Ring Around The Moon - Greg Brown

We don’t know when we came;

you know it’s been so long

Everything is the same;

so let’s do one more song

Ring around the moon;

long, long time 'til day

Play me one more tune;

please don’t go away

You be the mandolin;

I’ll be the steel guitar

You dance out and in;

I’ll cry up so far

Long, long time 'til day

Play me one more tune;

please don’t go away

Everybody’s been alone, been to the parade

Tryin' to find the bones of this masquerade

And there’s a ring around the moon;

long, long time 'til day

Play me one more tune;

please don’t go away

Love she always passes lightly and away

Like a lioness gets restless when she comes to stay

And there’s a ring around the moon;

long, long time 'til day

Play me one more tune;

please don’t go away

Pickin' on the strings, tapping of your feet

Well, these are age-old things, but who can say how sweet

When there’s a ring around the moon;

long, long time 'til day

Play me one more tune;

please don’t go away