Warren wanted a Beach Boys thing for this one, and Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche came in, with Carl arranging the vocal parts. The other harmony vocalists (credited as the "Gentlemen Boys") were Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Zevon's longtime backers Waddy Wachtel and Jorge Calderon, and Linda Rondstadt/Stone Poneys guitarist Kenny Edwards.
On certain nights
When the angles are right
And the moon is a slender crescent
It's circle shows
In a ghostly glow
Of earthly luminescence
Earthshine
A beacon in the night
I can raise my eyes to earthshine
Earthshine
But you're out of reach
Form a dream to rise to earthshine
Floating high
In the evening sky
I see my faint reflection
Pale facsimile
Like what others see
When they look in my direction
Earthshine
A beacon in the night
I can raise my eyes to earthshine
Earthshine
Stretching out your hand
Full of starlit diamonds earthshine
Reflected light
To another's sight
And the moon tells a lover's story
My borrowed face
And my third-hand grace
Only reflect your glory
Earthshine
Stretching out your hand
I can raise my eyes to earthshine
Earthshine
You're still out of reach
Form a dream to rise to earthshine
Form a dream to rise to earthshine
When the angles are right
And the moon is a slender crescent
It's circle shows
In a ghostly glow
Of earthly luminescence
Earthshine
A beacon in the night
I can raise my eyes to earthshine
Earthshine
But you're out of reach
Form a dream to rise to earthshine
Floating high
In the evening sky
I see my faint reflection
Pale facsimile
Like what others see
When they look in my direction
Earthshine
A beacon in the night
I can raise my eyes to earthshine
Earthshine
Stretching out your hand
Full of starlit diamonds earthshine
Reflected light
To another's sight
And the moon tells a lover's story
My borrowed face
And my third-hand grace
Only reflect your glory
Earthshine
Stretching out your hand
I can raise my eyes to earthshine
Earthshine
You're still out of reach
Form a dream to rise to earthshine
Form a dream to rise to earthshine
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oggy07 really nice. i didn't look at it that way.