Song For David Bowie

from The Fall and Rise of John Elderkin and ¡Moonbeams No Mas! by MoonbeamsNoMas

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Act 1:
The world doesn't end. John and Danielle start a band. The Cosmos calls.

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Song For David Bowie

Why do you run? Where do you hide?
What secret sun lights your half of the sky?
Where it glows, it glows, it glows
George Clinton battled with Sir Nose
The Carpenters welcomed UFOs
What explains what rock stars know?

Are you ears to the tracks, palms towards the 'om'?
Were you alone when you cracked the astral code?
Oh you know we know you know

Desmond Dekker calls from outer space
Sun Ra quit the human race
What explains a rock star's grace?

Hey David Bowie, I wrote this song for you
Hey David Bowie, you and Mick Ronson, too
I say David Bowie, ancient prophets got nothing on you
With your voice so true, like Marcel Marceau sniffing glue

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from The Fall and Rise of John Elderkin and ¡Moonbeams No Mas!, released July 15, 2017
John Elderkin- acoustic guitars, vocals
Andy Ware- background vocals
Chris Garges- synthesizer, drum kit, additional percussion
Mark Whelan- electric guitars, bass vocal
Matthew Everhart- bass guitar
Dan Hood- electric guitar
Erik Johnson, Rett Snotherly, Philip Collins, Jay Garrigan- "band" vocals
Produced by Chris Garges
Recorded and mixed by Chris Garges at Old House Studio, Charlotte, NC
Bass recorded by Chris Garges at The Bastille, Arlington, VA
Mastered by Scott Craggs at Old Colony Mastering, South Boston, MA
Special thanks to Mike "Jonesey" Jones for use of the acoustic 12-string guitar and to Dutch Adkins for use of the Moog Sub 37 synthesizer!

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