The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress - Pat Metheny

See her how she flies Golden sails across the sky Close enough to touch But careful if you try Though she looks as warm as gold The moon's a harsh mistress The moon can be so cold Once the sun did shine Lord, it felt so fine The moon a phantom rose Through the mountains and the pines But then the darkness fell The moon's a harsh mistress It's so hard to love her well I fell out of his eyes I fell out of his heart I fell down on my face I tripped and I missed my star I fell and I fell alone, I fell alone The moon's a harsh mistress The stars are made of stone The moon's a harsh mistress She's hard to call your own.

See her how she flies. Golden sails across the sky. She's close enough to touch But careful if you try. Though she looks as warm as gold, The moon's a harsh mistress; The moon can be so cold. Once the sun did shine; Good Lord, it felt so fine. The moon, a phantom, rose Through the mountains and the pines, And then the darkness fell. The moon's a harsh mistress, It's hard to love her well. I fell out of her eyes. I fell out of her heart. I fell down on my face. I tripped and missed my start. God, I fell and fell alone. The moon's a harsh mistress. She's hard to call your own. The moon's a harsh mistress. The sky is made of stone.

The moon is down All over town The forecast is gray Now that she's gone away The stars in the skies Fell out of her eyes They shattered when they hit the ground And now the moon is down The sun will be fine It'll still shine all the time The sky will be blue And do what it's supposed to do You see gravity pulls But it can't keep you around It'll be one long day And now the moon is down The moon is down All over town The stars in the skies Fell out of her eyes The gravity pulls But it can't hold you down It'll be one long day Now the moon is down It'll be one long day Now the moon is down

Feel these hands that Shake this world Then try to understand When the light shines down And the time goes slowly When my mind's in the dusk Scorched and dying There's a pain in my hand Inscribed to the sad and lonely Now I feel so cold and alone Thinking how long Now if you had told me She'll be coming back And if you had told me The clock was gonna fall And if you had shown me Some affection I would have believed you Don't tell me the moon is blue (Now you've let me go) Coz tonight it's over (Now you've let me go) Now the pain is in the dust (Now you've let me go) And you can't find your blue moon (Now you've let me go) Now it's over, oh Tonight it's over The pain was a shot One, that couldn't be both ways And tore my world apart I could have feeled that moon so deep But you wouldn't understand Don't tell me the moon is blue (Now you've let me go) Coz tonight it's over (Now you've let me go) Now the pain's in the dust (Now you've let me go) And you can't find your blue moon (Now you've let me go) Now it's over, oh Tonight it's over, ooh Tonight it's over, oh Over Tonight it's over, ooh Ooh Tonight it's over Oh oh over ...