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Midnight Moon
J. Scott Smith
I was fifteen the winter she was born
I never her gave her a second thought
Until the summer she was twenty-one
And she asked me if she could come along
For a ride on the boat I'd just bought
We went out by the midnight moon
In the warmth of a Tennessee June
And when she smiled I got so high
She drove me wild, oh me oh my
I didn't see her again for ten years
Until that summer at last she came back
Her U-Haul trailer and rusty old car
Didn't seem like she'd made it very far
But when she saw that boat out in the shack
We went out by the midnight moon
In a storm of a Tennessee June
And when I smiled she got so high
I drove her wild, oh me oh my
Since the winter when she was thirty-two
I wake up and kiss my piece of heaven
Things get rough and sometimes a little hard
But no matter how bad or good they are
She's been my ev'rything ever since then
She goes down like a midnight moon
Soft and warm like a Tennessee June
And when she smiles I get so high
She drives me wild, oh me oh my
Yeah, we go wild, ah she and I
(break, bold sound as this is the climax)
She'd go down like a midnight moon
Soft and warm like a Tennessee June
(transition slower, simpler)
I was fifty the winter she laid down
And not once did I ever consider
When times were tough and got a little hard
That my love had played the last of her cards
But the devil finally did outbid her
(break to silence, resume plaintive to reflective)
I went down at a midday noon
It was warm like a Tennessee June
I tried to smile, but only cried
She drove me wild, oh me oh my
And we'd go wild...
(fade to silence on last word)
December 2011
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