Stories With The Moon
1. TONIGHT
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feelings I have felt in the dark by myself
I feel alright tonight
have you seen the moon in full bloom
she’s shining bright tonight
If you close, you’ll see spirits in the wind
made of light tonight tonight
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I know a place where we can go to watch the stars
It feels like home no matter where you are
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dreams and schemes and dark things and pale moonlight tonight
stories never told scenes never seen new and old
coming out tonight tonight tonight
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2. GRACE
Regret, she called your name
And fear it tried to tame
Your wild heart, growing like a garden in the summer after the rain
And pain, she knew your name
Doubt, it called you out into the morning, into the light,
harsh and bright after the night
Oh, you moon come out. Oh, you stars, shine, show me the way.
Hate, oh what a shame. And guilt, defamed your name
A brilliant mind, a lovely face. How we fall so far from grace.
Oh, you moon come out. Oh, you stars, shine, shine.
Oh, you moon come out. Oh, you stars shine. Oh, you moon come out.
Oh, you stars shine. Show me the way. Show me the way. Show me the way.
3. SKELETON WOMAN
When I’m drifting like a dream, lost in the desert or at sea
And I’m feeling wild and free, but the devil’s clawing after me, at my feet
Don’t give in to the weight of the mind
Don’t you know what you seek you will find
And it’s seeking you, too
When the light breaks in the morning. And the sun he casts away the moon.
And your heart’s served on a platter, but it doesn’t really matter to them like it matters to you.
Don’t give in to the weight of your mind
Don’t you know what you seek you shall find
And it’s seeking you, too.
Don’t give in to the weight of the mind
Bones bleached in the sun at the bottom of the ocean
Bones bleached in the sun, skeleton woman at the bottom of the ocean
4. I FEEL YOU
You wanna stay out all night, you won’t come home til the morning light
I feel you, I feel you, I feel you...
Take me out tonight, lay me down beneath the starlight
I feel you
And if love is game then you win
I can only go sane again
And if love is a game then you win
Chase me around again, be my lover won’t you be my friend
I feel you...
Hate me or hold me tight, leave me here or love me right
I feel you, I feel you, I feel you, I feel you. I feel you, is it real though? I feel you, I feel you.
And if love is a game, then you win
I can only go sane again
And if love is a game then you win, I can only go sane again
And if love is game then you win
5. SET US FREE
I know we say and do some things our hearts don’t want us to
And I know the color of your eyes changes from green to blue. Like your mood, volatile as the sea
But still, darlin your love it sets me free
Maybe I can learn to let it flow, and witness the time
Passing like a melody, the wind on a chime
Oh, this life, volatile as the sea,
But love, darlin love will set us free
Free
The sun and moon, they play their part
Take me out of myself, put me back in my heart
Oh this life, volatile as the sea, but still, darlin your love it sets me free
But love, darlin love will set us free free free free
Free set us free set us free
Oh this life, volatile as the sea, but love, darlin love will set us free
7. THE REST
Life feels like a show
Death a carnival
Hear the sirens go, see the lights flashing when we fall
Lines across your face, from your joy and your mistakes
Your breath a chilly wind that blows, oh the empty spaces when it goes
We all live with death
We all live with death
We all meet in death
Make up a beautiful story about the rest
Lord knows I cried
On the day you died
Ghostly mist across the land
Reaching out for a lifeless hand
We all live with death
We all live with death
We all meet in death
Make up a beautiful story about the rest
Make up a beautiful story about the rest
Make up a beautiful story about the rest
8. SKYLARK
I’ve been tired of hearing my own song
I’ve been weary of carrying my baggage along
I won’t tell you what I’ve been seeing in the dark
I will sing to you like a skylark
Colorado with your canyons carved out
Like lines on my face when I’m feeling burnt out and
I won’t show you what I’ve been finding in the dark
I will just bring to you my aching heart
I won’t tell you what I’ve been seeing in the dark
I will sing to you like a skylark
I see right through the darkness in me and in you
I won’t tell you what I’ve been finding in the dark
I will just give to you my bleeding heart
I won’t tell you what I’ve been finding in the dark
I will just sing to you like a skylark
I won’t tell you what I’ve been seeing in the dark
I will just sing to you like a skylark
9. WAYS OF THE LAND
A girl on a train with a rose
Watching the station as it goes on by with a new moon in the sky
Where the land meets the sea
She feels alone in the day
She feels alone in the night so cold and she’s growing old
But she will return again
She says “I love the stars and the moon.
I love the light in the afternoon" and the songbird croons,
"We will begin again”
We grow so weary as we age
We forget what matters is today and the only way
To live is to love
We were once children of the land
Now I’m a woman and you are a man
And we don’t understand
The ways of the land
We will understand the ways of the land…
11. LOVE WILL WIN
Dark is the night, bright is the day
What’s gonna happen?
I cannot say
Soft as the twilight, strong as the dawn
Change is coming, before too long
Chorus:
Like a flower in the morning, reaching out to the sky
Lean in to the sunlight, open wide
Blood bone and spirt, dark matter and light
The face of the pale moon in a dark velvet night
Take of the mask, peel back the skin
It’s gonna happen, love will win
Chorus
I will stand by you til all the pain is through
Will you stand by me til everyone is free?
Chorus
musicians:
Megan Woodland (Donley) Hewitt: acoustic guitar, lead vocals & harmony on all tracks. electric rhythm guitar on Tracks 4 & 10.
Jeffry Hewitt: lead electric guitar on all tracks. 12-string acoustic guitar on Tracks 3 & 9. dulcimer, sarangi, acoustic guitar, mandolin on Track 9. moog synth on Tracks 9 & 10. acoustic guitar & tanpura on Track 6. harmony vocals on Tracks 4, 5, & 10. bass on Track 10. clavinet on Track 11.
Cindy David: bass guitar on all tracks except Track 3. Harmony vocals on Tracks 1, 4, 5, 9 & 10.
Robert Shuckle: piano on Tracks 2, 4 & 7. wurlitzer on Tracks 1, 2, 5, & 8. fender rhodes on Tracks 3, 8, 10, & 11. hammond B3 on Track 3.
Bobby Gentilo: electric guitar on Tracks 1, 5 & 8. bass on Track 3. percussion on Tracks 2 & 3. hammond b3 on Track 1.
Jason Hoffheins: drums & percussion on all tracks. piano on Tracks 8 & 10. keyboards on Track 3. co-arranging/production on Tracks 1, 2, 3, 8, 10 & 11.
Benjie Porecki: hammond b3 on Tracks 8, 10, & 11. fender rhodes on Track 11.
Ben Britton: french horn on Tracks 2 & 9. trumpet on Track 2.
Original poem composed & spoken by Jice Gretener on Track 10.
Strings arranged, recorded & performed by Chris Carmichael on Track 2.
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10. WHITE NOISE
Some nights my thoughts won’t be still
I think until my mind breaks and I can’t will
Myself to sleep
The hardest thing for my body is lying still
I toss and turn til the dawn breaks I always have
And always will
Oh, Claude, you’re coming up on the radio
Won’t you play me something soft, oh something sweet
Play me to sleep
My eyes adjust to the dark and I can see
The sandman is not here and it seems
He’s forgotten me
Oh, Claude, your’re coming up on the radio
Won’t you move your fingers over black and white keys
And drown out the outside world
Turn it all to background sound
Drown out the outside world
Turn it all to quiet white noise
Claude, you’re coming up on the radio
Won’t you move your fingers over black and white keys?
Oh, Claude, you’re coming up on the radio
Won’t you play me something soft oh something sweet
Play me to sleep
And drown out the outside world
Turn it all to background sound
Drown out the outside world
Turn it all to quiet white noise
Quiet white noise ladadadada
Spoken word poetry in French by
Jice Gretenir
