Moon at the Window

It takes cheerful resignation, heart and humility
That's all it takes, a cheerful person told me
Nobody's harder on me than me, how could they be?
And nobody's harder on you than you

Betsy's blue, she says, "tell me something good"
You know I'd help her out if I only could
Oh, but sometimes the light can be so hard to find
At least the moon at the window, the thieves left that behind

People don't know how to love, they taste it and toss it
Turn it off and on like a bathtub faucet
Oh sometimes the light can be so hard to find
At least the moon at the window, the thieves left that behind

I wish her heart, I know these battles
Deep in the dark when the spooks of memories rattle
Ghosts of the future, phantoms of the past
Rattle, rattle, rattle in the spoon and the glass

Is it possible to learn how to care and yet not care?
Since love has two faces, hope and despair
And pleasure always turns to fear, I find
At least the moon at the window, the thieves left that behind

At least they left the moon behind the blind
Moon at the window