Calling The Moon Lyrics - Many Great Companions - Dar Williams

The moon wanted 

More of my night 

I turned off the engine 

And the headlights 

The trees appeared 

As they'd never been gone 

I promised the fields 

I'd return from now on 

And the moon kept on rising 

I had no more to say 

I put my road maps away 

And surrendered the day 

And I know you'll be 

Calling me soon 

And if I don't answer 

I'm calling the moon 

Calling the moon 

I was calling her then 

I'm wondering will she take me again? 

Oh, I am calling the moon 

When I called 

The moon back to me 

I thought 

She wanted my beauty 

I shone in the best 

That vanity buys 

I covered the path 

Where my life turned to lies 

And the moon kept on rising 

But I felt nothing at all 

She comes when the empire falls 

And shines on crumbling walls 

Calling the moon 

By the name that she chose 

As Tennessee wandered 

In moth eaten robes 

Oh, I am calling the moon 

Calling the moon 

Oh, I'm calling the moon 

Oh, make sense 

Of me, night 

I can see so much 

From this cold height 

The moon said 

"Oh, darkness my work is done 

I've poured this bottle 

Of light from the sun" 

But their anger keeps on rising 

And they don't understand 

I've shown them all that I can 

That the world is at hand 

And I know 

They'll be calling me soon 

And if I don't answer 

I'm only the moon 

I can see by her light 

This one's going out 

To the moon tonight 

Oh, I am calling the moon 

Calling the moon 

'Cause I know what it's worth 

To tug at the seas 

And illumine the earth 

Oh, I am calling the moon 

Oh, I am calling the moon