A boy was looking at the skynHis telescope and eager eyes were fitted on the distancenHe thought nothing else could come betweennHis life was full and evergreennAnd gone in an instantnThe moon was waiting for someonenTo come along and waste some timenWaste some precious timenIt was over all too soonnnAstounding moonnSolemn and palenAstounding moonnThere hangs a talenA fool is never alonenAstounding moonnnShe'll eat you out of house and homenThen leave you feeling more alonenAs if it never happenednBut winter skies are clear and brightnThe stars as close as satellitesnOr a drinking glass that's shatterednThe moon is waiting for someone nTo come along and waste some timenTake some precious timenIt'll all be over soonnnAstounding moonnSolemn and palenAstounding moonnThere hangs a talenA fool is never alonenAstounding moonnnPutting me in touch with myselfnYou know me so wellnnAstounding moonnAstounding moon