I Must Be In Love With The Moon
Words and Music by Harry Chapin

I dalied last night with a dim-wit
Who dreamed me a dim-wit lagoon
When he tried to look sexy
And he hoped to affect me
As he seemed to expect me to swoon
I’d fall for the moon just as soon
Then I must be in love with the moon

What gall to grab me and kiss me
Expecting reactions of bliss
But still I must ask, what can this mean
That has my heart pounding like this

A semi-smooth ladies man should be
More suave than a South-sea baboon
Oh he thought himself thrilling
In the role he was filling
Oh what lines he was willing to croon
I can’t have been caught by his tune
Then I must be in love with the moon

I can’t be in love with an idiot
He acts so incredibly vain
But somehow I feel it’s a pity it
Turned out that I acted so sane

The glow that should fade with the moonlight
Has lasted from midnight ‘till noon
When he offered his arms
And his questionable charms
Oh my heart set alarms for too soon
It must think November is June
Let me please be in love with the moon

How could he have thought that he tricked me
He made such a laughable pass
But still I seemed glad that he picked me
I guess I’m an affable lass

So I must be love…
I trust I’m in love…
Let me just be in love with the moon
His unsubtle charm has sent me above
Like an old lovey-dove of a loon
Guess I must be in love with the moon