Song Lyrics

Moonglow Rising

album: Endless Sky (1993), track 8 of 12
author: Chuck Pyle
publisher: Bee 'n' Flower Music BMI

Coming up over the far plateau 
Moonglow, moonglow rising 
South by southwest I go 
To see those wide horizons
 CHORUS
   There's a full moon shining
   On the moonlight highway
   Everything is diamond
   On the Rio Grande 
Out of the waves of the radio 
I'm automobile riding 
Into the land of the Navaho 
To free those petroglyphs hiding
 CHORUS
     Shiny black sedan racing through the night 
     Here in the wild heart of the West
     Footsteps in the sand they are gone by daylight 
     Nothing here can be possessed
Full moon on a blacktop road 
Shadows, my old companions 
Voices that won't let go 
Echo, down these old canyons
 CHORUS
   There's a full moon shining
   On the moonlight highway
   Everything is diamond
   On the moonlight highway
     Desert air is thin, rarified by height
     Leaving me breathless
     By the light of the moon in the middle of the night
     My wild heart is restless 
Coming up over the far plateau 
Dawnglow, dawnglow rising 
Into the brave new world I go 
Heroes, realizing
     
Everything is diamond
Every word we say
I Pray to be reminded
On the moonlight highway