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 I 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 peaked 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      And I thought about you and I wondered   Why I 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