Moon's Personal Compositions

Outer Space 1. Family Tree 2. Man & Woman 3. Quiet Life 4. Greater Things 5. Roaring 20s 6. Rural Scandal 7. The Thing About Crushes Is You Get Crushed 8. Sunday Service 9. Newspaper Headlines 10. Population: 653 11. Outer Space 12. Last Days 13. Epilogue Family Tree (verse 1) Shelby was cutting up a banana to put in her cornflakes Riley called her that morning to say he's back from the big city, he apologizes for being away he brought her back because she missed that warm bed and that short brown mess on top of his head Shelby feigned she was glad sometimes her son drove her mad why did it have to be this girl? the one whose mama was in jail preacher said she's going to hell Rita's husband never saw it coming that frying pan done all it can to do him in  but the judge didn't really care her lawyer said she wasn't all there she'll be out in time for the wedding but Shelby knows where this is heading a couple kids with a broken home their mama will leave her

Roaring 20s 1. Roaring 20s Roaring 20s (verse 1) it's usually treated as an end of life ritual clinging to the bit of youth that is residual a woman's getting older but a man he doesn't care should have saw it coming by the number or when that first strand of gray appeared in my dark hair everyone looks at you like you have their sympathy but if they knew anything about me they'd know, I wouldn't do it over again (chorus) that's the thing about looking back at your roaring twenties when you're nearing your thirties the stability is too nice to give up the ability to finally smile with a small bit of wealth and say something, anything, is finally yours or maybe even ours but not theirs and that feels like the best thing ever (end chorus) (verse 2) so maybe now I'm a grown up but I still feel like a kid being caught in the center was something I wish I had never did people take me serious but I can still be curious no rhyme or reason I'll just do what

Rural Scandal 1. Rural Scandal Rural Scandal (verse 1) the sheriff and the judge sat in the courthouse one midnight talking about how the judge had cancer of the bone and it's giving him quite a fright the sheriff tells the judge don't worry the judge replies that he's sorry but he won't be able to run next year for his seat in the county the sheriff starts to sweat the two of them have run this town since they first met and now it's falling into ruin (chorus) "well ain't that some shit" he says in his mind they managed to ruin everything and have a marvelous time but now he's got to leave it behind because the election's been rigged since it was his daddy's time (end chorus) (verse 2) that means no more money the judge said "it'll be fine trust me" but the sheriff had trust issues to begin with and it turns out he was right he must look like a real sight he's looking at everyone like they know the strongest man in this pl

Last Days 1. Last Days Last Days (verse 1) the raindrops on the window make me want to trace the glass today's a day where I think about past mistakes and think about what future has, the risks (chorus) maybe I tried to hard maybe I bet when I should have folded but if the life I want isn't mine to hold I can leave knowing I still had fun anyways until the last of my days (end chorus) (verse 2) I repeat key moments over and over in my head until they're gone nothing but ghosts of a memory of things I need to let go because they're too blurry (chorus) maybe I tried to hard maybe I bet when I should have folded but if the life I want isn't mine to hold I can leave knowing I still had fun anyways until the last of my days (end chorus) (bridge) try again and try as I must everything turns out to be a bust just being a man of love and lust isn't enough if it's your heart that can't trust (chorus) maybe I tried to hard maybe I bet when I should have folded but

Family Tree 1. Family Tree Family Tree (verse 1) Shelby was cutting up a banana to put in her cornflakes Riley called her that morning to say he's back from the big city, he apologizes for being away he brought her back because she missed that warm bed and that short brown mess on top of his head Shelby feigned she was glad sometimes her son drove her mad why did it have to be this girl? the one whose mama was in jail preacher said she's going to hell Rita's husband never saw it coming that frying pan done all it can to do him in  but the judge didn't really care her lawyer said she wasn't all there she'll be out in time for the wedding but Shelby knows where this is heading a couple kids with a broken home their mama will leave her grandkids alone (chorus) I guess that's part of being a mother you got to worry about this, that, and the other but why can't they love another? someone who will treat him better but the mama doesn't see what the son sees

Quiet Life 1. Quiet Life Quiet Life (verse 1) running into those old friends you ain't seen in awhile it's weird how nothing changed about this place besides those who continued to live in this space while I was gone now a stranger, possible danger because I got out and they stayed in (chorus) everything's still predictable everything's still laid out on the table the quiet life is still irresistible and for many to this day not doing much is okay it may make outsiders suspicious how none of these people have a wish living so content even if others left and went moved on to greater things (end chorus) (verse 2) out here in the middle of nowhere you don't gotta be there to know what's happening if you still have a tie to that land even if an outcast was banned you'd know what still happened because everyone's business is your one weakness (chorus) everything's still predictable everything's still laid out on the table the quiet life is still irres