Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Mississippi Moon, artist - Greg Brown. Album song One More Goodnight Kiss, in the genre
Date of issue: 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 |