Jealous Moon - Hayes Carll

The moon is slowly rising

It’s really not surprising

After all, she’s there most every night

Smiling on the lovers

Always shining on the others

And bathing in the sun’s reflected light

But later on she’s fade away

Hidden by the break of day

That always comes too soon

Poor little thing

She’s just a jealous moon

She plays above the water

Watching sailors, tramps and daughters

Live their lives and slowly fade away

Night afternight, year after year

Once she knows she’ll disappear

Into a world she never gets to stay

But she would give most anything

To open up her heart and sing

But no one hears her tune

Poor little thing

She’s just a jealous moon

No one ask her how she got so high

Way up there forever in the lonely sky

She watches through the seasons

Hoping without reason

That someday someone will call her home

But life goes on without her

No one ever ask about her

Or lets her know that she’s not alone

It breaks her heart that down below

Rivers run, flowers grow

But she can’t feel them bloom

Poor little thing

She’s just a jealous moon

The nights are getting colder

Stars are growing bolder

As they paint their final light across the sky

But closer to the atmosphere

She prays for clouds to disappear

So she could say goodnight and say goodbye

She never really goes away

Just hidden by another day

That always comes too soon

Poor little thing

She’s just a jealous moon

Poor little thing

She’s just a jealous moon