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Bob McPeek - Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town

from Mixing Metaphors by Bob McPeek (with Band Together, Polyphony, and Tribal Disorder)

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My friend, writer and poet Eddie Suggs, send me some lyrics in hopes of collaborating. He had a compelling story of lost love and a catchy phrase (which I have since learned was already claimed by Emmylou Harris as an album title and song lyric, but so be it).

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Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town (Bob McPeek-Eddie Suggs) May 2021

It's a quarter moon in this ten cent town
I spent half my life just hangin' ‘round
Restless ghosts that make no sound
Stir the shadows as the moon shines down

Well, you grew up fast as a jimson weed
This sleepy town never saw such speed
I thought you hung the moon at 17
But you were done when the sandhills came
Blew through here like a hurricane
Each of us inside a separate dream

To the crescent moon and its sideways frown
I confess my sins when no one’s around
Judgment looms like a thundercloud
Stalking shadows as the moon shines down

I guess I could’ve left here a thousand years ago
There’s nothin’ to hold onto, but still I can’t let go
Dead end streets, restless feet, searchin’ for somewhere
I’ve been lookin’ all this time but still there’s nothin’ there

I can close my eyes and taste your skin
That held your secrets tight within
Bottled up and ready to explode
When the days dragged on so slow and cruel
Before time played us both for fools
Set up to fall like a row of dominos

Now the new moon skulks through its darkened shroud
I could start anew if I just knew how
Hidden stars can’t convince the clouds
To let the light come shining down

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from Mixing Metaphors, track released March 1, 2022
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Bob McPeek Gainesville, Florida

The founder of Mirror Image Studios in Gainesville, Florida, Bob McPeek has produced, engineered, and/or played on at least 10,000 songs for artists as diverse as Bo Diddley, River Phoenix, and Less Than Jake.

Mixing Metaphors is his first solo album of original material, showcasing the considerable songwriting, performing, and producing skills applied for his own material at long last. ... more

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