I sat outside one afternoon in an old lawn chair

And I watched the sun set off for business west somewhere

And the sky turned water color pink and gold and blue

And the stars all showed up one by one and we waited for the moon



And I thought about you and I wondered why

It took so long to say goodbye

Oh, you shined so bright you blinded me

And left me so I couldn't see

That I was the moon chasing the sun

There was never a prayer of ever catching up

No matter how fast I would run

Like the moon chasing the sun

Just like the moon chasing the sun



The crickets called and the moon peeked out of the eastern sky

They both start up about this time each night

And the evening breeze dropped by and brought some sweet relief

And in the silver light I finally let go of the heat



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