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The Gettysburg Address (Live)

by Moon Safari

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Moonwalk 11:38
2.
It’s Saturday night and you’re dressed to the 9’s, who will walk with you home tonight? The one you could always turn yourself to is out on a late night rendezvous Guess you’ve known for a while that I’m dying inside and this silver tongue’s lost all it’s words What took years to build up takes a night to tear down, and this night will haunt me for the rest of my life ‘Cause she couldn’t change my world She didn’t see the best in me She couldn’t change my world She’ll never understand Now I carry the can, try to walk like a man knowing time will just wound our heals Sympathy fights through the tears in your eyes, couldn’t take another night at 10A It seems the older I get the more things to regret, I thought we would grow old together But know I’m standing here quiet as love fades away, in a year from now I still can’t speak Only you could change my world You always saw the best in me Only you could change my world I didn’t understand I will try to remember the Halcyon days, forget that I ever hurt you If we’ll meet again some day, could we say the things we never said Now I’m stalking the bars and I pity my scars, like a self made martyr on the run from it all, If somehow you love me still, baby, would you let me know?
3.
Hiding in the comfort of corners, I guess in a way everybody hides Though I need my friends more than ever, I don’t want anyone by my side Who is that boy in the mirror ,waving goodbye to the man? I can’t seem to shake that sad feeling that I’ll never be who I really am Though I’m lost I’m only one over the eight Goodbye Station 8, guess you’ve heard as of late, I’ll be drinking this night on my own I’m going away to my own special place where I turn off the lights and the phone, so won’t you... Help - I need to escape, I don’t belong in here Here’s to my fears, sorrows and tears there goes another year He’s that kid, with panic through the streets, that no one really sees, Oh, that kid looks one hell of a lot like me My friends that left town are returning, they know that I’m too homeward bound I’m sick of their heads that keep turning, of nodding and saying I’m fine, I’m not fine The 46’’ is my friend now, I order my food to the door I suffocate on medication, those pills just can’t do it somehow I shot myself down, August 2008 now I carry this pathetic wound I don’t even talk, I won’t listen at all but I’m hoping that some day you’ll call, so won’t you... When I turned from the truth in a far cry from you, denied the hand of a friend that could help me through Mealy mouthed, unsure, afraid of it all Never confident but I know how to fall Say is it you outside the window? Coming home to me one last time? I swear I just saw your silhouette sliding into the bedroom where angels blessed our skin, now only dust I am still knocking at your door, but love doesn’t live here anymore I know you’ll be coming home again, but nothing will ever be the same; You’re taking your things, returning my heart I curse my own pride as I’m watching the phone, is there anything happening at all? I drink til’ I cry but just can’t fall asleep, someone please give me a call Summer is over we’ve used all our dreams, now I tumble in blind memories You’ve changed your address, soon you’ll change your last name, how I wish I’d change at all Help - I need to escape, I don’t belong in here Here’s to my fears, sorrows and tears there goes another year Help - I need to escape, but I do belong in here Here’s to you love, wherever you are You’re still inside of me As the last lover’s sailing away in the night, by the harbour retired romantics Left behind telling stories of how it was oh, so much better before... Before any of us fell in love...
4.
Standing on the roadside waving bye-byes Said I’m going where the wheels are a-moving Oh, come and take me far away from the city lights, city life... The moon shines bright in the seventh house In the slipstream we pass among the clouds With patches of peace, flowers in our hair The caravan’s moving, come aboard and join the band A time of love, the time of man Songs of hope for a promised land We’re gypsy sons all were born to run A world awaits us Universal guidance, travel down to Yasgurs farm... Hey! Pretty baby it’s gonna be alright Just put your little hand in mine And we’ll work it out ’til the morning light comes, now baby don’t you worry Freedom of speech on tongues of LSD Summer of love, love is all we need We’ll meet beneath the shady trees Echoes of better times resound a world away Chasing a dream of a golden past We dream alone so it couldn’t last The trees are bare they are all undressed The leaves will leave the body, by the hands of our friend the carpenter... Autumn steals the day away, put the dreams back in the grave And we couldn’t end the war, so don’t bring me anymore ... of your tired, hungry and poor Follow down the forest road, see the people without their daily loads. On meadows green, tranquility All were children of a thousand stars Mother we’ll build a different world, the revolution they’ve feared will start with words Still messengers of everlasting love Notes upon an empty door, says your Uncle wants you to win a war If he’ll reach to pull me in, then just tell him I’m on the farm Mother we’ll build a different world, the revolution is hear,we’ll start with words... I’m a messenger of everlasting love...
5.
Time and meaning never seem to flow as one, what holy was to yesterday has sunken down Without it’s crown, and oddly without sound, your golden calf in the Hudson drowned, ten times a whiteout of the mind, now we’re the world’s best dreamers. It might just be that we’re all going nowhere fast But even so I would not trade a single day I’m skating off, with a sad-looking grin, remember me as you remember a dream; ever fleeting in flickering lights, like a memory fading slow when the day comes And takes us back to playgrounds full of rolling stones, to the mountain village when we’d rest our bones And gently dream, like children of the sun, on easy street, where all life has begun, when fun and games were all we had, before the world deceived us Some might say that were stuck in the past, but somehow there’s never truth in their eyes Just stand aside, cause we’re off to the blue We’re on our way to the wild me and you If you listen close you can hear our hearts beat loud with the sound of a dream Hold on brother, sleep well; our love is falling over you young soldier, be strong We’ll be watching over you, young sister Come home lover, come home soldier, weaving the dreams for you
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All the royal robbers stood in line As the Swedish king his crown declined Everybody wants to rock the boat But when it rains, oh you give away your coat If you dance across the ocean You will see a mad, mad world Oh boy it is a mad, mad world Did you read the news today poor boy? They’ve come to take away your favourite toy Summer landed late one day in June But winter paved its’ way that afternoon If you dance across the ocean You will see a mad, mad world Oh boy it is a mad, mad world Wake your kids its way, way past bedtime The thief left what he stole far, far behind His toy gun was lost never to be found If you come across the ocean someday you might find That we’re busy selling Sweden to Norwegians…
7.
Heartland 06:04
Open all of your windows, can’t you hear the boys are calling Step outside for the night, y’know it’s summertime, they´ll all be there And they’re playing memories on the radio Got your back pretty one, I know that you’ve got mine Oh my love, there is trouble in the heartland You and me, as we walk the square of possibility Caught up in a love that could not be I remember she used to refer to you as sweet, sweet prince Though she’s always known that you’re nothing but a working man’s son Her ambition was always to high for one of us Surely you would go on, oh baby, to do what we can’t dream Oh my love, there is trouble in the heartland One last dance, save your worries for another rainy day You wouldn’t want it any other way But darling it’s time to say our goodbyes to summer romance By the fall, all will be gone and then we’ll walk our separate ways We’ll let this night be our last big mistake From the heroes of yesteryear The only one, still left standing Tuned in to life’s radio A blue song from long ago Oh my love, there is trouble in the heartland You and me, as we walk the square of possibility Caught up in a love that could not be But darling can’t you see? We’re still soldiers of the heartland, even now I still see you like I did when I could dream of a place where we’d be known as king & queen
8.
I took a trip to Harlem to see where my lonely angel’s gone, all winter long Now where’d she get those wings from and my god from where’d she get those limelight colored eyes. I know, you know this is just a dream, but come friday night that angel’s gonna wake me, and then the only thing I’ll want in this whole world, is for her to be my New York City Summergirl. This must be what true love’s like, she’s flowing up and down and round my simple mind, from far beyond the ocean the siren’s cry: ”Run, my chicken run, down rainbow one” She’s blowing kisses in my dreams, they settle down upon my shivering sailor heart, they tell me just where i need to be, and now I’m pretty sure the city’s the place to start. I know you were never meant to be walking with me in the cold on New street, still the only thing I want in this whole world, is for you to be my New York City Summergirl New York, You’re my New York Summergirl These days, won’t come round no more I’m sure, so baby let’s fall in love I’ve taken that long way round, to meet you in your prime, darling, just let your hair down low, baby, and dance like you’ll dance no more New York, you’re my New York Summergirl You know, It’s your heart I’m gunning for ”The taste of fruit from distant gardens makes it hard, I can’t deny, to fall in love on monday morning, with the plain red dirt, dressed up all in white”
9.
Part I - Written In The Stars Hope’s as high as the sun today once around the world, now coming your way The river runs down the beggars beach claimed the waining moon, now out of reach The street corner prince with the pockets of gold had a story to sell, but it remained untold One hand on the fence that grows ever so high There the grass is the same, still I want to the other side Time will tell if I’m the fool, that made the climb and left the pool People can barely stay afloat, they’re gonna need a bigger boat Three’s the line to change a man, to make the sun light up this land It is not a single fantasy when from solitude you lead me... to a brand new day, and a different game to play... I’ve been a bleeding heart on feet, spent my nights racing the streets The endless rain might take a pause, when there’s a reason and a course On open waters I set sail, to learn where others failed... Part II - The Meaning Of Success Did you fill them pages with a meaning to it all or did summer turn to fall? And your TV dinner got burned by shocking news, it left you with the blues When the evening comes and you’re alone, then it haunts you once again She’s not a lover just a friend There’s a fork in the road, late to work, now you’ll never get a raise Is that a smile upon your face? Who are you really gonna be? Do you know that the apple never falls far from the tree Hear the whispers in the wind A change’s gonna come and it might crown you the king How come people claim they want to live forever, when at work they can’t wait for the day to end? On friday night you reset you are drinking to forget all the worries of the week Dead men on their feet they have pulse but they have no heartbeat, just a shadow on the street John Doe of the show don’t you know that there’s no place left to go You will always be alone Will you find your own place in the wheel Will you do what they want you to, or do what you feel? And your wallet holds no thoughts There goes your freedom you’ve been bought... I turn the TV on again, the TV is my only friend Another Hugh Grant remedy, a happy end to set me free I turned my back on wonderland, I know that kingdom’s made of sand So here I am a foreign man, without a helping hand Ghostly figures casting doubt on all I thought I was about The laughing stops when I appear, the crowd is all in tears The forecast tells that summer’s gone Will I live to see another one? Or is it just a stupid test, to find the meaning of success I’m the rumour on your coffeebreak, I’m your first and last mistake I’m a poet in a dying world, noone will hear my dying words I’m the movie that you’ll never rent, I’m the ghost in the machine I am God, when it goes to hell, when it turns out good I’m not to blame I’m a drink that’s far too strong, perhaps you’d like another one? A small part of this life, and the meaning I’ve found Life goes up and life goes down... Part III - Child Inside The Man In the shadow of the bitter artist, the voice of reason speaks Aversion therapy wouldn’t help me to confront the child inside the man There ain’t no digits for how many times, a heart can be broken and fixed ”Hope’s as high as the sun today” Heard a rumour down at the nightclub, couldn’t help to spread the word Like fire through a corridor of paper, in print for the morning meal Suddenly the world’s a little smaller, and all else is larger than life ”Don’t leave me hanging upon the ageless door, up north the trial goes on forevermore.” I take the flowers away from my grave and I walk the primrose path beyond the aftermath We were ships that passed in the night and the lighthouse guided us home We won’t end up all alone I was tilting at windmills, and what you’re losing on the swings you gain on the roundabouts... I discovered that just round the bend lies the meaning of success, now this heart can finally rest Part IV - After All Talking to myself I no longer speak the truth I’m not fooling anyone I never left the pool I never once did say the words, I never understood the words But now they’re flowing naturally and I can see them perfectly I am first to join the fools parade, towards the sunset, lovers laneI’m blind but I am unafraid, I’m colors in the shade The wind that blows away the weight, broken backs now walking straight Headlong into future dreams, carry me downstream... The pair whose eyes shall never meet, they’re passing strangers in the street The ties that binds - They’re meant to be - It’s hope that moves their feet The pawn in black is standing still, survived the turmoil power of will The queen that held the heart of men, to be revived again I turned into a butterfly, spread my wings and learned to fly The puppet masters fading face, eleven sins to erase I know who I am gonna be, I fit into a different wheel Thanks to you I’ll be alright You’re the other half of the sky And hope’s as high as the sun today Once around the world, now coming your way Every day I’m loving you more In every way I’m loving you more How it grows the way it shines, it’s keeping me alive As infinity forms a line, into the love that I define Every day I’m loving you more In every way I’m loving you more How it shines beyond beliefs, brighter than the sun I am tired of the past, but I’ve a feeling that this will last...

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released March 1, 2012

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Himlabacken Vol. 2 out Dec 8.

Moon Safari is a Swedish progressive rock group formed in Skellefteå, Sweden, in 2003. The band focuses on vocal arrangements in the style of Gene Puerling and they willingly surrender to the spirit of 60s rock, pop and progressive rock music, previously invoked by the Beatles, the Beach Boys and Yes.

They have toured both Japan, North America and mainland Europe.
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