JUST BEYOND THE MOON
Tex Ritter


(I'll walk just beyond the moon, 
Where I'll stop and wait for you.)

(Talking)
My mother and my father were in love for fifty years. So when
Dad died, we wondered why my Mother shed no tears. We asked her
once about it, but she wouldn't tell us why. Instead she'd walk
outside each night and smile up at the sky. Then just before
she left us, she called us to her side. She told us what my
father said to her, just before he died.

(Singing)
I remember when you said you'd never leave me.
Through these golden years I've kept the same vow, too.
But now that I am going, please don't leave me.
I'll walk just beyond the moon, then I'll stop and wait for you.

You can look up every night, and you'll see me light the lights,
Where I'll watch for you to join me some day soon.
We'll go looking through the stars, for the Heaven that is ours.
And I know we'll find it soon, somewhere just beyond the moon.

(I'll walk just beyond the moon, 
Where I'll stop and wait for you.)

I'll just sit there by a star, and I'll watch you from afar.
Till I see you walking toward me some day soon.
Then together hand-in-hand, we'll find our Promised Land.
And we'll settle down forever, darling, just beyond the moon.

(I'll walk just beyond the moon, 
Where I'll stop and wait for you.)



(Contributed by Cooks - December 2003)