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WEST OF EDEN is a new song from Pietra Wexstun & Hecate's Angles + bonus track SILENCE from "Saints & Scoundrels". Thank you for your support of independent music!
WEST OF EDEN (for Eden Ahbez)
Amid the rocks and granite pools
There lived a merry band of fools
Or so it would appear
Mystic moments they would share
The sun the moon, the sea, the air
Their rhythm and their flow
Would guide them high above the fray
The hopeless hearts, the suits of gray
Eden Ahbez he would say
I may look crazy but it's they
Who are the crazy ones
These streets are lined with broken dreams
Haunted looks and silent screams
But I have found the way
To eat the fruits of Mother Earth
To fill my days with joy and mirth
And hope one day they'll say
He guided them high above the fray
The hopeless hearts, the suits of gray
Eden Ahbez he would say
I may look crazy but it's they
Who are the crazy ones
words & music by Pietra Wexstun
c & p Queenie Pie Music bmi
A440 Records
West Of Eden (for Eden Ahbez)
A new song by Pietra Wexstun and Hecate's Angels
Words & music by Pietra Wexstun
C & P queenie pie music bmi
A440 Records / Album Artwork: KRK Ryden
EDEN AHBEZ : George Alexander Aberle, known as Eden Ahbez April 15, 1908 – March 4, 1995), was an American songwriter and recording artist of the 1940s to 1960s, whose lifestyle in California was influential on the hippie movement. He was known to friends simply as Ahbe.
Lyrics: West of Eden
Amid the rocks and granite pools
There lived a merry band of fools
Or so it would appear
Mystic moments they would share
The sun the moon, the sea, the air
Their rhythm and their flow
Would guide them high above the fray
The hopeless hearts, the suits of gray
Eden Ahbez he would say
I may look crazy but it's they
Who are the crazy ones
These streets are lined with broken dreams
Haunted looks and silent screams
But I have found the way
To eat the fruits of Mother Earth
To fill my days with joy and mirth
And hope one day they'll say
He guided them high above the fray
The hopeless hearts, the suits of gray
Eden Ahbez he would say
I may look crazy but it's they
Who are the crazy ones
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Ahbez composed the song "Nature Boy," which became a No. 1 hit for eight weeks in 1948 for Nat "King" Cole. Living a bucolic life from at least the 1940s, he traveled in sandals and wore shoulder-length hair and beard, and white robes. He camped out below the first L in the Hollywood Sign above Los Angeles and studied Oriental mysticism. He slept outdoors with his family, ate vegetables, fruits, and nuts. He claimed to live on three dollars per week.
Lyrics: West of Eden
Amid the rocks and granite pools
There lived a merry band of fools
Or so it would appear
Mystic moments they would share
The sun the moon, the sea, the air
Their rhythm and their flow
Would guide them high above the fray
The hopeless hearts, the suits of gray
Eden Ahbez he would say
I may look crazy but it's they
Who are the crazy ones
These streets are lined with broken dreams
Haunted looks and silent screams
But I have found the way
To eat the fruits of Mother Earth
To fill my days with joy and mirth
And hope one day they'll say
He guided them high above the fray
The hopeless hearts, the suits of gray
Eden Ahbez he would say
I may look crazy but it's they
Who are the crazy ones
credits
released February 25, 2018
Pietra Wexstun: VCs, Keyboards, Electronics
Stan Ridgway: Guitar, chants
Bruce Zelesnik: Drums, Percussion. chants
Bill Blatt: Bass
Jeffrey Grennan: Flute
Lazlo Vickers: Cello
Song by Pietra Wexstun
C & P queenie pie music bmi
Stan Ridgway & Pietra WexstunLos Angeles, California
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