OH MOON RISE ELSEWHERE

That big messy moon really hurts 
And picking night flowers ain’t no cure 
Oh moon oh moon rise elsewhere
Rise over the broad Missouri as it slows along Nebraska stockyards 
Rise over the graveyards and the kids in the backyards
All the empty houses, the unresolved houses
A dog on a chain who dreams she’s running through fields

Rise over those fields
When a dog dies a dog just dies
She finds a quiet place and closes her eyes

The flowers on the moon closed up shop
It’s the tatters of my life’s backdrop
Oh moon oh moon rise elsewhere
Rise over the rings of Saturn spinning wild as a drunk man’s cane
Rise over the airport with its great solemn planes
All the banished families, all the phantom families 
A dog in a crate dreaming she’s running through fields

I stole a bottle of cheap-ass moon wine
And it spun me round like a daisy a hundred thousand times 
Oh moon oh moon rise elsewhere
Rise over the end of the alphabet, over every word I say  
Over the blue nurses circling the hallway
She was all I had, all I ever needed
My dog in my arms dreaming of running through fields

SPOILER—THIS SONG IS ABOUT: A VERY SAD DRUNK MOONLIT AMERICA

(c) Impermanent Music 2023 || David: guitar, piano, vocals