"Child Of The Moon" — the 1968 B-side that shows the psychedelic phase at its most successful. Brian Jones at his most inventive.
(Jagger/Richards)
The wind blows rain into my face
The sun glows at the end of the highway
Child of the moon, rub your rainy eyes
Oh, child of the moon
Give me a wide-awake crescent-shaped smile
She shivers, by the light she is hidden
She flickers like a lamp lady vision
Child of the moon, rub your rainy eyes
Child of the moon
Give me a wide-awake crescent-shaped smile
The first car on the foggy road riding
The last star for my lady is pining
Oh, child of the moon, bid the sun arise
Oh, child of the moon
Give me a misty day, pearly gray, silver, silky faced,
Wide-awake crescent-shaped smile
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- B-side of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (May 1968). One of the last recordings before Brian Jones became too incapacitated to contribute. A concise psychedelic gem that points at what the band was leaving behind.