How is your river flowin' this week It's as dry as a scar On a cowboy's cheek Where is the girl that you're trying to reach She's as high as a snake In an eagle's beak Moonlight Albright ran away With a drifter come yesterday Moonlight, she didn't know his name He must have come on Like a gospel train Circle the sun And we all go around It's gonna be a lot better When the wind dies down Circle the sun And we all go around It's gonna be a lot better When the wind dies down Moonlight, all right I shed a few tears Went to bed alone Like I done for years Moonlight's note said, "Here I go
Leavin' the world of Ohio" Circle the sun And we all go around It's gonna be a lot better When the wind dies down Circle the sun And we all go around It's gonna be a lot better When the wind dies down How is your river flowin' this week It's as dry as a scar On a cowboy's cheek Where is the girl that you're trying to reach She's as high as a snake In an eagles beak Circle the sun And we all go around It's gonna be a lot better When the wind dies down Circle the sun And we all go around It's gonna be a lot better When the wind dies down