Half Moon Rising

There's a house somewhere I know

Where the fire's burning all night long

There's a swing outside on the porch where I feel l could

Rock away the dusk till the dawn

And even though the wind may be now be howling

The stars are bright and they push me on and on

There's a half moon rising in southeastern skies

There's a cold wind blowing across the Great Divide

And the stars, they guide my way across the night

There's a half moon rising

Pushing me on over another mountain top

Push me on, no, I'll never stop, push me on

There's a half moon rising in southeastern skies tonight

Now the shoes on my feet, the soles are broken down

And my coat is tattered and worn

And the hunger in my belly, and the fever in my head

Will vanish at my first glimpse of home

And even though the rain may now be falling

The passion is deep and pushes me on

There's a half moon rising in southeastern skies

There's a cold wind blowing across the Great Divide

And the stars, they guide my way across the night

There's a half moon rising

Pushing me on over another mountain top

Push me on, no, I'll never stop, push me on

There's a half moon rising in southeastern skies tonight

There's a still at dawn like the sound of your love's breath

As she lies sleeping

Down below me now in the valley

Is the only peace on Earth that I ever want to know

And her lips are as soft as I remember

She alone has brought me back on home

There's a half moon rising in southeastern skies

There's a cold wind blowing across the Great Divide

And the stars, they guide my way across the night

There's a half moon rising

Pushing me on over another mountain top

Push me on, no, I'll never stop, push me on

There's a half moon rising in southeastern skies tonight