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In my grandmother's immense library of paperbacks at her beach house, there was a book called "The Moon's A Balloon" by David Niven. I read it one summer as a kid, and maintained a lifelong love of the actor/author. Didn't realize until later that he snatched the title phrase from e e cummings. And so it goes...

This is an oldie that I've record a few times previously over the years, but never felt it got the feel quite right. This is, I suppose, the "big" version, and now I'm thinking it might do well with a "small" version. Don't hold your breath, but we shall see.

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The moon's a balloon
That's what David Niven said...

I touched the sky with my hands
I grabbed the sky and took it home
I put it in a bottle next to the salt & pepper
So I can look at it when I eat

Everyone says what's said is said
But I've got some of the air that you talked into

I kissed the sun with my lips
I licked the sun with my tongue
I swallowed it down into my stomach
'Cause I saw you do the same

When anyone says the weather's bad out
I think about how it felt to kiss your lips & mouth
How it felt to kiss your mouth

The moon's a balloon
The moon's a balloon
e e cummings
e e cummings

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from Staying Home to Make Music To Stay Home To, released July 24, 2020

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The Marble Tea Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey

Drawing mandalas and watching Captain Kangaroo...that's pretty much what it's like in here. I enjoy writing songs about my cats and cartoon insects, but I'm also fond of feeling up the tentacles that lead to the oneness of existence. That's the Marble Tea experience.

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