“All the lights are out tonight, we’re dancing slow we don’t need no lights” – I see a film in front of me. Kids dancing in the moonlight. Lovers grooving to the sound of the city as the trains roll by. I guess Cardboard Moon is the idea of using a prop to portray a better life. Like a cardboard moon hanging on a movie stage. And sometimes love is like that, we hang up the sun or the moon to convince ourselves that everything is ok, but in reality a cardboard moon never shines. Or does it?
Like two boats on a sea of fate,
Bob T and CBATFOW - Cardboard moon
We fought the storm and saved the freight,
You gave me love on a silver plate,
Underneath the cardboard moon
All the lights are out tonight
We’re dancing slow we don’t don’t need no lights
I’m falling fast i went hold you tight
Underneath the cardboard moon
Like two boats on a sea of fate
We braved the storm and saved the freight
You gave me love on a silver plate
Underneath the cardboard moon
She said brother won’t you look at the way they move
and he said no, no
We’ve been dancing all our lives and we feel the groove
and she said maybe it’s true
Moon shines like a light on a perfect day
We’ve got to move – underneath the cardboard moon
We gotta groove – underneath the cardboard moon
We always hurt the ones we need
I said i’m sorry and she agreed
I want to follow and not to lead
Underneath the cardboard moon
She said brother won’t you look at the way they move
and he said no, no
We’ve been dancing all our lives and we feel the groove
and she said maybe it’s true
Moon shines like a light on a perfect day
We’ve got to move – underneath the cardboard moon
We gotta groove – underneath the cardboard moon
We saw the signs to a better day
You could have left but i’m glad you stayed
I saw you smile as the music played
Underneath the cardboard moon
We’ve got to move – underneath the cardboard moon
We gotta groove – underneath the cardboard moon
© 2015 – Bob T and CBATFOW
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