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Footprints on the Moon

from The Slight Variations by Jono Manson

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Footprints on the Moon
Words and Music by Jono Manson 
When I was only eight years old, I woke one summer night
So I could watch the images in blurry back and white
The Zenith broadcast shadows that danced around the room 
As astronauts made history and footprints on the moon

And we did rise up, rise up
Lifting into flight
We did rise up
Burning through the night

In the moment of our triumph, in our finest hour 
At the apex of our glory and our fearsome power
Turning homewards we did lift off, leaving golf balls on the dunes
And our great flag proudly flying over footprints on the moon

And we did rise up, rise up
Lifting into flight
We did rise up
Burning through the night

And as the tides roll out and in, great cities rise and grow
The heavens gaze down silently at progress down below
With the tallest towers set ablaze, our fiddle plays its tune
Drifting ever upwards, past footprints on the moon

And we did rise up, rise up
Lifting into flight
We did rise up
Burning through the night

When the waters have all risen and life begins anew
The earth will keep on spinning, beautiful and blue
When our song has ended and our race is run too soon
Leaving nothing but a shadow and footprints on the moon

We will rise up. rise up
Lifting into flight
We will rise up
Burning through the night

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from The Slight Variations, released October 14, 2016

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Jono Manson Santa Fe, New Mexico

"Manson attacks the high art of low-rent songcraft with a paid assassin’s precision.”- No Depression Magazine

"...instant-grabber hooks and smartly constructed riffs, shiny melodies and warm harmonies, confident, seductive vocal performances and intelligent, relatable story lines." - Relix Magazine

"Jono Manson has arrived as a legend at album number ten." - American Songwriter Magazine
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