Lyrics By Michael Snider
Intro
D Bb C G 2x
VERSE 1
The moon, days from full, slips off the D Bb C G (stop)
Sky____.
Behind me while sun’s still at my feet, D Bb C G (stop)
So sweet______.
And for a time that famous crowd swings D Bb C G (stop)
High_________.
So clear and bright, no sight so darkly D Bb C G
Sweet.
VERSE 2
Or strangely dark, there reels Callisto, raped and D Bb C G (stop)
Spurned_______.
And murdered, never let to rest. D Bb C G (stop)
That’s best________.
Andromeda’s still chained; There’s Cynus D Bb C G (stop)
Shaped_________.
Into a swan to end that hopeless D Bb C G
Quest.
CHORUS
In the grip of gods two thousand years ago, Bb C G A
For blessedly they’re gone and now we know, Bb C G A
The stars are suns far older than he dreamed, Bb C G A
Though still too young to flood the sky with light, he’s seen. Bb C G A
D Bb C G 2x
VERSE 3
It’s colder when the heavens clear at D Bb C G (stop)
Night______.
But not so cruel as it clearly seemed. D Bb C G (stop)
That’s right______.
And we’ll dance under those stars that were a D Bb C G (stop)
Dream,
And revel in the atmosphere of all we seem to D Bb C G
Know.
CHORUS REPEAT
LEAD D Bb C G 4x
CHORUS REPEAT