A NICE PAIR

  

Here is an offering of some studio takes by Lewis and Mosley. They are enjoyable to listen to if you like the sounds and banter that come from the musicians at work in their studio environment. Two Peter Lewis songs are worked on here . Keep in mind that these are studio takes and are a piece of Grape history in the making. 

Moby Grape's Bob Mosley & Peter Lewis - Third World Studios, Austin, Texas, May 10, 1981

1-7 BOB MOSLEY & PETER LEWIS
That Lost Horizon - multiple takes

8-15  BOB MOSLEY & PETER LEWIS
In the Eyes of the World – multiple takes



MOSLEY
LEWIS
BROWDER guitar
BARRETT keyboard
MOERBE drums

In The Eyes Of The World (Lewis)                                          

Once there were men out testin' every way
When this country was still young
This was a land of equality, a home for the refugee
And people were always ready to lend a hand

In the eyes of the world this was America
And it was not so long ago
What do we now to make a stand,
build a home of this old land
What makes a man so proud to say

In the eyes of the world this was a new frontier
A place were men can walk on common ground
Thinking for themselves and living free from fear
And everyone can come and settle down

All across the nation from the East and West
And in the mid a spirit's growing strong
Grounded on the sense of our own liberty
There is a common feel to carry on

In the eyes of the world this was America
And it was not so long ago
What do we need some foreign for?
This country's got an open door
Makin' a man so proud to say

In the eyes of the world this was America
And it was not so long ago

Lost Horizon (P. Lewis)


 Every day before the morning sun has started to climb
I awake from a dream of the past I left so far behind
Like clinging vines around my heart that won't unwind, can't break the ties that bind
I keep on searching for but cannot find that lost horizon

 Far away I could see the darkness was turning to dawn
I wanted to stay but I had to leave and when I came back, it was gone
I have been waiting so long, trying to be strong
But I guess you can't build a dream upon that lost horizon

 Thinking if there's a way I could get back someday
Any place left in my heart that was true
Then let the wind blow, the rain coming down
I can wait 'til they pass, 'cause I know I'll get through

 Anyway, had to get back down before my feelings show
What could I say? The flame was burning low
And still nobody knows where it goes
When the sun has set below that lost horizon

MEETING STEVE McQUEEN

One from Peter's " Live in Bremen with David West" CD.


Had a woman that passed me by
I think she knew the score
Cause as time rolls on
I'm more aware of what she's taken me for

Got a baby, depends on me
I think he has me pinned
Cause he knows he can scatter my world
Like a leaf in the wind

Chorus:

I wonder, did the truth just pass me by?
Or did I just not see what was right before my eyes?

I used to know two dying men
I hope that someone saves
Now they're nighttime riders
In the daylight diggin' their graves

Got a heaven hanging over head
Waits for me to win
And I don't know why
I should be so afraid to begin

Words and Music by Peter Lewis

THAT .......

Every day
Before the morning sun has started to climb
I awake
From a dream of the past I left so far behind
Like clinging vines around my heart
That won't unwind
Can't break the ties that bind
I keep on searching for but cannot find
That lost horizon

Far away
I could see the darkness was turning to dawn
I wanted to stay
But I had to leave
And when I came back, it was gone
I have been waiting so long, trying to be strong
But I guess you can't build a dream upon
That lost horizon

Thinking if there's a way I could get back someday
Any place left in my heart that was true
Then let the wind blow, the rain coming down
I can wait 'til they pass, 'cause I know I'll get through

Anyway, had to get back down before my feelings show
What could I say?
The flame was burning low
And still nobody knows where it goes
When the sun has set below
That lost horizon

Words and Music by Peter Lewis

LORETTA'S BOY

You know Peter Lewis. He's the dapper guy in the upper left-hand corner of that first Moby Grape sleeve, set apart from the rest of the band by those Warren Beatty/Jan Berry/Mark Lindsay good looks Hollywood is always scrambling after. And he's the man who penned the stunning "Fall On You" from the Grape's classic first album. Lewis stuck it out through all the peaks and the valleys, the backbiting and the personnel changes of a band that, over the years, has become synonymous with the label unrealized potential. As Marlon Brando says, in On The Waterfront, they "coulda been a contender." Hell, they could have been champ.
Lewis resides now in the tiny Danish town of Solvang, halfway down the California coast between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Comfortably settled into an upmarket tract home on the outskirts of this little gingerbread encrusted village — whose main appeal seems to lie in its windmills and tourist-clogged gift shops — Lewis seems at peace with his legend, and with that of his former band. He'll theorise for hours with the zeal of a graduate student on just about any topic, but his eyes shine brightest when he gets going on the Grape, past, present and (possibly) future. And how it all fits into the big picture By: Jud Cost © Ptolemaic Terrascope



He
Said he found himself
And gave away the things he called his own
He
Awoke and told his friend
Things he'd seen and heard but could not comprehend

And so taken back by what he had just said
He cried, "Oh Lord, am I alive or dead?"

He
Was shattered when he saw
How everything's exactly as it seems
He
Then able to admit
Saw his thoughts drift into unimportant schemes

So he found himself a pawn to cop the score
Of all those games we play and then ignore

He
Wandered off alone
To search for someone else to passively agree
He
Then felt no further need
To hold it peacefully within was proof indeed

And he found himself a pawn to cop the score
Of all those games we play and then ignore


Words and Music by Peter Lewis