Friends of La Cuadra, here’s a new song, Grifter Moon, by Matthew Grimm from his upcoming, but as yet unnamed album. For more of his music, visit either www.redsmear.com or hie thee to YouTube for some songs from his once and future band, The Hangdogs. His album with Red Smear can be purchased here.
Grifter Moon by Matthew Grimm
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Yeah, you’re pretty, but so was Ava Gardner
And she lured men unto mutually assured immolation
You just hang up there doing nothing for anyone
Except making the tides and impossible expectations
And you’re an enigma like a Robert Mitchum tough guy
One evening cold, aloof, the next a shining knight
Battered by fate or cosmic whimsy
Ever seeking shadow with the dawn’s new light
Grifter moon like a come-hither Cheshire smile
Grifter moon a magic mirror of every hope in the world
Enchanting the lonely like a b-girl But if she
looks up tonight, make her happy if just for a little while
You’re a flame to a moth like a Linda Darnell glare
However cold to our attentions, we can’t look away
Composed of light and shadow, dream and desolation
You’re a bygone goddess, you’re ravishing cliche
Yeah, you’re timeless, like a Jules Dassin movie
Up there reminding us you’ll be here when we’re gone
And the night behind you goes on forever even beyond
The stars we vainly wish upon
Grifter moon like a come-hither Cheshire smile
Grifter moon a magic mirror of every hope in the world
Enchanting the lonely like a b-girl But if she
looks up tonight, make her happy if just for a little while
Thanks, Banger. Beautiful.