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Written primarily at Holden Village. Moonrise over Copper Basin in the Railroad Creek Valley of the North Cascades brings out the mystic in most everyone. (Holden Village/ Minneapolis, MN—1984/2012)

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Up on the ridge the sky is shinin'
It's 12:15, the moon is risin';
Under the bridge the creek keeps runnin’,
Runnin' away from the sun.

Straight as a prayer from the heart of a deer,
As light from a star or as year follows year.
Swift as a river runs to the sea
Morning will circle the east.

So sing your song to the moon tonight
Dance your dance in its mystical light.
Lift up your eyes, lift up the earth,
Lift up your heart at its birth.

All of the spirits move through the mine,
Stir through the mountain, and slip through the pines,
Pulled like the tides by this lonely light,
Pulled as we are in the night.

So sing your song to the moon tonight;
(from Railroad Creek)
Dance your dance in its mystical light.
(to Copper Peak)
Lift up your eyes, lift up the earth;
(from the footbridge)
Lift up your heart at its birth.
(to Marten Ridge)

So sing your song to the moon tonight;
(from Railroad Creek)
Dance your dance in its mystical light.
(to Copper Peak)
Lift up your eyes, lift up the earth;
(from the footbridge)
Lift up your heart at its birth.
(to Marten Ridge)

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from Beguiled World, released July 17, 2012
Tim Gustafson: Acoustic / electric guitars, and vocal
John Helgen: Accordion
Dave Michel: Second vocal
Paul Odenbach: Lead guitar

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Tim Gustafson Moline, Illinois

I have been writing and playing Americana--sometimes bluesy, sometimes rockish, sometimes jazz-inflected folk--since before it was called "Americana." I don't know where songs come from, or how or why they emerge. But here they are. I hope you enjoy them. ... more

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