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lyrics

Let me tell you the tale of Madame Moonshine;
A lady I dallied and danced with one time.
She’ll tear you to pieces, convince you you’re fine.
So I pray you heed this cautionary tale of mine.
They say she came from the Indies with secrets untold,
Of the merchant’s cabal into which she’d been sold.
She left each man bleeding out, alone in the cold
And on a clipper bound for London Town she stowed in the hold.

You swear you’ve known sorrows boy, you’ve been down that road?
Believe me you’ll soon reject all that you know.
She’ll poison your mind every time that you run to her call.

Shine, shine Lady Moonshine.
I pray don’t betray me sweet lady of mine.
You torment and torture me time after time.
Now I curse the day I learned the name Madame Moonshine.

When working as a clerk for a broker I’d heard
Of a private house where esoteric dark arts occurred;
Where the wealthiest gentry of the city were lured
And the boundaries of horror and pleasure were blurred.
Where the scent of the incense and opium burned,
With iniquitous deeds round each corner you turned.
And the Sanskrit and Aramaic carvings I’d learned
Spoke of ritual sacrifice where souls were returned.

But in this harem of contortionists, nymphs and freaks, the worst
Was the Priestess who held this un-heavenly curse.
To gaze through those emblazoning eyes, well your soul became hers.

Shine, shine Lady Moonshine.
I pray don’t betray me sweet lady of mine.
You torment and torture me time after time.
Now I curse the day I learned the name Madame Moonshine.

Like so many before me I fell under her spell,
Renouncing my colleagues and my family as well.
Entombed and imprisoned in her vision of hell,
And of the scenes I bore witness I do not care to tell.


But after decades of ritual sin, the remains
Of our souls and our sanity are forever stained.
But you’ll crawl back into her embrace again and again.

Shine, shine Lady Moonshine.
I pray don’t betray me sweet lady of mine.
You torment and torture me time after time.
Now I curse the day I learned the name Madame Moonshine.

credits

from We Sat Back and Watched it Unfold, released October 11, 2019
Produced by Sam Kelly with Chris Cleverley.
Mixed by Graham Coe and Sam Kelly at Cube Recording, Cornwall.
Mastered by Josh Clark at Get Real Audio.

Chris Cleverley - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
Evan Carson - Drums
Lukas Drinkwater - Bass
Marion Fleetwood - Violin, Viola
Graham Coe - Cello
Kim Lowings - Piano
Kathy Pilkinton - Backing Vocals

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Chris Cleverley was born under a solstice moon, in an aura of honeysuckle mysticism. He is among a new wave of pioneering artists carving an uncharted path through the UK acoustic landscape. Inspired by the Lo-FI Indie greats Elliott Smith & Sufjan Stevens, his ambient Dream-Folk songwriting pushes the boundaries and shatters the expectations of 21st Century acoustic music. ... more

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