As the sun shines down on the land / so her heart is crying for love / And there is no-one there /
no-one to hear her voice / and she will sleep alone again tonight / Now the moon is high in the sky /
In her room she calls out his name / But he is somewhere else / somewhere she cannot see / oh and
the night is dark between them now / "My god, my God, why did he go away?" / Now the sun
shines on a new town / With a smile he gets off the train / He lights a cigarette / leans back to see
the sky / Oh and he thinks how much better off he is / without her hanging round / Let's do it / And
the day is passing by him / and he has nowhere to stay / At a lonely bar-room table / his mind goes
back to yesterday / to the girl who's dead and buried / but her face lives in his eyes / He must forget
that face forever / Make the future start tonight / Forget her / But the meal he eats is dead flesh /
there is cancer in his cigarettes / and the drinks won't do a thing for him / but revive some stupid
memories / Then a hairstyle that reminds him / makes him run into the night / where the moon hangs
high above him now / The same moon that she's praying on tonight / But the wind catches her
words / and the moon swallows them whole / Now the moon is high in the sky / In her room she
calls out his name / The night is cold and dark / and she is all alone / The bed is empty now / Her
body screams for love / She wants to be with him / oh but he's so far away / oh and the night is
dark between them now / "My God, my God, why did he go away?"
