Two Moons Rising

from Stumptown Swing! by Shorty and the Mustangs

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From the shadowy mind of Shorty Barnet. This noir piece finds the listener at a car wreck in the desert . A couple lay thrown from the car and the survivor watches the moon rise in the two eyes of his dead lover! The instrumental head for this song was written by Geoff Clarkson and owes a debt to the Surf genre.

There are numerous tips of the hat to various classic songs during the instrumental passages. This was intentional.

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Two Moons Rising Barnet & Clarkson

I remember driving through the desert night,
And you were whispering something in the moonlight
What did you say...as it all just slipped away,
And you were whispering something in the moonlight

I’ll stay with you, with you I wait,
Though you’re a million miles away.
Your pretty eyes...penetrate the endless night,
And you’re a million miles away.

Chorus:
This sea of stars, this paradise,
And two moons reflecting in your eyes.
Come walk with me, along the shore of the silent sea
Where everything’s reflected and two moons rise.

They say heaven’s above and hell’s below;
Well I don’t believe, but I don’t know.
Passing through this world...a poor boy and a pretty girl
And I don’t believe, but I don’t know.

Chorus

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from Stumptown Swing!, released January 3, 2014
Lyrics: Shorty Barnet, Music: Geoff Clarkson. Mike Moore plays lead guitar on this one. Mitch Gilbert: Pedal Steel Guitar, Ben Milstein: Bass, Ken Woodside: Drums, Shorty Barnet: Lead vocal

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Shorty and the Mustangs Portland, Oregon

Shorty & the Mustangs was formed in 1996. Big Tex called some of his musician friends to see if they wanted to try something new. Having grown up in Texas, western swing music was calling him home. So they dug out some old Bob Wills and Ernest Tubb records and gave it a shot. The last 10 years the band has created original material with Mr's Wills and Tubb as inspiration.See below and enjoy! ... more

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