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Songs from a Moon

by Jaron Eldon

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1.
I'm out on the town With nothing to do I'm finally getting over you Say you want I've got nothing to lose And you can't tell me what to do Oh, but what to do, what to do Without you I'm burning bridges again (And you're in my way) I'm burning bridges again (Cause you wouldn't stay) We were at your place With nowhere to go We watched the city burn from your window, oh And my tossing and turning Was more than a sign And I knew you'd be gone if given time And I gave this mine, I gave this mine Time after time I'm burning bridges again (And you're in my way) I'm burning bridges again (Cause you wouldn't stay) You wouldn't stay
2.
Haven't we been here before? We know each other like boxes stacked Each of us carefully keeping score It's good to be back Here we are, again Making the same mistakes All of our patterns are the same All circles and figure-eights And nobody's willing to take the blame Each of us slowly becoming someone we've always hated Here we are, again Making the same mistakes Habits are hard to break But it's an effort I'm willing to make But can I ask the same of you? Here we are, again Making the same mistakes
3.
My clothes are piled on the floor Of this sordid inn And I don't need you anymore Trapped in this house of sin The TV sings me to sleep And I wake up without you This morning waking up it felt like fall For the very first time And the sounds coming through the walls Reminded me of us and bottles of wine I'll drink myself to sleep And I'll wake up without you The pool in the courtyard filled up with leaves And you drowned out all your memories of me
4.
She moved away from PA To find a better life The girl from Asbury Park She headed west on an aeroplane And I met her working nights Lost her passion somewhere in the dark Oh, California What are you doing to me? Oh, California Don't let her fall in love with me We loved each other's hands We'd study them in the rain Two hearts without a home Or we'd run away at night And drive to the ocean But she'd always be alone Oh, California What do you want from me? Oh, California I can't be the man she needs She left with him in June On the longest summer night And I never saw her again But the smoke of her ghost Carried me to the ocean And I remembered everything Oh, California What have you done to me? Oh, California You have buried me in the sea
5.
When we hit the countryside I roll the window down It's such a perfect evening With you back to town You light another cigarette Even though it's not your car And I wonder if this is love And how we got so far Carry me from the sea And the turning of the tide Carry me from the sea In the passenger side Looking back, I can see That I never meant a thing But we only lived for the day And all that it could bring Carry me from the sea And the turning of the tide Carry me from the sea In the passenger side
6.
Atlas Girl 04:11
Let's get lost inside the lines You'll call me yours, I'll call you mine Perpendicular and parallel Stuck inside this map you've found On page A7, that's downtown But you know where you're going, I can tell She's my atlas girl Flipping through the pages of her world I don't know my geography And you know so much more than me But I can drive us around First Chicago, then New York You make a fine navigator We'll get lost and then get found She's my atlas girl Stuck inside the pages of her world The red lines are the freeways They look just like our blood veins But they both lead to the heart I want to travel the world with you And you can even wear my shoes Sittin here on the floor is a great start She's my atlas girl Lost inside the pages of her world She's my atlas girl (Oh what a great place to start) (Lost inside the pages of her world) (Stuck inside this map)
7.
I never cared much for music Something I never understood I never learned how to use it How to use it like I should But if I had rhythm I'd put on a good pair of shoes And like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers I'd dance with you ... I'd dance with you I grew up in a small town I never learned how to love But darling since you come around You've been all I've been thinking of And if I my legs weren't so tongue-tied I'd show you just what to do Like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers I'd dance with you ... I'd dance with you I killed my first girl, I was twenty-something She never made a sound But God she looked so lovely Lying in the ground And if she came back to me I'd make her see Like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers She'd dance with me ... She'd dance with me
8.
Magnolia St. 02:41
When the sun rises on Magnolia Street I can hear the trains from your room while I'm trying to sleep Thanksgiving and Christmas were beautiful then And the trees were all alive with the scent of the rain Oh, Magnolia Street Then fall came back around and it took you away And we emptied out your room and I never stayed there again I still visit you now, but it's the never the same But I can still see your face when I hear the trains Oh, Magnolia Street
9.
I first fell in love with a girl Who hated the world And was ambivalent about regret We met in late spring And hung wind chimes from trees I was wide-eyed and innocent She was broken and alone And I reminded her of home Summer came and went And took her with it My summer love But at last the time came For the season's change And she moved away Like the holes in the sand That we carved with our hands Now her memory fades She's forgotten all she loved Despite everything we'd done Summer came and went And took her with it My summer love
10.
So this it how it always goes I'll tell you I miss you, and then I'll kiss you on the nose But there's something I don't want you to know And I'm trying my best not to let it show Hey! Let's count the ways That we try to say I love you So this is how it's going to be You'll give me a hug and it won't bug me But there's something you don't want me to see And you're trying to hard to guard your feelings Hey! Let's count the ways That we try to say I love you So this is getting kind of old And there's something I should have told you Quite a long while ago I'll do my best, you hold your breath, here we go Hey! Let's find a way To try and say I love you
11.
When the sun is shining bright And there's not a cloud in sight There's traffic backed up on the freeway Let's do things our way Today Is a lovely day For floating away On a balloon made for two When the stars are out at night But covered by the city lights There is no need for an aeroplane Let's do things our way Today Is a lovely day For floating away On a balloon made for two Now we're soaring Over the cloudscape Where trees once stood Now buildings scrape the sky Today is a lovely day For floating away On a balloon made for two
12.
Where do we go when we die? I'm not sure... I don't know Oh, but I'm willing to give it a try So here's a thought Here goes: We are blue skies We are silver linings The sky is an empty canvas And we are clouds after this There are so many questions to ask And the answers are few But if you happen to get the chance Just look up and enjoy the view We are moonbeams We are rainy days The sky is an empty canvas And we are clouds after this

about

This is a little whimsical adventure album. It's split into four movements: The City, The Countryside, The Neighbourhood, and The Carnival. Listen to it with headphones and candles, listen to it on a drive in the foothills, listen to it on sunny and overcast days.

We encourage you to stop the album after song number six, Side A. Take a break, have some tea, tell your friends, and then come back for Side B.

credits

released April 17, 2010

The painting of the moon was created by Megan van den Bergh. Her website can be found here: nutmegpress.com

She creates beautiful custom projects using handcrafted paper and a vintage letterpress.

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