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Flowers On The Moon

by Neil Nathan

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1.
In the season when we walked When the leaves were falling off The sky above so crystal clear Like our feelings, oh so dear But like the leaves on those trees Our time would not be spared In all the seasons past since then I’ve thought of you, my one true friend I’ve thought of you and what we shared Of all the things I left back there But like the leaves on those trees Our time would not be spared Solo Did you know we’d end up here Did you know we’d end up here Did you think we disappeared Did you think we disappeared Right now I see heaven in your eyes I must be dead Like the leaves on those trees We’re gone and back again
2.
Like catching a memory A flash and it’s gone Forget all your enemies Forget all that’s wrong They’re coming around again Must be summertime To light up the night again Song of the firefly Through twinkling explosions A lightning bug stares You try to control him He don’t seem to care They’re coming around again Must be summertime To light up the sky again Song of the firefly Childhoods and green grass Hot, sticky air Innocent feelings Innocent prayers The wind blows so gently The day disappears As twilight approaches So go my fears They’re coming around again Must be summertime To light up the night again Song of the firefly
3.
Oh how I long for those warm soft breezes The hot dogs, the popcorn, the beer, and the peanuts Some seasons we lost, yeah we took quite a beating But came back the next year to win what a feeling And I’ll miss how you taught me to love this game And I’ll miss how you taught me to pitch, not to aim How no two innings are ever the same How the game’s never over as long as you play And it still isn’t over ya know Cuz there’s a diamond in the sky Where they’ll play for you and I Where the lights they shine so bright Where we’ll root all through the night That little league game where the scouts came down But I couldn’t find the strike zone and ran from the mound As I cried like a babe, you said son there’s no hurry Your grace under pressure will come, don’t you worry You’re the goat one day but the next day redeemed You can pick yourself up and move on from defeat Yeah your failure just lasts ‘til your next at bat And life can be hard, but as simple as that And it never is over ya know Cuz there’s a diamond in the sky Where you’ll pitch to me this time Where the sun it shines so bright Where you’ll throw only strikes There’s a diamond in the sky Where they’ll play for you and I Where the lights they shine so bright Where we’ll root all through the night
4.
All this death and destruction All the ashes in embers have died Sitting softly’s a sickness We can amplify the places we hide Cracks are growing in Graceland All my madrigal secrets and signs Every promise a victim Every knowing nod hollow with lies Trace a rose, eaten in course Disappear, burning a horse Hold a clear, beaten by force Light a tear, burning a horse Fate is hidden in hillsides Buried deep beneath silicone signs I will never surrender To those playmates with alcohol eyes Trace a rose, eaten in course Disappear, burning a horse Hold a clear, beaten by force Light a tear, burning a horse You are everything always You are handwritten notes on the door You are early on Fridays You are fires in winters of war Trace a rose, eaten in course Disappear, burning a horse Hold a clear, beaten by force Light a tear, burning a horse
5.
Flowers on the moon Born into this we boldly go Into the future where the rainbows glow To a world of wonders To a heaven sewn By the work of earthlings By the hands of Job Flying cars And Life on Mars A Peaceful universe Green machines And tambourines And songs of our re birth No poverty or hunger Goodbye to hell on earth hello to flowers on the moon hello to flowers on the moon We are here now We have become The luminaries that will seed our souls That make us bloom That make us bold Just like the flowers On our heavenly home Flying cars And Life on Mars A Peaceful universe Green machines And tambourines And songs of our re birth No poverty or hunger Goodbye to hell on earth So Freeze my body and my mind when I die And don’t dare wake me until the time is right No press allowed to enter Just you by candlelight Don’t want no cure pursued Cause this now is nothing new I just want to walk with you through flowers on the moon flowers on the moon flying cars and life on mars dream machines and tambourines and me and you through flowers on the moon
6.
Further 05:03
Send another signal to the spheres A beacon to your resonating peer An echo through the centuries The now and then, the in between A message from your time here, where, and when And you fly Further on to find And you roam Further to your home To the sound that only you can hear To the crown you reach for, but you fear To the siren, to the call The beating heart of one and all Beyond the safety of your harbor here And you fly Further on to find And you roam Further to your home solo To the power only you can wield Through the infinite magnetic field It’s the dharma of the sun Burning bright until it’s done To live again as something new and dear And you fly Farther on to find And you roam Further to your home
7.
sun goes down through the hills in faith trees sway in a way that’s true our home town is a warm embrace I’m not alone I watch the days with you don't forget me when they take me don't forget me when i'm gone i surrendered to your love so tender i will be forever in your arms i don't know how the four winds blow i don't know enough to say but when they do i know that i'll miss you when they carry me away don't forget me when they take me don't forget me when i'm gone i surrendered to your love so tender i will be forever in your arms I will be forever in your arms I will be forever in your arms
8.
Sugar Man 03:00
Sugar Man Won't ya hurry Cause I'm tired of these scenes For a blue coin Won't ya bring back All those colors to my dreams Silver magic ships, you carry Jumpers, coke, sweet Mary Jane Sugar Man Met a false friend On a lonely, dusty road Lost my heart When I found it It had turned to dead, black coal Silver magic ships, you carry Jumpers, coke, sweet Mary Jane Sugar Man Sugar Man You're the answer That makes my questions disappear Sugar Man Cause I'm weary Of all those double games I hear Silver magic ships, you carry Jumpers, coke, sweet Mary Jane Sugar Man
9.
Me and Jim 04:31
I woke up late one night with a voice inside my head An alien was standing right beside my bed He shook my hand and said hello my name is Jim We walked into my den and there I sat with him We both had tea and crumpets and talked of outer space I asked him if there was a difference in our race He said no one here gets out alive He said we both live and then we die I was invited to go up with Jim to space And in his flying saucer, we went on our way We jumped to light speed and it all began to blur The universe before us so gorgeous in starlight bursts But no one here gets out alive We all live and then we die This close encounter of the fifth kind was my birth The wisdom that Jim gave me was infinite in worth We visit often and we laugh so hard it hurts The divine comedy is the same in space as earth Because no one here gets out alive We all live and then we die
10.
Beautiful my daughter, such a gorgeous smiling face Filled with so much wonder, so much joy, and so much grace This world I brought you into, such a dark and scary place Filled with so much sorrow, so much pain, so much disgrace Oh it’s a hateful world it’s a jealous world it’s a cold and ugly world it’s a vicious world it’s a violent world it’s a wicked wicked world Beautiful my daughter, you know this is not the case Filled with so much love and so much light is the human race This world you bring me into through the warmth of your embrace Filled with so much laughter, you show me this magic place oh It’s a caring world It’s a peaceful world It’s a very giving world oh it’s a prescious world it’s a fruitful world it’s a blessed blessed world And when I tuck you into bed at night And I pull you close to say That I feel so blessed to be by your side For another golden day Then you look at me with your eyes so bright And I know it’s gonna be okay I see all the soldiers hear the bullets flying round You see all the flowers hear the humming birds zoom round i see it’s almost over yes the wreckage of this land you see a four leaf clover and a fate that’s beyond man oh It’s a foolish world It’s a hopeless world It’s a godforsaken world But it’s a brilliant world It’s an awesome world It’s a whole and perfect world Yes it’s a seething world It’s a bloody world It’s a wicked wicked world But it’s a loving world It’s a joyous world It’s a blessed blessed world
11.
It Goes On 03:22
Why and how and when and now Here and there and everywhere I know And so it goes So far, so close Just out of reach A bit too deep No truth to find Just living blind And on, and on, and on Who and what and when in doubt Up and down and all around I know And so it goes So far, so close Just out of reach A bit too deep No truth to find Just living blind And on, and on, and on Solo And so it goes So far, so close Just out of reach A bit too deep No truth to find Just living blind And on, and on, and on

about

Since emerging in 2008 with his folky cover of ELO’s “Do Ya” – which earned the praise of its legendary composer Jeff Lynne and was included on the Showtime hit “Californication” – the multi-faceted artist Neil Nathan (neilnathan.com) has made an art form out of joyfully schizophrenic record making, jumping seamlessly from genre to genre (blistering rock to gentle acoustic pop).

Praised by UK music and film magazine No Ripcord, as “the bastard stepchild of Jackson Browne and David Bowie,” the NYC singer-songwriter releases his new ethereal, acoustic LP, ‘Flowers on the Moon,’ on April 28. Recorded in Brooklyn and Atlanta, the tracks have been compared to everyone from Cat Stevens, Neil Young, The Byrds and Seals & Crofts to Robert Plant, Flaming Lips, The Kinks, Band of Horses and My Morning Jacket.

Neil beautifully describes the overall vibe that evolved as the project took shape. “Life is short. Art is long. That about sums up the theme of my new record ‘Flowers on the Moon.’ The quote is attributed to Hippocrates, the father of medicine, and this record has been a kind of medicine for me, a healing meditation on the fleeting nature of life. While recording it, I lost my father, and it features a tune I wrote for him and his love of baseball and the Detroit Tigers, ‘Diamond in the Sky.’ The theme of impermanence flows through each song: relationships, seasons, life, death.”

Neil continues his fascination with the Motor City, and includes his cover of Detroit Singer Songwriter Rodriguez’s Sugar Man on the album. Holger Brockman, the DJ who broke the song in Australia in 1975 approves, "Neil's version is great!"

Neil also recorded his debut LP, The Distance Calls in Detroit Rock City. Produced by Garage Rock Hero Bobby Harlow (King Tuff, The Go), it featured musicians from Queens of the Stone Age, The Dead Weather, The Go, King Tuff, and Detroit Cobras. The album’s track “California Run” was featured on ESPN and NHL Network, and was spun live at San Francisco Giants games. Neil’s former roommate, actress Rosario Dawson, guest starred in the music video.

Neil’s fiery follow-up, the power to the people concept LP, ‘Sweep The Nation,’ earned critical praise as a “scintillating master work” and a “crunchy hard rocking masterpiece,” and was called “Impressive” by both Magnet Magazine and Vinyl District. And Huffington Post called his claymation “Jumpstart” music video from the record, “a bizarre good time.”

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released April 28, 2017

Written by Neil Nathan
Produced by Neil Nathan & Riley McMahon
Additional Production by Deke Spears
Mixed by Deke Spears

Recorded by Riley McMahon @ New Warsaw Studio, Brooklyn, Deke Spears @ Glow In The Dark Studio, Atlanta, Jason Candler @ Maid’s Room, NYC, and Peter Rydberg @ 1935, South Philadelphia

Neil Nathan - Vocals
Riley McMahon - Guitars, Bass, Lap Steel, Piano, Organ, Percussion
Deke Spears - Guitars, Bass, Piano, Organ, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Ben Holst - Chinese Fiddle


c 2017 Still and All Music (ASCAP)
Sugar Man written by Sixto Rodriguez - Interior Music (BMI)
Burning A Horse written by Sam Jacobs

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Neil Nathan New York, New York

"Impressive." Vinyl District

"A warm, soulful voice, full of longing." Magnet Magazine

"A good time." Huffington Post

"A talent that cuts to & through the heart." Philadelphia Daily News

"A profound steward of great American folk-rock music." - Indie Band Guru

"There are few out there with this combo of energy & soulful songwriting, Matthew Sweet & Jeff Tweedy qualify." Powerpopaholic
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