(GUITAR INTRO) when that moon is on the rise and the light gets in your eyes and stirs somethin' that used to lie inside you 'till you ask why why ain't I just passin' by like that moon that's on the rise it shouldn't come as no surprise I been back here time and time like that sun that brings the spring I know I'll be back again if you don't know what you do when it's over and we're through watch what happens every spring what was dead is live again so why should you be odd man out you should forget all your doubts while some people look for purpose their life passes by right before their eyes and if the purpose is to do good that's an easy way to live everyday if you would (GUITAR SOLO) so when the moon is on the rise and that light gets in your eyes and stirs something' that used to lie inside you 'till you ask why why ain't I just passin' by like that moon that's on the rise it shouldn't come as no surprise I been back here time and time like that sun that brings the spring I know that I'll be back again like that moon that's on the rise I know I'll be back in time I know I'll be back in time I know I'll be back in time I know I'll be back in time Lyrics are copyright 1977, Larry Lee & Steve Cash