Linda Ronstadt - The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress

Get Closer / 1982-11-01 1. Get Closer 2. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress 3. I Knew You When 4. Easy For You To Say 5. People Gonna Talk 6. Talk to Me of Mendocino 7. I Think It's Gonna Work Out Fine 8. Mr. Radio 9. Lies 10. Tell Him 11. Sometimes You Just Can't Win 12. My Blue Tears

The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress

written by Jimmy Webb
© 1974 White Oak Songs (ASCAP)

See her HOW she flies
Golden sails across the sky
Close enough to touch
But careful if you try
Though she looks as warm as gold
The moon's a harsh mistress
The moon can be so cold

Once the sun did shine
And lord it felt so fine
The moon a phantom rose
Through the mountains and the pine
And then the darkness fell
The moon's a harsh mistress
It's hard to love her well

I fell out of her eyes
I fell out of her heart
I fell down on my face, yes I did
And I tripped and I missed my star
And I fell and fell alone
The moon's a harsh mistress
The sky is made of stone

The moon's a harsh mistress
She's hard to call your own