The Moon's A Harsh Mistress Lyrics

The song The Moon's A Harsh Mistress is performed by Jimmy Webb in the album named Ten Easy Pieces in the year 1996 .



See her how she flies
Golden sails across the sky
Close enough to touch
But careful if you try
Though she looks as warm as gold
The moon's a harsh mistress
The moon can be so cold

Once the sun did shine
Lord, it felt so fine
The moon a phantom rose
Through the mountains and the pines
And then the darkness fell
And the moon's a harsh mistress
It's so hard to love her well

I fell out of her eyes
I fell out of her heart
I fell down on my face
Yes, I did, and I -- I tripped and I missed my star
God, I fell and I fell alone, I fell alone
And the moon's a harsh mistress
And the sky is made of stone

The moon's a harsh mistress
She's hard to call your own.



Jimmy Webb - Ten Easy Pieces

Oct 1996

  1. Galveston
  2. Highwayman
  3. Wichita Lineman
  4. The Moon's A Harsh Mistress
  5. By The Time I Get To Phoenix
  6. If These Walls Could Speak
  7. Didn't We
  8. Worst That Could Happen
  9. All I Know
  10. MacArthur Park

The Moon's A Harsh Mistress