Red Hot Moon

Red hot moon
To you I sing this tune
I'm rollin' through the back roads 'neath floating stars
My windows rolled down in this old used car
The farmer is drinkin' his moonshine
On these long hours it never tasted so fine
Red hot moon
This blood wine cherry tune

Down in the meadow
The world is just a shadow
I'm listening to the big bands and I don't know why
I hear another world from many nights gone by
I don't know if I'll find my way
Why didn't you beg me to stay?
Down in the meadow
Hear that night owl falsetto

I've been busted, mistrusted, been in a muddy haze
But my heart is still yearning, yearning for your gaze

I'm bouncin' around
Floating from town to town
I tried to help you, but I went too far
Now I spend my nights down at the bar
I'm going back to simpler times
With you I've been guilty of too many crimes
I'm bouncin' around
Drinkin that whiskey down

Along the rolling hills
I feel high lonesome chills
The blood-red boulevards flow like summer wine
The crimson rose smells so divine
The ground is cooling from blazing heat
In place like this is where we would meet
Along the rolling hills
The fat cats swing their kills

I been lazy, been crazy, my edge has turned to rust
I can't stand the way you see me, I must regain your trust

Red hot moon
The night ends too soon
I close my eyes to ease the pain
To think that my loss is someone else's gain
The dogs are howling up on the hill
It's been so long since life was so still
Red hot moon
I sing this mournful tune
'neath the red hot moon