Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Mississippi Moon , by - Greg Brown. Song from the album One More Goodnight Kiss, in the genre Release date: 31.08.1988
Record label: Red House
Song language: English
Mississippi Moon |
| Me and my brother saw an awful thing |
| Comin' up outta the river |
| A hot night in June |
| We ran back to the porch |
| And Daddy wiped his brow and said |
| «Boys, that’s just the Mississippi Moon» |
| My brother said to me |
| «That wadn’t no moon. |
| Too red. |
| Too big. |
| Too Wild |
| Too much to be |
| Like a mean old badger’s eye |
| Fillin up the whole sky |
| The real moon is just a little silver thing.» |
| So we went back to the river bank the next night at dusk |
| With spears that were made from willow branches and knives |
| And when that thing come up |
| Ah we flung our spears and we run to our secret hiding place |
| Deep in the woods |
| Now we come home |
| The night was bright as day |
| An Ma was snappin beans out on the porch |
| Dad was drunk and singin some old religious tune |
| And we’s all lit up by the Mississippi Moon |