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I was a boy in Pennsylvania and Florida when the space program started. I was nine years old when Neil Armstrong and then many others walked on the moon.
Early 2016 I was considering going to a local house concert with Mare Wakefield and Nomad. I was listening to the Mare Wakefield video playlist from concertsinyourhiome.com while reorganizing my computer/music room. When this song came up in the playlist, I stopped in my tracks and sat down to listen, after replaying this video seven times I knew I had to learn it. It's a perfect song to accompany a yoga flow class.

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Mare Wakefield and Nomad - The First Poet On The Moon
Words and music by Mare Wakefield and Kate Klim (Maresie Music, BMI)

[C] The first poet on the [G] moon, Looked up and saw the [Fmaj7/C] earth rise [C]
Kinda like a [Fmaj7/C] sunrise [C] , In shades of green and [G] blue
Just like your eyes, and she didn’t have a [Fmaj7/C] speech planned [C]
She didn’t have a [Fmaj7/C] flag to plant [C], She came there for the [G] view

And she [C] knew, knew that words would never [G] do
Not when everything that’s [Am] true was a million miles a [Fmaj7/C] way
So she [C] learned, to see the world and watch it [G] turn
While we spin and while we [Am] burn from a million miles a [Fmaj7/C] way

[C] The first poet on the [G] moon, that’s what I felt like [Fmaj7/C] last night [C]
Gazing at the [Fmaj7/C] starlight [C], trying to talk to [G] you
I sent up, My satellites and [Fmaj7/C] rockets [C]
A compass in my [Fmaj7/C] pocket [C] , But am I getting [G] through

And I [C] know, part of life is letting [G] go
But it’s out of my con [Am] trol, when you’re a million miles a [Fmaj7/C] way
So I’ll [C] learn, to see the world and watch it [G] turn
While we spin and while we [Am] burn from a million miles a [Fmaj7/C] way

[C2] Astronauts and scientists, [Fmaj7/C] say we all are made of stardust
[C2] Galaxies inside of us just, [Fmaj7/C] longing for connection

Like we [C] knew, words would never [G] do
When everything that’s [Am] true is a million miles a [Fmaj7/C] way
So we [C] learn, to see the world and watch it [G] turn
While we spin and while we [Am] burn from a million miles a [Fmaj7/C] way
You’re a million miles away [Cadd9] , you’re a million miles away [G]
You’re a million miles away [Am]
[Fmaj7/C] And I’m a poet on the [C] moon

credits

from Yoga Bird Acoustic Yoga Flow Lindsey Zimmerman Sept 23 2016, released October 24, 2016
Andy Getch - guitar and vocal
Lindsey Zimmerman - yoga instruction
Words and music by Mare Wakefield and Kate Klim
Original music by Mare Wakefield and Nomad on the CD First Poet On The Moon www.marewakefield.com
www.kateklim.com
Recorded and posted with permission

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