THE NIGHT WAS NOT
TOO COLD OR HOT
THE TEMPERATURE JUST RIGHT
ENJOYING THE MOON LIGHT
SHIMMERING AND GLISTENING
TALK TO ME I'M LISTENING
THE MAN IN THE MOON'S
BEEN TALKIN TO ME
HE SAY YOU DO SOMETHING SOON
BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE
DO WHT YOU GOTTA DO
WITHOUT DELAY
DON'T YOU HESITATE
YOU'RE WASTIN YOUR TIME
JUST GO TO IT
GO 'HEAD AND DO IT
DON'T THINK ABOUT IT
YOU WON'T REGRET IT
Author's Notes/Comments:
I JUST WROTE THE FIRST SIX LINES FOR THIS NEW POEM ENJOYING THE MOONLIGHT. WHEN I ENDED WITH TALK TO ME I'M LISTENING IT REMINDED ME OF MY MAN IN THE MOON TALKING TO ME...LIKE THE NEW POEM WOULD BE A GOOD INTRO FOR THAT SONG... SO WHAT COMES NEXT ARE SOME POETRY LYRICS I WROTE BACK IN THE EIGHTIES THAT MY BAND WAS WORKING ON TO MAKE INTO A SONG THAT WE NEVER GOT QUITE RIGHT. I HAVE A REHEARSAL TAPE CASSETTE SOMEWHERE WHERE WE ALMOST GOT IT BUT MESSED UP AT THE END AND I WAS LIKE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH....CLOSE ENOUGH....AND THE DRUMMER LAUGHED AND SAID CLOSE ENOUGH FOR ROCK N ROLL...I HOPE I FIND THAT TAPE ONE DAY. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE IT. I LIKED THAT SONG...IT WAS ALMOST THERE BUT NEVER COMPLETED. MAN IN THE MOON. I WROTE THAT WAITING FOR A BUS LATE AT NIGHT GOING HOME FROM MY THEATER JOB. THERE WAS A VERY FULL MOON AND I WAS STARING UP AT IT AND IT JUST CAME TO ME BACK THEN. NOT SURE IF I SHARED IT ON HERE OR NOT. IF I DID IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO. I JUST WROTE DOWN WHAT I REMEMBERED OF IT FROM MEMORY. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SEARCH POEMS ON HERE. IT WAS CALLED MAN IN THE MOON....ANYWAY I GUESS THIS ONE IS FOR DAY 21 FOR NATIONAL POETRY MONTH EVEN THO THE FIRST SIX LINES WERE WRITTEN ON DAY 19. I MISSED A COUPLE DAYS AND NOW YESTERDAY A BUNCH WERE COMING. I WRITE THEM AS THEY COME TO ME. THE FIRST LINE THE NIGHT WAS NOT CAME AGAIN FROM THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN THE NIGHT WAS... I THOUGHT OF A SONG IN THE MOVIE TIMES SQUARE CALLED THE NIGHT WAS NOT...SO THAT IS WHERE I GOT THAT LINE FROM...I HAD THE SOUNDTRACK ON CASSETE AND LISTENED TO IT SO MUCH I WORE THE TAPE OUT. LOTS OF GREAT SONGS ON THERE. I BOUGHT TOO MANY TAPES IN THE EIGHTIES AND LOTS I USED TO LISTEN TO THE TAPE IS SHOT....I HATE TO HAVE TO BUY EVERTHING OVER AGIN ON CD. I DID THAT WITH SOME STUFF BUT I DON'T THINK I WAS ABLE TO FIND THE TIMES SQUARE SOUNDTRACK ON CD SO I GOT THE MOVIE INSTEAD. OK RAMBLING...
