Saturday Songs -39- “Orange Moon”

Friends: each Saturday (or Sunday!) this year, we are sending the lyrics and a recorded version of one of our songs.  I send this one to commemorate our 20th year of these devotionals, observed this past week on Thursday.  The song became the theme of Frances and my life and ministry together (and of these devotionals!).  I wrote it for Frances more than 30 years ago, on her birthday one year as I watched an orange moon rise through the trees.  Thanks, Glen

Saturday Songs

-39-

“Orange Moon”

An orange moon rises through the trees tonight

as I think about our time together,

and the promise made so long ago

that we’d gladly share our lives forever.

And I guess we’ve kept our word, 

for the seal is undisturbed.

What is the mystery of the tie that binds,

how burns the flame of love in winter?

And who are we to know with certainty

that a bitter chill can never enter?

Well, the twain shall be as one

is the promise that is written.

So we dance unfettered through a world

that no one else can see,

My strings, your wind, a perfect blend,

a single melody.

And I’m amazed that I will always be yours,

and you'll be mine.

The risen moon now casts its pale blue light

on silhouettes lost in each other.

And in silence we communicate

so much more than words can ever utter.

For we speak the silent prose,

the language only true love knows.

So we dance unfettered through a world

that no one else can see,

My strings, your wind, a perfect blend,

a single melody.

And I’m amazed that I will always be yours,

and you'll be mine.

Yes, I’m amazed that I will always be yours, 

and you’ll be mine.