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Artist: Greg Brown
Canonical path: /greg-brown/ring-around-the-moon
Related lyric paths: 6
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Ring around the Moon
Read Ring around the Moon lyrics by Greg Brown on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Ring around the Moon
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We don't know when we came; you know it's been so long,
Everything is the same; so let's do one more song.
Ring around the moon; long, long time 'til day,
Play me one more tune; please don't go away.
You be the mandolin; I'll be the steel guitar,
You dance out and in; I'll cry up so far.
Long, long time 'til day,
Play me one more tune; please don't go away.
Everybody's been alone, been to the parade,
Tryin' to find the bones of this masquerade.
And there's a ring around the moon; long, long time 'til day,
Play me one more tune; please don't go away.
Love she always passes lightly and away,
Like a lioness gets restless when she comes to stay.
And there's a ring around the moon; long, long time 'til day,
Play me one more tune; please don't go away.
Pickin' on the strings, tapping of your feet,
Well, these are age-old things, but who can say how sweet.
When there's a ring around the moon; long, long time 'til day,
Play me one more tune; please don't go away.
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