Moon At The Window Lyrics - Mitchell Joni

It takes cheerful resignation 

Heart and humility 

That's all it takes 

A cheerful person told me 

Nobody's harder on me than me 

How could they be 

And, nobody's harder on you than you 

Betsy's blue 

She says-"Tell me something good!" 

You know I'd help her out if I only could 

Oh, but sometimes the light 

Can be so hard to find 

At least the moon at the window-- 

The thieves left that behind 

People don't know how to love 

They taste it and toss it 

Turn it off and on 

Like a bathtub faucet 

Oh sometimes the light 

Can be so hard to find-- 

At least the moon at the window-- 

The thieves left that behind 

I wish her heart 

I know these battles 

Deep in the dark 

When the spooks of memories rattle 

Ghosts of the future 

Phantoms of the past 

Rattle, rattle, rattle 

In the spoon and the glass 

Is it possible to learn 

How to care and yet not care-- 

Since love has two faces 

Hope and despair 

And pleasure always turns to fear 

I find-- 

At least the moon at the window-- 

The thieves left that behind 

At least they left the moon 

Behind the blind 

Moon at the window 

1982 Crazy Crow Music, BMI