Moon Shining Down

Story Behind The Song

My current love and I have special feelings about the moon. I used some real and some fictional examples of moments in my life and fictionalized a "lost love" female character (Marie) who the singer is missing.

Song Description

A man recalls various moments in an old relationship and frames them around the feeling they had when they were together and the moon was shining on them.

Song Length 4:50 Genre Pop - Rock, Country - Rock
Tempo Slow (71 - 90) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Moving, Poignant Subject Lost Love, Moon
Similar Artists Marc Cohn, Bob Dylan Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

Moon Shining Down

I?m walking down the street and think I see you passing by
But you?re in Minnesota now, I know
I wonder if I ever cross your mind
When you?re outside on a clear dark night?

That time we went up to Maine just you and me
The liquor store where I tried to buy some beer
But they wouldn?t break my hundred ?cause I was from New York City
And we went into the woods with that one bottle of wine

And we watched the moon shining on us
Yeah the moon shining it?s sweet light for us
How we loved the moon shining on us
The moon shining down

Sometimes
Sometimes I wonder
Sometimes I wonder if you
Sometimes I wonder if you ever think about me anymore
I know I think about you
I think about you

Every time the moon is shining on me
Every time the moon is shining on me
When the moon is shining on me
The moon shining down, yes I do

(Instrumental)

Yeah, it?s been such a long, long time
But I can?t get you out of my mind
It?s been too long a time
Don?t you miss the moon babe?
Don?t you miss the moon?
Don?t you ever miss me and the moon?

That night we were walking in the park
After the Italian restaurant we loved so much
We?d had some drinks and we were feeling good
And the moon was shining down


There in the park I took you under that elm
And held you in my arms so tight
Kissing you beneath the moon
I didn?t want the night to ever end

And we felt the moon shining down
We felt the moon shining down on us my sweet Marie
The moon shining down for you and me babe
The moon shining down

I want the moon to shine on down, c?mon moon
I want the moon shining down on us my sweet Marie
Why can?t the moon come shining on down (one more time babe)
Oh moon please shine on down, c?mon!

(It must be cold up there in Minnesota, it must be so cold?)

Lyrics Brian Russell Music Brian Russell
Producer Brian Russell Performance Brian Russell

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