A5 E5  C5   A5 E5 D5 
 
D5           G5         D5 
I watch the sun going down 
         E5             G5 
While I stand on sacred ground. 
      D5        G5           D5 
Where once the night found us. 
       E5              C5 
In the twilight of our love. 
A5             C5        D5 
You said you'd meet me here. 
    E5 
But I'm all alone. 
A5          C5      D5 
You sounded so sincere. 
              G5 
Well did you lead me on. 
D5          G5             C5        G5 
I told the starry sky to wait for you. 
D5          G5            C5 
I told the wind to sigh like lovers do. 
D5      G5                   C5 
I even told the night that you were true. 
    A5        B5      C5 
And you would be here soon. 
            A5    D5      G5    G5  D5   E5  C5 
And now I'm lying to the moon. 
C5          G5              D5 
And so the night takes me in. 
       E5          G5 
Like a sympathetic friend. 
    D5     G5         D5 
And sends away the trees. 
       E5               C5 
And the willow weeps for me. 
A5          C5        D5 
The shadows fool my eyes. 
      E5 
And I think I see you. 
A5        C5        D5 
Then they start to cry. 
          G5 
Don't you know that they believed you 
D5          G5             C5        G5 
I told the starry sky to wait for you. 
D5          G5            C5 
I told the wind to sigh like lovers do. 
D5      G5                   C5 
I even told the night that you were true. 
    A5        B5      C5 
And you would be here soon. 
            A5    D5      A5  E5  C5  A5 E5 D5  G5 
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