Blue Moon

Once upon a time,
Before I took up smiling
I hated the moonlight
Shadows of the night
That poets find beguiling
Seemed flat as the moonlight
With no one to stay up for
I went to sleep at ten
Life was a bitter cup for
The saddest of all men

Blue moon, you saw me standing alone
Without a dreaming my heart,
Without a love of my own
Blue moon, you knew just what I was there for
You heard me saying a pray’r for
Someone I really could care for

And then there suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms will ever hold
I heard somebody whisper ”Please adore me”
And when I looked, the moon had turned to gold

Blue moon, now I’m no longer alone
Without a dreaming my heart,
Without a love of my own