Tom Paxton Looking For The Moon
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1. My heart is in the mountains, while my body is on
this train,
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my head is anywhere but in today.
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It’s cloudy in the city, and they say it looks like
rain,
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got just one time long to hear the conductor say.
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Are you looking for the moon ?
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Would you dance with her tonight ? F - G
Would you chase her cross the shadows,
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as she goes sifting out of sight ?
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Leaving common sense behind you,
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for a joy that ends so soon,
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rushing through the forest blind, never knowing what
you find,
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looking for the moon.
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2. The train is filled with strangers and every stop
there’s more,
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we’re racing towards the glass and granite walls.
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While I‘m dreaming of my river where the rushing rapids
grow,
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and from somewhere deep inside my spirit calls.
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3. We pull into the station and I join the taxi line,
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it’s raining now like it means to rain all day.
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This city has ten million dreams, not one of them is
mine,
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so I turn myself around and I walk away.
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And I’ll go looking for the moon,
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and I’ll dance with her tonight ?
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and I’ll chase her cross the shadows,
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as she goes slipping out of sight.
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Leaving common sense behind me,
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for a joy that ends so soon,
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rushing through the forest blind, never knowing what I
find,
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looking for the moon.
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Rushing through the forest blind, never knowing what I
find,
C
looking for the moon.
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Are you looking for the moo……..n ?
