Jim Andris, Facebook

The Woman in the Moon

© Glenda Dilley/Cea Hearth, July, 1979

For those of you that don't know it, haven't discovered it, there's the face of a woman in the full moon. I've been seeing this face for about three years and been recruiting other people to see it. Maybe that's what Anita Bryant meant, recruiting, that's all the recruiting I've been doing—moon worshipers. [Laughter.] So I've been singing it for about three years, and I think it's added something to my life

Happily for humankind, the woman is attainable in each of us.

Do you hear her calling, the woman in the moon?
Do you hear her calling, the woman in the moon?
The woman in you—calling to the woman in you
Calling to the woman in you—the woman in you

The clouds slip away, the moonlight fills our gaze
The clouds slip away, revealing the soft rays
That we have forgotten through the day
Though the moon is just a memory away

Do you hear her singing, the woman in the moon?
Do you hear her singing, the woman in the moon?
The woman in you—singing to the woman in you
Bringing to the woman in you—the woman in you

Of force, there is none, the moonlight bids you come
You can say no if you've otherwheres to go
And the moon will call again some other night
She'll be shining when the time is right

And where will she lead you, the woman in the moon
For what task does she need you, the woman in the moon
Needing the woman in you, the woman in you
Leading the woman in you,

You'll only know when the moonlight tells you so
You'll only know when your feet begin to go
And the moon will come along, your lifelong friend
She'll be shining til all the cycles end

Do you hear her calling?