Moondance

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Van Morrison’s brilliant 1970 classic from the album of the same name. It was not released as single until 1977. This is his most popular song playing-wise – it had been… Read More

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Moondance Lyrics

[Intro]

[Verse 1]
Well, it’s a marvelous night for a moondance
With the stars up above in your eyes
A fantabulous night to make romance
’Neath the cover of October skies
And all the leaves on the trees are falling
To the sound of the breezes that blow
And I’m trying to please to the calling
Of your heartstrings that play soft and low

[Pre-Chorus]
You know the night’s magic seems to whisper and hush
You know the soft moonlight seems to shine in your blush

[Chorus]
Can I just have one more moondance with you, my love?
Can I just make some more romance with you, my love?

[Verse 2]
Well, I want to make love to you tonight
I can’t wait ’til the morning has come
And I know now the time is just right
And straight into my arms you will run
And when you come my heart will be waiting
To make sure that you’re never alone
There and then all my dreams will come true, dear
There and then I will make you my own

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[Pre-Chorus]
And every time I touch you, you just tremble inside
Then I know how much you want me that you can’t hide

[Chorus]
Can I just have one more moondance with you, my love?
Can I just make some more romance with you, my love?

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Verse 1]
Well, it’s a marvelous night for a moondance
With the stars up above in your eyes
A fantabulous night to make romance
’Neath the cover of October skies
And all the leaves on the trees are falling
To the sound of the breezes that blow
And I’m trying to please to the calling
Of your heartstrings that play soft and low

[Pre-Chorus]
You know the night’s magic seems to whisper and hush
You know the soft moonlight seems to shine in your blush

[Chorus]
Can I just have one more moondance with you, my love?
Can I just make some more romance with you, my love?

[Outro]
One more moondance with you
In the moonlight
On a magic night
La, la, la, la
In the moonlight
On a magic night
Can’t I just have one more moondance with you, my love?

About

Van Morrison’s brilliant 1970 classic from the album of the same name. It was not released as single until 1977.
This is his most popular song playing-wise – it had been performed in over 1000 concerts.

From the acclaimed album Moondance, Van Morrison’s third solo album, routinely included in top rock album lists.

In Allmusic review –

“Moondance” is one of those rare songs that manages to implant itself on the collective consciousness of popular music, passing into the hallowed territory of a standard, a classic. It’s breezy jazz, overtly romantic lyrics, and smoldering cool hybrid seem so intrinsic as to blur musical genres…Van Morrison combines a sauntering jazz-folk groove with unguardedly romantic phrasing – brilliantly accented by the swinging cadence of his trademark marble-mouthed delivery…“