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The Stars, If You Look Closely

from The Stars, If You Look Closely by The Stetson Family

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The Stars, If You Look Closely, was one of two songs left half-written by Andrew Carswell, mando player and one of the founding members of The Stetson Family, before he died of cancer in 2016. Nad Budge, lead singer, completed the lyrics and took the song to the rest of the band to add their Stetson sound. It’s a story of feeling lost, uncertain, but if we look to the stars they may help us find our way through hard times.

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That long silver train cuts through the desert sand like the blade of a Mexican knife
The scorpion’s tail reaches over its head to greet its first kill for the night
The coyote’s howl chills you to the bone, stays with you ‘til it’s time to wake
The man at the station he’s checking his wrist, he’s worrying that train might be late

And the sun keeps on burning, the moon sits on the river bend
And the stars, if you look closely, can guide you to your journey’s end

The shadows are long across the desert sand
As the dawn breaks the spell of the night
That man at the station, he lets out a sigh
As that long desert train, oh it comes into sight

And the sun keeps on burning, the moon sits on the river bend
And the stars, if you look closely, can guide you to your journey’s end

And the sun keeps on burning, the moon sits on the river bend
And the stars, if you look closely, can guide you to your journey’s end

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from The Stars, If You Look Closely, track released April 18, 2024
(written by Andrew Carswell, Nadine Budge)
The Stetson Family

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The Stetson Family Melbourne, Australia

The Stetson Family walk the line between alt-country and bluegrass with their free-wheeling, spirited songs, awash with soaring harmonies. Described as "champions of fresh bluegrass but with a bedraggled soul of rock and roots," the band takes their audience on a journey down life's crooked highway.

"They blend like one of the legendary bluegrass or country families…” American Songwriter ... more

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