This is an original of mine called "Cheshire Cat Moon" that I've somehow never played in the Seasons before. I wrote the music in 1985, and gave it this set of lyrics in 2006. The riff is one of my favorite ones I've ever written. I never thought to play this song using electric effects before, but cml wanted some electric uke, so why not? Reading over the lyrics now, I see that I've gradually drifted from them over the years.
Lyrics:
Certainty lies trembling and exposed
Embrace the mystery, as it was long ago
The mansion on the hillside is crumbling into ruin
I'm standing beneath an autumn sky being taunted by a Cheshire Cat moon
How long does it take to realize you've been wrong?
And how long does it take to make amends
When you can't tell your enemies from your friends?
Push the stones out of place
The building falls, falls right off of its base
I put my money on disharmony and you saw I got full paid
Now I've been looking at the wreckage wondering who else we betrayed
Hear the whistle blow, penny on the tracks
I walked the trestle bridge, that train's not coming back
There's no one left to lend a hand, I'm grasping for some hope
And you could hang your head in shame if I give you enough rope
Draw a bead upon the latest of your misbegotten schemes
It only takes one second's pause to burst it at the seams
Just a chance to make all this real, a chance to make things right
I keep a wary eye on you as you move off through the night
Hanging in the air, the moment looms immense
Pilot to bombardier: Drop all pretense!
I light the fire and watch the smoke start to rise in a plume
The two of us walking our separate ways beneath a laughing, taunting Cheshire Cat moon
How long does it take to right a wrong?
And how long does it take to make amends
To bring about a better end?
The inscription on the monument tells me all I need
I scrape away the key words no one else will ever read
The golden treasures of antiquity now plundered from the tomb
I buried them where you'll never find by the dim glow of a Cheshire Cat moon