Jesus of the Moon

I stepped out of the St. James Hotel

I left you behind curled up like a child

A change is gonna come

As the door whispered shut

I walked on down the high-windowed hall

You lay sleeping on the unmade bed

The weatherman on the television

In the St. James hotel said that the rains are gonna come

And I stepped out on the streets all sparkling clean

With the early morning dew

Maybe it was you or maybe it was me

You came on like a punch in the heart

You lying there with the light on your hair

Like a Jesus of the moon

A Jesus of the planets and the stars

Well, I kept thinking about what the weather man said

And if the voices of the living can be heard by the dead

Well, the day is gonna come when we find out

In some kinda way, I take a little comfort from that now and then

'Cause people often talk about being scared of change

But for me I'm all afraid of things staying the same

'Cause the game is never won by standing

In any one place for too long

Maybe it was you or maybe it was me

There was a chord in you I could not find to strike

You lying there with all the light in your hair

Like a Jesus of the moon

A Jesus of the planets and the stars

I see the many girls walking down the empty streets

Maybe once or twice, one of them smiles at me

You can't blame anyone for saying hello

I say hey, I say hello, I say hello

Will it be me or will it be you?

One must stay and one depart

You lying there in St. James Hotel bed

Like a Jesus of the moon

A Jesus of the planets and the stars

Say hello

Hello

Hello