Donald fagen countermoon lyrics

On a night like this 

 You look up at your lover 

 It's like you're in some old cartoon 

 Then you detect 

 The scent of faded roses 

 Up in the sky 

 There's that cruel countermoon 

 Could that be murder you see in her eyes 

 You try a long and desperate kiss 

 You can't escape it 

 That beam is sure to find you 

 

 Chorus: 

 On a night like this 

 The story is told 

 How the women get restless 

 And the men grow cold 

 Gotham shudders 

 There's a chill in the air 

 There's a countermoon 

 Lovers all beware 

 

 Hand in hand 

 You walk along the river 

 You stop to clutch and caress 

 A countermoonbeam 

 Comes sweeping off the water 

 She says "You're not my Jackie. 

 My Jackie was the best." 

 Spitewaves are threatening 

 The seaside hotels 

 It's nasty weather for July 

 Last night you loved her 

 Tonight you wonder why 

 

 Chorus 

 

 At every pay phone 

 There's somebody cryin' 

 All the streets are slick with tears 

 When you see that blue ray 

 There's a heartquake on the way 

 

 Chorus