Western Sky
"Western Sky" | |
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![]() California cover | |
Song by American Music Club from the album California | |
Released | 1988 |
Format | LP / CS / CD |
Length | 3:28 |
Label | Grifter Records/Frontier Records/Demon Records |
Writer(s) | Mark Eitzel |
Producer(s) | Tom Mallon |
California track listing | |
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"Western Sky" is the 10th song on American Music Club's second album, 1988’s California. Mark Eitzel recorded a live acoustic version for his 1991 Songs Of Love Live album, and a studio version re-made with Manolis Famellos and a group of Greek traditional musicians for 2003's The Ugly American.
Contents
Lyrics
Time for me to go away
I'll get a new name, I'll get a new face
Time for me to go away
No I don't belong in this place
But I'm not gonna ask you why
You think the parade has passed you by
Or if everything good is gone into the western sky
I hate to see you look that way
All the beauty has left your face
That's such an easy thing to give away
That's impossible to replace
So I'll take you in my two weak hands
And I'll throw you so high
Just to watch you fall forever in the western sky
And when you land you'll turn into some kind of prize
Into somebody's sweet prize
I won't see you no more
Who am I to rate that high
The world's a shadow of what went before
The world gives off none of its own light
So please be happy baby
And please don't cry
Even though the parade has passed us by
Well you can still see it shining in the western sky
So why won't you stop crying
You can still see it shining
Video
American Music Club performing "Western Sky" on October 10, 2008 at the Viper in Florence, Italy.
Mark Eitzel performing "Western Sky" on January 25, 2013 at Knust in Hamburg, Germany.
Personnel
American Music Club
- Mark Eitzel - vocals, guitars
- Danny Pearson - bass
- Vudi - guitar, accordion
- Tom Mallon - drums, producer, engineer
Others
- Bruce Kaphan - pedal steel
Also appears on
- United Kingdom & California CD
- Songs Of Love Live Mark Eitzel - live version
- Johnny Mathis' Feet promo Live version
- 1984-1995
- A Toast To You Live version
- The Ugly American Mark Eitzel - alternate version
- Atwater Afternoon Rehearsal
- The Konk Sessions Mark Eitzel - live version
- Our First Trip to Nottingham Live version
- Solo Acoustic Live 2005-2007 Mark Eitzel - live version