Lyrics to
New Moon

This version of New Moon was released by Chris De Burgh in 1975.

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A new moon is laughing up there in the sky, but
My love is crying and I’ll tell you why…

Crisis and confusion when she came along,
Followed by delusion when I found out that I was wrong,
She said “Baby, we’re cruising along on the crest of a wave,”
And I said “Maybe, but baby I’m losing, and the only wave is goodbye”…

‘Cos just when I’m starting to burn with desire,
My blood’s getting hot and the flames rising higher,
She says “Goodnight”…
And leaves me on fire, and I’m so sorry my love,
I gotta say goodbye, ooh, ohh.

A new moon, a new tune, another song is coming soon,
New moon, new day, another love is coming my way,
She took my heart, and without a word she tore it apart, ooh,
New moon, so bright, shine your light on me for the rest of the night…

Scenes of soft seduction, spinning through my head,
Watching her deduction as I lay grinning on my bed,
Sie said “Honey, it’s so moving, I can almost see our wedding day,”
And I said “Funny, you’d better start grooving honey or the only move is away”…

And then she turned with that look in her eye,
And I know that bad weather’ll be here by and by,
And sure enough, she started to cry, and I’m so sorry my love,
I really gotta fly, ooh, ohh…

A new moon, a new tune, another song is coming soon,
New moon, new day, another love is coming my way,
She took my heart, and without a word she tore it apart, ooh,
New moon, so bright … ooh shine your light on me for the rest of the night…
New moon, new moon … oh, oh, new moon,
Bye, bye, bye, new moon, bye, bye, new moon.

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About Lyrics and New Moon by Chris De Burgh

When you decide to study the lyrics to New Moon, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1975 song by Chris De Burgh. Some of the lyrics to New Moon have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Chris De Burgh and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to New Moon if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to New Moon" means the words set to the music of New Moon, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Chris De Burgh. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to New Moon and the lyrics to New Moon are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Chris De Burgh who came here looking just for the lyrics to New Moon, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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