Standing On The Moon Lyrics - The Arista Years - Grateful Dead

Standing on the moon 

I got no cobweb on my shoe 

Standing on the moon 

I'm feeling so alone and blue 

I see the gulf of Mexico 

As tiny as a tear 

The coast of California 

Must be somewhere over here, over here 

Standing on the moon 

I see the battle rage below 

Standing on the moon 

I see the soldiers come and go 

There's a metal flag beside me 

Someone planted long ago 

Old glory standing stiffly 

Crimson, white and indigo, indigo 

I see all of southeast Asia 

I can see El Salvador 

I hear the cries of children 

And the other songs of war 

It's like a mighty melody 

That rings down from the sky 

Standing here upon the moon 

I watch it all roll by, all roll by 

Standing on the moon 

With nothing else to do 

A lovely view of heaven 

But I'd rather be with you 

Standing on the moon 

I see a shadow on the sun 

Standing on the moon 

The stars go fading one by one 

I hear a cry of victory 

And another of defeat 

A scrap of age old lullaby 

Down some forgotten street 

Standing on the moon 

Where talk is cheap and vision true 

Standing on the moon 

But I would rather be with you 

Somewhere in San Francisco 

On a back porch in July 

Just looking up to heaven 

At this crescent in the sky 

Standing on the moon 

With nothing left to do 

A lovely view of heaven 

But I'd rather be with you, be with you