Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Mickey Hart, Andre Pessis, Ben Yonas
One of the new songs with lyrics by Robert Hunter introduced by the
Mickey Hart Band in 2011. It seems to exist in two slightly different versions:
the first sung by Crystal Monee Hall and the second, slightly extended version
(below), sung by Tim Hockenberry.
This is the Crystal Monee Hall version, as on the album "Mysterium Tremendum".
Life is nothing, not a thingThis is the - extended - Tim Hockenberry version. Any help with the additional lyrics gratefully received.
Nothing less than everything
What force propels the shooting star
The blood of suns is who we are
Music of the spheres
Beyond our mortal ears
We can hear you in the soul
Where the bells of heaven toll
Starlight, starbright
First star I see tonight
No selfish wish have I to make
Shine on, shine on for your own sake
Vast and ancient distant star
How I wonder what you are
Solemn mystery you reveal
Only life alone is real
Floral gardens in the sky
Eternal blossoms flashing by
Galaxies of columbine
Nasturtium, rose and clinging vine
Starlight, starbright
First star I see tonight
No selfish wish have I to make
Shine on, shine on for your own sake
Haunting voices free of form
Babies crying to be born
A brook beside yon garden runs
Galaxies of streaming suns
Big bang trickles to an end
Falls in upon itself again
Like the sailor's concertina
For his lovely ballerina
Starlight, starbright
First star I see tonight
No selfish wish have I to make
Shine on, shine on for your own sake
Starlight, starbright
First star I see tonight
No selfish wish have I to make
Shine on, shine on for your own sake
Shine on, shine on for your own sake
Shine on, shine on for your own sake
Shine on, shine on for your own sake
Shine on, shine on for your own sake
Life is nothing, not a thing
Nothing less than everything
What force propels the shooting star
The blood of suns is who we are
Flesh and fire of distant stars
Whose thoughts and hopes and prayers we are
Starlight, starbright
Starlight, starbright
First star I see tonight
No selfish wish have I to make
Shine on, shine on for your own sake
Vast and ancient, distant star
How I wonder what you are
Solemn mystery you reveal
Only life alone is real
Fundamental linking tones
[?] singing stones
Haunting verses, free of form
Babies crying just to be born
A brook beside yon garden runs
Galaxies of streaming suns
Floral gardens in the sky
Eternal blossoms flashing by
Galaxies of columbine
Nasturtium, rose and clinging vine
Music of the spheres
Pinning back my ears
Starlight, starbright
First star I see tonight
No selfish wish have I to make
Shine on, shine on for your own sake
Music of the spheres
Beyond our mortal ears
We can hear you in the soul
Where the bells of heaven toll
Life's a distant thunder [cloud]
A thousand distant drums
A thousand different [?] drummers
From whence the river comes
A thousand different distant drummers
A thousand distant drums
A thousand different drummers
From whence the river comes
Big bang trickles to an end
Falls in upon itself again
Like the sailor's concertina
For his lovely ballerina
Starlight, starbright
First star I see tonight
No selfish wish have I to make
Shine on for your own sake
Starlight, starbright
First star I see tonight
No selfish wish have I to make
Shine on for your own sake
Shine on for your own sake
Shine on baby
Shine on
Shine on
| Mickey Hart Recordings | |||||
| Date | Album | Recorded By | |||
| 2012 | Mysterium Tremendum | Mickey Hart Band | |||
| 2012 | Live At The 2012 Wanee Music Festival | Mickey Hart Band | |||