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Moon

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From David Poe (1997) [Sony/550Music]

Produced by T-Bone Burnett

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THE MOON
By David Poe
© 1997 Charming Martyr (BMI.)

She liked to see herself
as the sun.
Later, she made me into the moon.
It sounded fine to me.
Who wouldn't want to be
illuminating lovers
ot controlling the sun?
Who wouldn't want to be the moon?

Sun in my eyes
Her beauty could blind
She spent me to the shadows every night
And when the revolutions came
I shivered, thin,
She eclipsed me by the cycle of her whim
When she said all this
I wasn't so hot on the moon I was
Not so hot on the moon.

Everyday I watch the world go by
Every night I see a planet die
Every morning is like yesterday
She is always half a world away

And I'm just diamonds
on the evergreen
I cause the wild dog to serenade
But I can alaways hear her
in this atmosphere
Her jealous star is tapping at the end of every night.
Do you want to be the moon? I was.
Do you want to be the moon?

credits

from David Poe, released September 15, 1997
David Poe, voice & guitar
Sim Cain, drums
John Abbey, bass
Marc Ribot, guitar

Produced by T-Bone Burnett
Recorded by Susan Rogers The Magic Shop, New York

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- Sundance Institute 2009

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Sundance Film Festival 2008 - 11
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