As I sat the moon started rising   I'm swinging on the rocking chair   It's kinda dark on the horizon   But that's only 'cause the sun ain't there   As I sat the moon started rising   And I remembered like it were yesterday   It was kinda dark beyond the horizon   He had come to take me away      I don't know, I don't know of course   I don't know I don't know why life is so short      As I stood the moon started rounding   She saw him dismounting his horse   In the dark he led himself by starlight   To the porch and from the far lights of the storm   And as she stood the moon started rounding   Her heart started pounding like a fist on the door   From the dark she heard her name that he was saying   And that's what she was waiting for      I don't know, I don't know if it's tame enough there   I don't know, if I go, will I miss it out here      She would go but doubt slowly killed it   Where her love just could not fill it up again   And he just knew he didn't have to ask her   He did not run it past her if this were the end      So she walked here hair flowing behind her   As a gentle reminder that she was only a child   And it was dark but he gently kissed her   He knows he won't forget her with a hint of a smile   And as she cried he cast back a shadow behind him   And it did remind him that there were stars up there too   And it was dark but he gently kissed her   I'm so sorry I could not accompany you      I don't know, I don't know why it just wouldn't be   I don't know I don't know why I couldn't be company   I don't know I don't know   I don't know I don't know   But why couldn't you just stay here with me?