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The Moon Is Down Lyrics

The moon is down
All over town
The forecast is grey
Now that she's gone away

The stars in the sky
They're out of her eyes
They shattered when they hit the ground
And now the moon is down

The sun will be fine
It'll still shine all the time
The sky will be blue
And do what it's supposed to do

You see gravity pulls
But it can't keep you around
It'd be one long day
And now the moon is down

The moon is down
All over town
The stars in the sky
Fell out of her eyes
The gravity pulls
But it can't hold you down
It'd be one long day
Now the moon is down
It'd be one long day
Now the moon is down
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Cover art for The Moon Is Down lyrics by John Prine

i love this sad song :)

Cover art for The Moon Is Down lyrics by John Prine

At three years old, our son, Drew, began calling my mother "Grandma Moon". Within several years literally everyone my church going and very popular mother was called "Moon" by everyone. We lost my mother a few years ago and after 35 years of calling her Moon / the Moon went down (to be with the Lord) Played this all day the day we lost my mother, the Moon

 
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