Song Description
I was fooling around trying to write haiku poetry (seventeen syllables, etc.) when I wrote the first verse of this song. Sensing a terrible haiku (it was 18 syllables) but a decent song, I immediately latched on to a rootsy rockabilly groove for the first verse and wrote it from there in about 10 minutes.
I named it "Moonlight, Cold Wind" because it just sounded like the title of one of them highly efficient Japanese nature poems we westerners pretend to understand.
| Song Length |
2:50 |
Genre |
Folk - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Disconcerted, Heartbreaking |
Subject |
Money, Arrogance |
| Similar Artists |
John Cougar Mellencamp, Joe Diffie |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Moonlight, Cold Wind
Wind blows; trees shake
Snow falls; boughs break
River floods; earth quakes
People part; hearts break
The force of nature known as love
Should overpower all of the above
Should shelter one from rising tides
It only churns me up inside
Dawn comes; night goes
Ice melts; river flows
Seed sprouts; tree grows
We reap what we sow
Love?s force should conquer all
Help scale the tallest walls
Make clear the grayest sky
It always seems to pass me by
All around I sense the force at work
Light overpowering the dark
Why am I the one it will not aid?
Why does it make me afraid?
Night comes; lights dim
Moonlight, cold wind
My life looks grim
You?re there, with him
©2002 James F. Curley