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VIEW FROM THE MOON

by Clayton Joseph Scott

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"Return to innocence" There’s an old man weeping in a parking lot Tin cans in the alley All the doors are locked The night is electric Shooting up in the dark Spider webs weave up and down his arms Smokes a cigarette down to the nub Tries to remember the feeling love Every single sound his night is on fire indigo tattoos plutonium desires Was it ignorance? Or indifference his was a human life May he return, to innocence Cracks in the pavement on easy street Broken glass shatters images and dreams No more baseball games The town retired Retreat into the bedroom Blue screens lies Simulcast blasts too big to ignore Not another man will Walk through these doors The cathedrals have crumbled The empire fell Don’t need no mortar for a digital cell Was it ignorance? Don’t make sense The blueprint We Covent May we return to innocence to innocence to innocence to innocence His diamond mind rusts the hands of a child Don’t feel the warmth of a mothers arms Slips back again Just a box on a form to small to notice To real to ignore His face tell the story Each line earned In the belly of the dragon Wields a sword of the world Screams for mercy But ears will ignore Just a catalogue number at the city morgue It was ignorance and indifference his was human life No forgiveness No redemption No jury, No judge No sentence I said there’s no forgiveness No redemption No jury, No judge No sentence When we return to innocence
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View from the moon Shining down like gold Reveals the secrets Her blue water holds Rise to lie above it She cut scars in my hands To reveal the blood of hatred Sown deep in every man Deep in Every Man Yeah, yeah, yeah View from the moon I’m Free from the disease It’s so quiet the silence Crashes down on me Coughs up these ashes The sum of one man’s fears Now we seek the sacred, Cleaned by our mothers tears Cleaned by our mothers And I sing Oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh Oh oh And the Earth moves in chapters Beyond the hopes and laughter and the sky broke and the sun fell What stories will our children tell About lighting and thunder The fire’s her lover and Her night screams like voodoo yes I watch it all from the moon Well, the Earth moves in chapters Beyond the hopes and laughter and the sky broke and the sun fell What stories will our children tell About lighting and thunder Yes the fire is her lover and Her night screams like voodoo I watch it all from the moon And sing Whoah - oh oh Whoah oh oh oh Whoah oh oh oh Whoah oh oh oh view from the moon I will not lose you view from the moon Where our memories all fade We'll resurrect her body Risen from the grave Planted these mountains That sprouted like a spark Now she spins naked Dancing through the dark Dancing through the dark Dancing through the dark Dancing through the dark
3.
Beautiful Struggle Washes her Hands Tired and Broken she sufferers in silence a beautiful struggle Wonders out loud, Is this what life’s all about? She drowns out the sound Nicotine and booze In a real pinch something harder will do Searching for answers in gods in saints in gurus Whoo Whoo Whoo What can I do? Lost and lonely don’t know if i’m gonna get through She sing Whoa Whoa Whoa What can I say? Never imagined my Life Would turn out this way Eager and restless wants more from this life She stares out the window it’s a cold dark night Hands are shaky, In need of a sign Tell me is this the result of your dreams? The dancer the piano player in bell bottomed jeans Fully obscene an American dream She said Whoo Whoo Whoo What can I do? Lost and lonely don’t know if i’m gonna get through? she sings Whoa Whoa Whoa What can I say? Never imagined my Life Would turn out this way Oh Life Such a beau Oh Life Such a beau Oh Life Such a beau Oh Life Such a beautiful struggle I sing Whoo Whoo Whoo
4.
New laced shoes tap time on the floor They don’t move like the old boots I once wore Butterflies are changing so Maybe I’m changing too Caterpillars turn to Butterflies in big cocoons If I had wings I would spread them far and wide circle ‘round the moon reaching for the sky If caterpillars fly Just imagine what I’ll do When you learn to walk When you learn to walk When you learn to walk in your new shoes Small child’s hands slowly sew They don’t move like old grandmas hands know Children will all grow up but We remain children the same Grandmas says soon She’ll be a child once again If I could go back, and sit on grandmas bed I’d tell her she was right when she said All babies cry And one day will die too Just like a butterfly leaving the cacoon
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graceland 05:36
The Mississippi Delta Was shining like a national guitar I am following the river Down the highway Through the cradle of the Civil War I'm going to Graceland, Graceland Memphis, Tennessee I'm going to Graceland Poor boys and pilgrims with families And we are going to Graceland My traveling companion is nine years old He is the child of my first marriage But I've reason to believe We both will be received In Graceland She comes back to tell me she's gone As if I didn't know that As if I didn't know my own bed As if I'd never noticed The way she brushed her hair from her forehead And she said, "losing love Is like a window in your heart Everybody sees you're blown apart Everybody sees the wind blow" Ooh, ooh, ooh In Graceland, in Graceland Memphis Tennessee, Im going to graceland For reasons I cannot explain There's some part of me wants to see Graceland And my traveling companions Are ghosts and empty sockets I'm looking at ghosts and empties But I've reason to believe We all will be received In Graceland There is a girl in New York City Who calls herself the human trampoline And sometimes when I'm falling, flying Or tumbling in turmoil I say "Whoa, so this is what she means" She means we're bouncing into Graceland And I see losing love Is like a window in your heart Well, everybody sees you're blown apart Everybody feels the wind blowin strong Whoa, oh, oh In Graceland, in Graceland, Memphis Tennessee, I'm going to Graceland And I may be obliged to defend Every love, every ending Or maybe there's no obligations now Maybe I've a reason to believe We all will be received In Graceland I'm going to Graceland I'm going to Graceland I'm going to Graceland I'm going to Graceland

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VIEW FROM THE MOON an EP by Clayton Joseph Scott was written and produced in Southern Oregon during the COVID - 19 pandemic. The vision was to create a soundtrack to the lockdown experience that was stripped down and thoughtful.

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released October 22, 2021

Written and performed by Clayton Joseph Scott

Production:
Aaron Reed and Clayton Joseph Scott

Musicians:
Clayton Joseph Scott: Acoustic Guitar and Lead Vocals
Aaron Reed: Lead Guitars, Keys, Vocal Harmonies, Drums and Percussion
Austin Nicholsen: Bass
Bob Evonuik: Dobro

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Clayton Joseph Scott Ashland, Oregon

Clayton Joseph Scott was born in Venice Beach, CA. He began his music career at the age of two when his father bought him a guitar and the “Born in the USA” vinyl by Bruce Springsteen. Troubadours like Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, and Bob Marley, served as the soundtracks of Clayton’s youth, and the art of story telling through song became an idea that shapes his music to this day. ... more

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