David Mallett Moon Upon The Left Lyrics

There's a moon upon the left
And there's a star upon the right
There's a nightingale a singin'
To the wondrous summer night
There are gentle deer a grazin'
In the meadow with no fright
And there's no past and there's no future, only now
We have chanced upon this fragile scene somehow

I can hear the clover whisper
Oh so softly as we pass
As we find our way to somewhere
Down an old familiar path
All the trees are shyly watching
As I slowly take your hand
And when our bodies come together
There's a hush across the land

Now there's a cottontail a'watchin'
O'er his lady as she sleeps
I'm a lover of tradition
Here's my heart it's yours to keep
Won't you take me as I'm giving
We'll be lovers in our flight
Cause there's a moon upon the left
And there's a star upon the right
All the little people living near
The clearing by the pond
They are dancing in the moonlight
They'll be dancing 'til the dawn
And the moon looks down upon them
Like a fat and laughing man
He's the keeper of the magic
He's the leader of the band

Now somewhere there's a cottage
And somewhere there's a door
And somewhere there are ponies
Running wild across the moor
There are lilies of the valley
Nodding gaily in our wake
And our hearts are all on fire
And the night is ours to take

'Cause there's a moon upon the left
And there's a star upon the right
There's a nightingale a singin'
To the wondrous summer night
There are gentle deer a grazin'
In the meadow with no fright
There's no past and there's no future, only now
And we have chanced upon this fragile scene somehow