Fancy Gap: “Strawberry Moon”
Clip: 4/24/2025 | 4m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
Fancy Gap showcases its expansive blend of pop and rock in a performance of “Strawberry Moon.”
Fancy Gap performs “Strawberry Moon,” which embodies the band’s lush blend of pop and rock. Originally written as a demo by frontman Stuart McLamb, it remained dormant for more than ten years. When producer and guitarist Charles Crossingham heard it, he recognized the song’s potential and encouraged McLamb to pursue it further.
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Fancy Gap: “Strawberry Moon”
Clip: 4/24/2025 | 4m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
Fancy Gap performs “Strawberry Moon,” which embodies the band’s lush blend of pop and rock. Originally written as a demo by frontman Stuart McLamb, it remained dormant for more than ten years. When producer and guitarist Charles Crossingham heard it, he recognized the song’s potential and encouraged McLamb to pursue it further.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[gentle acoustic music] ♪ ♪ Riding home in the back of a car ♪ ♪ I could see your eyes ♪ ♪ Glowing in the dark ♪ ♪ ♪ Took so long and it came too soon ♪ ♪ We rise and fall ♪ ♪ Like the Strawberry Moon ♪ ♪ I miss the light in this town ♪ [music brightens] ♪ ♪ I walk alone ♪ ♪ With your words in my chest ♪ ♪ They braise and they bruise ♪ ♪ But they don't quite confess ♪ ♪ Came back early in the late afternoon ♪ ♪ Just to find the fire was burning blue ♪ ♪ I miss the light ♪ ♪ So tell me how long will you wait ♪ ♪ Something real's gonna come your way ♪ ♪ How can every step ♪ ♪ Just take you halfway ♪ ♪ Forever ♪ ♪ And I don't know the score ♪ ♪ Somewhere between these distant shores ♪ ♪ Maybe we just can't afford ♪ ♪ How we live ♪ ♪ Together ♪ ♪ ♪ One out the window, one in your ear ♪ ♪ And the one in your heart ♪ ♪ Just disappears ♪ ♪ I miss the light ♪ ♪ Tell me how long will you wait ♪ ♪ Something real's gonna come your way ♪ ♪ How can every step ♪ ♪ Just take you halfway ♪ ♪ Forever ♪ ♪ And I don't know the score ♪ ♪ Somewhere between these distant shores ♪ ♪ Maybe we just can't afford how we live ♪ ♪ Together ♪ [guitar strumming] ♪ Together ♪ ♪ Ah ♪ ♪ Together ♪ ♪ Ah, ah ♪ ♪ ♪ I miss the light in this town ♪ [music fades]
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