The moon was beautiful
Tonight as I drove away from you
It hung low in the sky like a big red balloon
Your face was beautiful
I traced it with my fingertips
How easily we slip and I can’t catch my breath
Clinging tightly to you in this little death

The tide is higher now
I’m in danger of being swept away
Words spill out of my mouth
I have no control over what I say
But the moon was beautiful framed by the velvet of the blue
But how broken the night
And heartbreaking the light
Knowing no end in sight in this little death

Serenely the sea washes over me
Intending to drown, pretending to breathe
And how bitter the bed I’m returning to
And those sorrowful eyes that beat me black and blue
As I wash off the smell of you

But the moon was beautiful
Tonight as I drove away from you
Glowing golden and glistening were the leaves
On the boughs of the apple and the broom
Your face was beautiful
I hate to leave and each time I do
How solemn the kisses of goodbye
And heart-felt the wishes “see you soon”
Come again
Come tonight
Come again
Come tonight
Or come when you see
A beautiful moon