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Losing the Moon

by Gary "MoFilker" Hanak

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Eighth completed song for as yet untitled fifth album. This track (as with all the others) has not been mastered yet, so there may be changes to it before the album comes out, when e'er that may be.

This one was born during a fit of pique I was having regarding what I considered to be a lack of foresight in our leaders about the space program, as well as the general lack of sense those leaders were exhibiting regarding science in general. It has not improved under the current administration...

Picture this one being sung by an old wandering minstrel to a group of raggedly dressed children gathered around a large community fire in an obviously decrepit former city or town...

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Losing the Moon
Gary "MoFilker" Hanak
Key: Bm

((started Sept 2011. )
(First version Sept 2013, performed at OVFF. )
(Revised for BandCamp release July 2020. ))

Come quietly, children, and gather around
And I'll tell you a tale of a land of renown
That once was proud and great and rich and
Free...
From horses, carts, and stables it grew
To the greatest power the world ever new
And all in just a couple of
Centuries...

Glorious cities they built, mighty buildings constructed
And the world in the ways of science instructed
And like gods they rode upon a rocket's
Flare...
But then they grew smug, and worse, indolent
Forgot all the things from those hard lessons learnt
And they lost it all because they ceased to
Care...

chorus:
A tale I'll tell you. It might make you grieve
But you need to remember that what you believe
Defines who you are, what you value, and where your paths
Lead...
Remember the land the atom once mastered
The land led the world in so many ways that mattered
Remember, you makers of fortune, you doers of
Deeds...

Way back in nineteen sixty-nine
When wars were cold and tensions high
They journeyed to Luna and walked upon its
Face...
Six times they went, six times they departed
Never thinking to stay--build on what they had started,
They just left...But others soon came to take their
Place...

While the land went to look, others went to stay
From the bases they built and mag rails they laid
Iron shells struck the land from sea to shining
Sea...
Soon its cities were gone, its structure in ruins
Others had the high ground, others had the influence
And the land as it was forever ceased to
Be...

chorus:
A tale I'll tell you. It might make you grieve
But you need to remember that what you believe
Defines who you are, what you value, and where your paths
Lead...
Remember the land was once held as a beacon
That showed a whole world what a free folk could become
Remember, you makers of fortune, you doers of
Deeds...

Once the land was the world's greatest power
Now the sight of the moon in the sky makes them cower
They chose to ride the turnpike, but refused to pay the
Toll...
Due to hubris, pride and ego, their dreams they abandoned
Didn't ask why they'd fallen so low--never fathomed
That in life, it's more about the journey than the
Goal...

chorus:
A tale I'll tell you. It might make you grieve
But you need to remember that what you believe
Defines who you are, what you value, and where your paths
Lead...
Remember that your land once journeyed to space
And advanced the state of the whole human race
Remember, you makers of fortune, you doers of
Deeds...

Remember, you makers of fortune, you doers of
Deeds...

Believe that, you makers of fortune...
you doers of
Deeds...

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released August 24, 2020

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Gary "MoFilker" Hanak St. Louis, Missouri

Old person. Sings and plays guitar, piano, bass, accordion, and programs drums, sorta

Writes originals and parodies.
Currently there are four albums out there, with two more as a gleam in the eye.

Filk Hall of Fame awardee, winner of a Pegasus, and an invited music guest in St Louis, San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto, and Columbus. So far.

And, plays around St Louis in the live music scene.
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