Rising Moon

Paul Kelly/Bill Miller (Sony ATV/Control)

We left the others in the fading light
Walked up that old road
On a warm summer night
You said let’s go higher
There’s a good chance that soon
We’ll get to see the rising moon

When we reached the quarry
We could feel the breeze
We stood there a moment
Searching the trees
Then suddenly we saw it
That big red glow
I took your hand and you didn’t let go

And my poor heart jumped out of my chest!
Yeah, my poor heart jumped right out of my chest!

That moon changed its colour
As it rose in the sky
And we changed each other
Under heaven’s bright eye
I might live to a hundred
I might die soon
But I’ll never forget that rising moon

Oh, my poor heart jumped out of my chest!
Yeah, my poor heart jumped right out of my chest!

Now you’ve gone
And left me staring at the horizon
Oh, my heart beats strong
Sometimes I just wish it would stop
But it keeps pumping on!