The seasons they are turning   And my sad heart is yearning   To hear again the songbird's sweet melodious tone   Won't you meet me out in the moonlight alone?      The dusky light the day is losing   Orchids, poppies, black eyed Susan   The earth and sky that melts with flesh and bone   Won't you meet me out in the moonlight alone?      The air is thick and heavy   All along the levee   Where the geese into the countryside have flown   Won't you meet me out in the moonlight alone?      Well, I'm preaching peace and harmony   The blessings of tranquility   Yet I know when the time is right to strike   I take you 'cross the river, dear   You've no need to linger here   I know the kinds of things you like      The clouds are turning crimson   The leaves fall from the limbs   The branches cast their shadows over stone   Won't you meet me out in the moonlight alone?      The boulevards of cypress trees   The masquerade of birds and bees   The petals pink and white, the wind has blown   Won't you meet me out in the moonlight alone?      Now trailing moss in mystic glow   The purple blossom soft as snow   My tears keep flowing to the sea   Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief, it takes a thief to catch a thief   For whom does the bell toll for, love?   It tolls for you and me      Old pulse's running through my palm   The sharp hills are rising from   Yellow fields with twisted oaks that grow   Won't you meet me out in the moonlight alone?