"Blue Muse" genre: Acoustic
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	"Blue Muse" is an acoustic blues in waltz time; it's lyrics take the form of a poem of praise to the cool permanence of the moon, and the sense of wonder that heavenly body has always inspired in the songwriter, even at times of lowest possible tide.
	MP3.com CD: Whitman's Sampler - buy it! MP3.com CD: lifeboat - buy it! CD: Lifeboat   Label: Raven Records Credits: written by Hal Shows; produced by Hal Shows with David Murphy for the 1995 CD Lifeboat. Jeff James, drums; David Murphy, Bass and Accordion; Hal Shows, guitars and vocals.
	Story Behind the Song This song was written on the ocean near St. Augustine, Florida. It ias basically a song about moonrise over the sea, and the writer's desire to get on with his life. The song was recorded in Suwannee, FL, overdubbed in Tallahassee, mixed in Athens, GA., and finally remastered with Pete Humphreys in Philadelphia. Lyrics Ah, blue muse Ah, my blue muse sea-shine so nothing can shake me no memory unmake me nor anyone new in your glow what's gone is forgiven and what's left is the living I'll always be true rise solo over the ocean turning tides to your motion in a halo of dew

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