Am Em  C   Am Em D 
 
D           G         D 
I watch the sun going down 
         Em             G 
While I stand on sacred ground. 
      D        G           D 
Where once the night found us. 
       Em              C 
In the twilight of our love. 
Am             C        D 
You said you'd meet me here. 
    Em 
But I'm all alone. 
Am          C      D 
You sounded so sincere. 
              G 
Well did you lead me on. 
D          G             C        G 
I told the starry sky to wait for you. 
D          G            C 
I told the wind to sigh like lovers do. 
D      G                   C 
I even told the night that you were true. 
    Am        Bm      C 
And you would be here soon. 
            Am    D      G    G  D   Em  C 
And now I'm lying to the moon. 
C          G              D 
And so the night takes me in. 
       Em          G 
Like a sympathetic friend. 
    D     G         D 
And sends away the trees. 
       Em               C 
And the willow weeps for me. 
Am          C        D 
The shadows fool my eyes. 
      Em 
And I think I see you. 
Am        C        D 
Then they start to cry. 
          G 
Don't you know that they believed you 
D          G             C        G 
I told the starry sky to wait for you. 
D          G            C 
I told the wind to sigh like lovers do. 
D      G                   C 
I even told the night that you were true. 
    Am        Bm      C 
And you would be here soon. 
            Am    D      Am  Em  C  Am Em D  G 
And now I'm lying to the moon. 
 
 
1989 Warner-Tamerlane Pub. Corp. (BMI) & 
     WB Music Corp. / Samosonian Songs (ASCAP) 
 
>From The Matraca Berg The Speed Of Grace CD 
RCA Records 1993 
 
>From The Matraca Berg CD Lying To The Moon 
RCA Records 1990