The Pale Blue Moonlight

from The Pale Blue Moonlight by Stephen Harrison

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'The Pale Blue Moonlight' - words and music by Stephen Harrison - 2018

By far and away she is the brightest star
By far and away she has the warmest heart
I've ever known
I've ever known

She showed me the river and she showed me the sky
She showed me the way - to Calgary Bay
It's going to be fine she said
The beauty there we will find she said

A family with a loving history
Growing up there where the air is free
Calgary, became my destiny

I was a stranger riddled with doubt
From south of the border within me and without
Family or a sense of destiny.

And over the world flames
Over the world pain
Over the world shame
Into our lives its shadow came

Why didn't I stay
With her beauty near Calgary Bay

She was my sweetheart the love of my life
I'd like to think I was more than just a light
In the night
In the pale blue moonlight

You don't want to know about tears that don't dry
Don't you think I can't see without tears in my eyes
Looking back, from the south to the light on Calgary bay

And over the world change
Over the world shame
Into our lives, its shadows came

She'd shown me the river and she showed me the mountains high
She'd shown me the light
She showed me the life
That could have been mine
She didn't know that I was riddled with doubt

Finding my way again
Back to Calgary bay
It's going to be fine again
The beauty there we will find again

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from The Pale Blue Moonlight, released May 1, 2019

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Stephen Harrison UK

Stephen Harrison is a singer/songwriter in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was a member of post-punk band Metropak in 1978/9. He has been releasing new material since then and his latest album (his tenth solo album) was released in May 2019, and called 'The Pale Blue Moonlight'. He is interested in writing strong haunting melodies in harmony with lyrics that balance the personal and the universal. ... more

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