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Old Mother Moon

from LITTLE EYES by Ed Askew

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Old Mother Moon caries a spoon across a table.
She couldn't go away. She had to stay.
She came to soon. We didn't know the day.
She was to arrive at five.

Old Father Sky looked at me in the eyes.
He couldn't see much of me.
Meadows and mice do not survive
under the spell of a diamond knife,

Old Mother Time caries a dial.
She couldn't tell what time to cry.
She wondered why all of the lights
had gotten so bright.

Old Mother Time caries a dial
She couldn't tell what time to cry.
She wondered why all of the lights
had gotten so bright.

Once in a while some of the children would
Tell the Father Sun he couldn't have won.
The father tried to tell the mother some,
some of the times he'd made up his mind.

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from LITTLE EYES, released April 26, 2017

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The singer-songwriter / painter moved to New York for a few months in 1967 where he met Bernard Stollman of ESP-Disk, who offered him a contract. Between 1968 and 1986, Ed lived, mostly, in New Haven; doing occasional shows with his band, and later doing solo shows there. Around 1987, Ed moved to New York City, where he continues to write and record songs, and occasionally perform. ... more

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