Name: Smoke and Mirrors
Duration: P00H03M36S
Description: This is one of five tunes from the upcoming EP Two Dogs One Bone. KME! Woof!

Smoke and Mirrors

by Ken Moss

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Rob Moss Ken makes simple yet lush arrangements that serve his lyrics. Nothing unnecessary but everything that matters. Achieving that balance is harder than it seems. Excellence in songcrafting.

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This is one of five tunes from the upcoming EP Two Dogs One Bone. KME! Woof!

lyrics

In a place pretty and dark
With a thin sliver of light
At times the air is thick
With smoke and mirrors

Glass is on the ground
The whole thing’s coming down
Wondering when the bus is coming
The blue sky is overhead

I hopped a train to get here
I thought about taking a car
Walked quite a ways
Walked real far

Don’t remember where I drove her
To the next county over
Somewhere covered
In clover

I was her lover
We had our inside jokes
We kept our secrets
from all the other folks

We began to think the same thoughts
Yeah we thought alike
We were each other’s North Star
Waiting for a lightning strike

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released January 22, 2024
All instruments, recording, vocals by KM.
Mixing and mastering by Bart Thurber.
Artwork by Robin Burchill.

Song(s) written and published by Kenneth Moss © & ℗ 2023, Kenneth Moss, BMI.
All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction or duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

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Ken Moss Los Angeles, California

In 1979, I came to DC from LA and formed the band Acrylix, during the New Wave/Punk Rock scare of the period. After Acrylix folded in 1987, I kept at it, in bands Shocko Bottom, 7 Door Sedan, and Laughing Sam (with Tom Lyle of GI). For the past 10+ years, I have been The Ken Moss Experience. I contributed guitar on Rob Moss’ excellent Red Beans and Gasoline. I am now back in LA. ... more

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