From the upcoming album The World at Night by Walter Martin, out 1/31/2020
Written by Walter Martin
Produced by Josh Kaufman and Walter Martin
Horn arrangement by Stuart Bogie
String arrangement by Rob Moose
Recorded by D. James Goodwin at The Clubhouse, Rhinebeck, NY
Additional recording by Josh Kaufman at The Boom Boom Room, Brooklyn
Additional recording Walter Martin at Cecelia’s, Brooklyn and The Green House, Hadley, NY
Mixed by D. James Goodwin at the Isokon, Woodstock NY
Mastered by D. James Goodwin at the Isokon, Woodstock NY
Art by Christopher Corr
Walter Martin: vocals, piano
Josh Kaufman: electric guitar
Stuart Bogie: contra alto clarinet
Rachel Drehmann: french horn
Rob Moose: violins, violas
Zachariah Hickman: upright bass
Sam Kassirer: piano
Ray Rizzo: drums
Lyrics:
The donkey is a-drinkin’ all the moonlight from the water
While the angel and the ox and the fox take a wander
Through the world at night
The world at night
The sleepy truck driver parked his truck down beside
The little hill near the mill where the road’s a little wider
In the world at night
The world at night
Oh gee, the moon’s up in a tree
And man, it’s hard to see what’s next for me
Then I see fireflies go by
Like candy in my eye
And I remember why
Oh, I love the world at night
And gee, is that you whispering to me?
Well I know I shouldn’t believe what I can’t see
But oh my, with each flicker in the sky
A ghost goes ghosting by
And that is why
Oh, I love the world at night
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