Intro
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[Verse]
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The seasons they are turnin’ and my sad heart is yearnin’
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To hear again the songbird’s sweet melodious tone
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Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
[Verse]
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The dusky light, the day is losing, Orchids, Poppies, Black-eyed Susan
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The earth and sky that melts with flesh and bone
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Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
[Verse]
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The air is thick and heavy all along the levy
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Where the geese into the countryside have flown
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Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
[Bridge]
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Well, I’m preachin’ peace and harmony
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The blessings of tranquility
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Yet I know when the time to strike is right
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I’ll take you cross the river dear
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You’ve no need to linger here
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know the kinds of things you like
[Verse]
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The clouds are turnin’ crimson–the leaves fall from the limbs an’
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The branches cast their shadows over stone
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Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
[Verse]
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The boulevards of cypress trees, the masquerades of birds and bees
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The petals, pink and white, the wind has blown
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Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
[Bridge]
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The trailing moss and mystic glow
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Purple blossoms soft as snow
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My tears keep flowing to the sea
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Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief
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It takes a thief to catch a thief
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For whom does the bell toll for, love?
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It tolls for you and me
[Verse]
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My pulse is runnin’ through my palm–the sharp hills are rising from
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The yellow fields with twisted oaks that groan
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Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
[Outro]
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Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?