Lyrics to
Sister Moonshine

This version of Sister Moonshine was released by Supertramp in 1975.

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Ooo-when I was a small boy,
Well, I could see the magic in a day,
But, now I’m just a poor boy,
Well, maybe it’s the price you have to pay,
If you lock your dreams away
If no-one wants to listen.

What’s the story,
I wish I’d been a minstrel,
Just think of all the maidens I could call,
Oh-I wish I’d been a gypsy,
Then maybe I could read the crystal ball,
‘Cause surrounded by these walls,
Just makes me feel uneasy.

I said hey, Sister Moonshine
Won’t you send me a little sun
I said hey, Sister moonshine
Who’s a stranger to everyone.

So, -MAKE US ALL LAUGH-
Make us all cry
-MAKE US ALL GIVE-
Make us all try
Give us a secret, show us the light,
Well, strike up the music, light up the sky.

Mmm-If I was a lion,
Well, I could be the king off all the plains,
Mmm-If is was an eagle,
Well, maybe I could fly above the rains,
Oh, fly above the pain
But, I know I’m only foolin’

I said hey, Sister Moonshine,
Won’t you send me a little sun,
I said hey, Sister Moonshine,
Who’s a stranger to everyone.

So, -MAKE US ALL LAUGH-
Make us all cry,
-MAKE US ALL GIVE-
Make us all cry,
I said hey, Sister Moonshine
I said hey, Sister Moonshine,
I said hey, said hey
I said hey, I said hey Sister Moonshine.

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About Lyrics and Sister Moonshine by Supertramp

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

You can understand the lyrics to Sister Moonshine 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 Sister Moonshine" means the words set to the music of Sister Moonshine, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Supertramp. 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 Sister Moonshine and the lyrics to Sister Moonshine are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Supertramp who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sister Moonshine, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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