The sun goes down and there goes the moon 

Another little town from the post war boom

I chase the songbird that I can never find

When I first heard Otis Redding I just kissed that one goodbye



4th Street Moon

Can you tell me, will this all work out OK?

With a promise to return and a baby on the way

Does this sound like someone you could save?

4th Street Moon



Acquaintances I meet here, well they mostly seem polite

But acquaintances aren't family when you're hurting in the night

I know I missed your birthday but it was not my fault

I was running out of money, but by now you've heard them all



4th Street Moon

Can you tell me, how did I end up this way?

With these flowering excuses in a nearly gone bouquet

Does that sound like someone you could save?



I know that you don't need to think about me anymore

And I hope that you won't feel sadder then you did before

When you were with me you felt so bad

That child is the ring you never had



There's an ache in my chest that I cannot get gone

So I chase it into another woman's arms

As we lay down in the lightning, I dream about you still

I thought of coming home but I probably never will



4th Street Moon

Can you help me, make this all just be OK?

Is there a penance you could offer or a prayer that you could say?

Do I sound like someone you could save?

4th Street Moon