I sat outside one afternoon  In an old lawn chair  And I watched the sun set off  For business West somewhere  While the sky turned watercolor pink  And gold and blue  And the stars all showed up one by one  And we waited for the moon  And I thought 'bout you and I wondered why  It took so long to say goodbye  You shined so bright you blinded me  And left me so I couldn't see  Chorus:  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 peeked out of the Eastern sky  They both start up about this time each night  And an evening breeze stopped by  And brought some sweet relief  In the silver light I finally let go of the heat  And I thought 'bout you and I wondered why  It took so long to say goodbye  You shined so bright you blinded me  And left me so I couldn't see  Chorus