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Moonlit Beach

by Jan Dylan Hunter

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This is probably the 2nd full song I ever wrote around 1986 with an intro, verse, chorus, bridge and outro. The lyrcis were always fluid, changing with whatever was important to me at the time. The latest incarnation is now brought into the physical universe and very real to me.

The guitar used was a Dean Boca 12.

I would like to dedicate this song to Eva Schrank, a friend's daughter that recently passed away far too soon.

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Your eyes were like lighthouse beacons
At once I remember them twice
Sparkling intelligence, humor and delight
Piercing through the coastal fog on a Moonlit beach in July
To rest here like physical impressions I feel them and I sigh

Wash away like Footsteps
Footsteps in the sand

Walk on into your glory
And dance like only you can
Boldly with your life’s story
Wrapped softly around you as a blanket can
Waking in Eternal Oceans, roaming free as a whale
Swimming through the Expanse, then sleeping in the sand

Bleached bones and driftwood
Signs of lives we had

Black feathers unfolded out that carried you so high
Swept out to scan the landscapes and soar around those evening skies
Now landed you couldn’t have planned it much worse if you’d tried
To wander through the olive groves until you reach the amber light

Now I sit on this moonlit beach the waves they speak to me
(Just listen)
All is well in the universe anyway it was never rehearsed
A dance of fools on the stage but who’s watching
The audience sleeps and the playwright’s laughing
Drunk with light on this moonlit night
I can taste the salt of the truths I’ve swallowed
Let it go - fade away
Fade away I say
Away into the gray
Into the gray
And be.
Be.

(Note: This next verse is not included in this version):

Colors spread from brush to canvas in paintings through your soul
Strong lines refined from culture and heritage before
We never knew the what you went through but 22 was too damn soon
To fall so far into such dark
There was love for you
Its too damn soon

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released October 23, 2022

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Jan Dylan Hunter Santa Rosa, California

I play all the instruments on all my recordings unless otherwise noted, my main tools being guitar, keyboard and percussion.

I grew up in the Virgin Islands where I learned steel pan, percussion and clarinet.

Since then living in other states like California exposed me to more culture. Recent trips throughout Europe and the US have also really widened my musicabulary.
-Still taking it all in. ... more

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