Lyrics

Thanks to the Auld Fiends!
Recorded 80% live at Chez Bradfish studio
Jim Kelly guitars, vocals
Tom Bradfish mandolin
Jerry Theil vocals
Adam Hjerpe vocals

Let me tell you the story of Ryan De Lune,
And the price he paid to find his fame and fortune.
Most people call him crazy and I will tell you why,
Ryan De Lune had fallen in love with the moon.
Ryan De Lune had fallen in love with the moon.

He'd lay beside the ocean and stare into the sky,
To watch her as she sailed above the night.
And when she reached her zenith, he'd dance upon the dunes,
And sing aloud a lover's lullaby.
And sing aloud a lover's lullaby.

He made himself a promise then while standing on the shore,
As the moonlight fell like rain upon the sea.
"I know I'll never have you, I know you'll never be mine,
So I'll find a maiden's caress to set me free."
"I'll find a maiden's caress to set me free."

Ryan De Lune Some say she reached down and took him away,
Ryan De Lune wrapped in her silvery hair.
Ryan De Lune Now he smiles so bright through the night,
Ryan De Lune the man in the moon.

He walked across the continents and sailed over the sea,
He looked in every nook and every cranny.
But narry a girl could slow him down or even break his stride,
He'd kiss their cheeks and say that he couldn't tarry,
He'd kiss their cheeks and say that he couldn't tarry.

He searched the world over for an everlasting love,
A girl with glowing eyes and silvery hair.
But the more he touched the less he felt and time was slipping away,
Could it be that she would never appear?
Could it be that she would never appear?

Ryan De Lune Some say she reached down and took him away,
Ryan De Lune wrapped in her silvery hair.
Ryan De Lune Now he smiles so bright through the night,
Ryan De Lune the man in the moon.

His days were almost over and his quest still unfulfilled,
And the years had left their mark upon his face.
But through the tears he softly smiled and watched the evening sky,
To feel once again the moon's embrace.
To feel once again the moon's embrace.

He climbed the tallest mountain the world had ever known,
And he never came down or so the story goes.
Maybe he met his lover, maybe he met his fate,
Only the moon and stars will ever know,
Only the moon and stars will ever know.

Ryan De Lune Some say she reached down and took him away,
Ryan De Lune wrapped in her silvery hair.
Ryan De Lune Now he smiles so bright through the night,
Ryan De Lune the man in the moon.