１２９８：Moonlight feels right

スターバックは何と聞かれれば１００人が１００人カフェでしょうと答えるでしょう。

答えは、Starbuckという一発屋のバンド名。１９７６年夏主題の歌でヒットしたが、それで消えていった。

Afternoon Delight

と同じ運命。７６年の夏の加州ではこの２曲がいつもラジオ局から流れていたことを懐かしく記憶している。エッジウォーターのお陰で３５年ぶりに聞いた感じだ。

この曲は何となくぽやんとした曲で、途中、木管の響きが心地いい。

リリックもここに書きとどめておこう。

The wind blew some luck in my direction
I caught it in my hands today
I finally made a tricky French connection
You winked and gave me your okay
I'll take you on a trip beside the ocean
And drop the top at Chesapeake Bay
Ain't nothing like the sky to dose a potion
The moon'll send you on your way, ha-ha

Moonlight
Feels right
Moonlight
Feels right

We'll lay back and observe the constellations
And watch the moon smiling bright
I'll play the radio on Southern stations
'Cause Southern belles are hell at night
You say you came to Baltimore from Ole Miss
A class of 7-4 gold ring
The eastern moon looks ready for a wet kiss
To make the tide rise again, ha-ha

Moonlight
Feels right
Moonlight
Feels right

We'll see the sun come up on Sunday morning
And watch it fade the moon away
I guess you know I'm giving you a warning
'Cause me and moon are itching to play
I'll take you on a trip beside the ocean
And drop the top at Chesapeake Bay
Ain't nothing like the sky to dose a potion
The moon'll send you on your way, ha-ha

Moonlight
Feels right
Moonlight
Feels right
Moonlight
Feels right