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“At first my intention was just to release a collection of the most requested covers songs that I’ve performed at my gigs over the years. However, creative energies took over in the studio and each song selected was given a total makeover! After being inspired working on these brand new arrangements, I decided to include three of my original songs: Danca da Chuva, We Had No Cares and Such As These to complement the album. The process was an evolution hence the album title became - A Natural Selection.” Joanna

Danca da Chuva - means ‘rain dance’ in Portuguese

© 2011 Joanna Melas

“Water in the desert makes you want to dance because that overwhelming joy and refreshment restores your soul. The inspiration to write and record this song same quickly and with the excitement of realising the breaking of droughts in one’s life.”

Everybody play, everybody stay, dancing in the rain
Everybody play, everybody stay, dancing in the rain

Danca da Chuva, take my hand together we’ll discover
It’s time to show the love inside us
Like a samba dance in the rain
Danca da Chuva, take my hand together we’ll discover
It’s time to show the love inside us
Like a samba dance in the rain

Feel that rhythm make you want to fly away
To a place where everybody wants to play

Danca da Chuva, beautiful enchanted by each other
A hurricane of love yes it took us
Swirling way up into the sky
Danca da Chuva, beautiful enchanted by each other
A hurricane of love yes it took us
Swirling way up into the sky

Everybody play, everybody stay, dancing in the rain
Everybody play, everybody stay, dancing in the rain

Danca da Chuva, take my hand together we’ll discover
It’s time to show the love inside us
Like a samba dance in the rain
Danca da Chuva, take my hand together we’ll discover
It’s time to show the love inside us
Like a samba dance in the rain

Feel that rhythm make you want to fly away
To a place where everybody wants to play

Everybody play, everybody stay, dancing in the rain(x 4)
Danca da Chuva, Danca da Chuva, Danca da Chuva, Danca da Chuva

We Had No Cares

© 2011 Joanna Melas

“Life is an opportunity to invest in good memories that we can draw from at any time. I wanted to write a feel good song that would make people get up and cha-cha reminding them through the dance and the words, that we bring happiness into our lives by purposefully creating good memories.”


The island breeze, and summer seas
Sweet smelling leaves bring back to me
Those memories of happy days
When we had no cares
We sang and laughed for days on end
When we had no cares
We sang and laughed for days on end

So baby don’t be shy, I just want to see you smile
Remember those good times
We can make our dreams come true
I wanna sing this song with you
It makes you come alive
This dance will set you free, to the rhythm of your heart
The island breeze and summer seas those memories
When we had no cares
We sang and laughed for days on end

These sunset dreams, silhouetted scenes
Hot golden sands, cocktail in hand
A paradise, my soul’s delight
When we had no cares
We sang and laughed for days on end
When we had no cares
We sang and laughed for days on end

So baby don’t be shy, I just want to see you smile
Remember those good times
We can make our dreams come true
I wanna sing this song with you
It makes you come alive
This dance will set you free, to the rhythm of your heart
The island breeze and summer seas those memories
When we had no cares
We sang and laughed for days on end
When we had no cares
We sang and laughed for days on end

Such As These

© 2011 Joanna Melas

“The child in all of us is a reminder that true freedom is really being yourself and not trying to hide under the guise of others’ agendas and expectations. There is wisdom in the innocence of a child; a wise heart is pure, unpretentious and honest like a child – it’s the stuff that opens the door to a heaven-on-earth kind of life.”

Let, the children alone
And do not hinder them, from coming to Me
For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs, to ones
Such as these

Unless, you are changed
And be like a child running freely
Without the cares, that cage the world
The Kingdom of Heaven would never be yours
For it belongs, to ones
Such as these

Take, a moment in time
And look inside your heart, where love resides
For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs, to ones
Such as these

By faith, I have changed
Through love fear has gone
I feel so free, it amazes me
The Kingdom of Heaven now lives in my heart
For it belongs, to ones
Such as me
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