Song About The Moon - Paul Simon
Tuning: , E A D G B E
Words & music By Paul Simon 1981
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If you want
to write a son
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g about the mo
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on
Walk along
the craters of
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the afternoon
When the sha
dows are deep
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And the light
is alien
And gravity
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leaps like a
knife off the
pavement
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And you want t
o write a song
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about the moo
n
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You want
to write a sp
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iritual tune
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Then nah
nah nah nah na
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h nah nah,
Yeah, yeah,
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presto
Song ab
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out the moon
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If you want
to write a son
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g about the he
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art
Think about
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the moon befo
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re you start
'cause the h
eart will howl
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Like a dog in
the moonlight
And the hea
rt can explode
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like a pistol
on a June nig
ht
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So if you want
to write a so
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ng about the h
eart
And its ever l
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onging for a c
ounterpart
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Then nah
nah nah nah na
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h nah nah,
Yeah, yeah,
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Write a son
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g about the mo
on
The laughi
ng boy
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He laughed so
hard
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He fell down f
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rom his place
The laughi
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ng girl
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She laughed so
hard
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The tears roll
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ed down her
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face, whoa
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Hey Songwriter
If you want
to write a son
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g about a face
Think about
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a photograph
That you reall
y can't rememb
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er But you can
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't erase
Wash your ha
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nds in dreams
and lightning
Cut off you
r hair and wha
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tever is frigh
tening
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If you want to
write a song
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About a face
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If you want to
write a song
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about the huma
n race
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Then nah
nah nah nah na
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h nah nah,
Yeah, yeah,
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Write a son
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g about the mo
on
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Oh, if
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you want to wr
ite a song abo
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ut the moon
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You want
to write a sp
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irituaI tune
nah nah nah na
h nah nah nah,
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Yeah, yeah, y
(
eah, yeah
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Then do it
Write a song a
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bout the moon
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