Song Lyrics

Moonglow Rising

album: Romancing the Moment (2005), track 1 of 23
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 Navajo
To free those petroglyphs hiding
 CHORUS
     Shiny black sedan
     Racing through the night
     Into the wild heart
     Of the west
     Footprints in the sand
     Are gone by daylight
     Nothing here can be possessed
Full moon on a blacktop road
Shadows, my old companions
Voices, they won't let go
Echo down these old canyons
 CHORUS
     Desert air is thin
     Rarefied by height
     Leaving us breathless
     Back when I began
     Earlier tonight
     My wild heart was restless
Coming up over the far plateau
Dawnglow, dawnglow rising
Into the brave new world we go
Heroes realizing
   There's a full moon shining
   On the moonlight highway
   Pray to be reminded
   On the Rio, Rio Grande