The Attic
Van Dyke Parks * Track #9 On Song Cycle
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Album Song Cycle
- #1Vine Street
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- #2Palm Desert
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- #3Widow’s Walk
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- #4Up Laurel Canyon
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- #5The All Golden
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- #6Van Dyke Parks
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- #7Public Domain
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- #8Donovan’s Colours
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- #9The Attic
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- #10Down Laurel Canyon
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- #11By The People
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- #12Pot Pourri
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The Attic by Van Dyke Parks
Performed by
Van Dyke ParksProduced by
Lenny WaronkerWrited by
Van Dyke ParksAbout
All the members of Grizzly Bear have said Van Dyke Parks was a huge influence on Yellow House. I wonder if this song was the direct inspiration for “Little Brother”:
Wide eyed and up in arms, my little brother was a solemn one
He always had his quiet corner
Pride of my countrymen, my little brother...
The Attic Lyrics
I was there upon
A four poster there
Mind touseled
I came to bear
Some thoughts from the past
Amid a dash of influenza
And then I came to see in baggage
The memories of truncated souvenirs.
The war years
High moon I said
High moon lighted
High moon eye
To my moon
Far beyond the blue mist
Enveloped lawn
The blanketed night comes on
The champagne is dead and gone
The forest around sensitive sound forest primeval
Through the panes cloud buttermilk
War remains and twisted cross
War refrains lunatic so
High moon I said
High moon lighted
High moon eye
To my moon
Your age will most probably
Carry away the letters enveloped in carrion
Vague unpleasantries of the war
May your son's progenitorship
Of the state haphazardly help him to carry on
God send your son safe home to you
High Moon
You're eye
To my moon
The Attic Q&A
Who wrote The Attic's ?
The Attic was written by Van Dyke Parks.
Who produced The Attic's ?
The Attic was produced by Lenny Waronker.