Moonlight Shadow
Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly * Track #2 On The Best Of Mike Oldfield: Elements
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Moonlight Shadow by Mike Oldfield (Ft. Maggie Reilly)
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Mike OldfieldMaggie ReillyWrited by
Mike OldfieldAbout
“Moonlight Shadow” is a song released in 1983, and remains Mike Oldfield’s most successful single. Maggie Reilly performed the vocals, but Oldfield wrote the lyrics and was the song’s guitarist.
The song tells the story of a woman who loses her lover to a violent struggle in the middle of the night...
Moonlight Shadow Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The last that ever she saw him
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
He passed on, worried and warning
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Lost in a riddle that Saturday night
Far away on the other side
He was caught in the middle of a desperate fight
And she couldn't find how to push through
[Verse 2]
The trees that whisper in the evening
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Sing a song of sorrow and grieving
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
All she saw was a silhouette of a gun
Far away on the other side
He was shot six times by a man on the run
And she couldn't find how to push through
[Chorus]
I stay, I pray
See you in Heaven, far away
I stay, I pray
See you in Heaven one day
[Verse 3]
Four A.M. in the morning
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
I watched your vision forming
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Stars move slowly in the silvery night
Far away on the other side
Will you come to talk to me this night?
But she couldn't find how to push through
[Chorus]
I stay, I pray
See you in Heaven, far away
I stay, I pray
See you in Heaven one day
[Guitar Solo]
[Outro]
Far away on the other side
Caught in the middle of a hundred and five
The night was heavy and the air was alive
But she couldn't find how to push through
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Far away on the other side
But she couldn't find how to push through
Moonlight Shadow Q&A
Who wrote Moonlight Shadow's ?
Moonlight Shadow was written by Mike Oldfield.
Who produced Moonlight Shadow's ?
Moonlight Shadow was produced by Simon Phillips & Mike Oldfield.
When did Mike Oldfield release Moonlight Shadow?
Mike Oldfield released Moonlight Shadow on Sun May 08 1983.