Happy Moon — A brilliant full moon shines over a joyful Merced orchard block party where adults dance, cook and play guitars beneath citrus trees and string lights

Happy Moon

The songbook

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr. Listen to the recorded versions and follow the lyric below.

Original Doug Heyes lyrics · AI-generated music & vocals

The moon looks pleased with itself tonight. I wish I knew its secret. Up there, everything still shines; down here, I keep remembering how quickly our music went out of tune. Maybe there's another stage somewhere with room for both of us. For now, I'll let that foolish, beautiful moon keep me company.

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Recorded versions

2 recordings. Different voices and arrangements bring another side of the song into the light.

Lyrics

Happy Moon

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr

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Happy Moon
V1:
There’s a Happy Moon rising
In the sky tonight
You can hear the night bird singing
And the stars are shining bright
Look past the horizon
You can see the Northern Lights
And you look like an angel
Fell from heaven tonight

V2:
I can see reflections
Of the starlight in your eye
A natural expression
To spread our wings and fly
In full astral projection
When we both flew too high
In the first class section
Now t's time to say goodbye

CHORUS:
Oh, Happy Moon
Oh, Happy Moon
What started for a lifetime
Has ended way too soon
It was after Showtime
But the band was out of tune
Now I think I’ll never find
Another Happy Moon

V3:
There's a Happy Moon arisin’
Over the horizon
The Southern Cross
Is shining in the sky
The end came at such a cost
There 's no telling what we lost
Some unforgiving line we crossed
Before we said goodbye

V4:
Maybe there’s another stage
Somewhere down the way
Were you and I could play again
Till night turns into day
I won’t say it’s patiently
That I will wait for you
But somehow unexpectedly
I’ll do what I must do

CHORUS:
Oh, Happy Moon
Oh, Happy Moon
What started for a lifetime
Has ended way too soon
It was after Showtime
But the band was out of tune
Now I think I’ll never find
Another Happy Moon

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