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Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Canonical path: /linda-ronstadt/the-moon-is-a-harsh-mistress
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The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
Read The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress lyrics by Linda Ronstadt on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
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See her as she flies
Golden sails across the sky
Close enough to touch
But careful if you try
Though she looks as warm as gold
The moon's a harsh mistress
The moon can be so cold
Once the sun did shine
And lord it felt so fine
The moon a phantom rose
Through the mountains and the pine
And then the darkness fell
The moon's a harsh mistress
It's hard to love her well
I fell out of her eyes
I fell out of her heart
I fell down on my face, yes I did
And I tripped and I missed my star
And I fell and fell alone
The moon's a harsh mistress
The sky is made of stone
The moon's a harsh mistress
She's hard to call your own
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Linda Ronstadt performs "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress", and this lyric page sits inside the Linda Ronstadt catalog on LyroVerse.
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