The moon wanted more of my night
   I turned off the engine and the headlights
   The trees appeared as they'd never been gone
   I promised the fields I'd return from now on
   And the moon kept on rising
   I had no more to say
   I put my roadmaps away
   And surrendered the day
  
   And I know you'll be calling me soon
   And if I don't answer I'm calling the moon
   Calling the moon
   I was calling her then
   I'm wondering will she take me again
   Oh, I am calling the moon
  
   When I called the moon back to me
   I thought she wanted my beauty
   I shone in the best that vanity buys
   I covered the path where my life turned to lies
   And the moon kept on rising
   But I felt nothing at all
   She comes when the empire falls
   And shines on crumbling walls
  
   Calling the moon
   By the name that she chose
   As Tennessee wandered in moth-eaten robes
   Oh, I am calling the moon
   Calling the moon
   Oh I'm calling the moon
  
   Oh, make sense of me, night
   I can see so much from this cold height
   The moon said oh darkness my work is done
   I've poured this bottle of light from the sun
   But their anger keeps on rising
   And they don't understand
   I've shown them all that I can
   That the world is at hand
  
   And I know they'll be calling me soon
   And if I don't answer I'm only the moon
   I can see by her light
   This one's going out to the moon tonight
   Oh, I am calling the moon
  
   Calling the moon
   'Cause I know what it's worth
   To tug at the seas and illumine the earth
   Oh, I am calling the moon
   Oh, I am calling the moon