The forest looked so warm today
In its cloaks of orange and gold
The wind that brushed beside my face
Was suddenly so cold
Wasn't it just yesterday
I held your autumn eyes
Or was that just a dream I had
In the glow of firelight?
The fall is come; the harvest moon
Alights on autumn's throne
And brings to me the memory
When on your face she shone
The moonlight brings the specter's now
They dance within my room
And sing to me the melody
Of love that's gone too soon
Good-bye harvest moon
You sly October moon
You fly far too soon
And you chase away the sun
With careful cultivation
I became the man I am
I grew for one an offering
A true and loving hand
I took you to the field I grew
My heart it lead the way
You harvested the love I gave
And then you went away
Good-bye harvest moon
You sly October moon
You fly far too soon
And you chase away the sun
So now I pray for winter's hand
To slay the harvest moon
And bury it in snowy seas
An icy dark cocoon
Then I will seek my innocence
A place to start again
And if I cannot find that place
Then let my loving end
Good-bye harvest moon
You sly October moon
You fly far too soon
And you chase away the sun
You chase away the sun
You chase away the sun