"The moon wanted more of my night   I turned off the engine and the headlights   The trees appeared as they'd never been gone   I promised the fields I'd return from now on   And the moon kept on rising   I had no more to say   I put my roadmaps away   And surrendered the day      And I know you'll be calling me soon   And if I don't answer I'm calling the moon   Calling the moon   I was calling her then   I'm wondering will she take me again   Oh, I am calling the moon      When I called the moon back to me   I thought she wanted my beauty   I shone in the best that vanity buys   I covered the path where my life turned to lies   And the moon kept on rising   But I felt nothing at all   She comes when the empire falls   And shines on crumbling walls      Calling the moon   By the name that she chose   As Tennessee wandered in moth-eaten robes   Oh, I am calling the moon   Calling the moon   Oh I'm calling the moon      Oh, make sense of me, night   I can see so much from this cold height   The moon said oh darkness my work is done   I've poured this bottle of light from the sun   But their anger keeps on rising   And they don't understand   I've shown them all that I can   That the world is at hand      And I know they'll be calling me soon   And if I don't answer I'm only the moon   I can see by her light   This one's going out to the moon tonight   Oh, I am calling the moon      Calling the moon   'Cause I know what it's worth   To tug at the seas and illumine the earth   Oh, I am calling the moon   Oh, I am calling the moon "