinished

Of burning candles melting our silhouettes

Passion uncontested

Unconditioned

Here alone I sit

Now the rain is falling

And it takes me to that time

Are you out there wondering

What you left behind

Was it all nothing?

Just another to you?

Just one more moment

That your life passed you through

I try to convince myself that it was only me

But I can’t believe

My memory tells me differently

_______________

Coming Around

Where have I been

stuck in my own head for days

Hours passing

in an apathetic haze

Losing myself

Trying to find me

I’m coming around

I’m coming around today

Don’t worry now

I’m coming around today

Fell complacent

in my inactivity

Found indifference

was so easy to achieve

Losing myself

Trying to find me

And it all felt like a dream

Like someone had buried me

Now I’m clawing myself out of my own grave

Coming around today

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Lean Into It

Taking a turn for the worse?

Lean in

Lean into it

Gaining momentum

Losing control

Lean Into It

No longer fighting,

A peace I can’t explain

Finally accepting

The things that I can’t change

There’s no avoiding

The end is dead ahead

No way to stop now

Speed it up instead

Lean into it