Lost in the shuffle, I've drifted and strayed
Bruised by the city, bewildered, betrayed
With a heart heavy laden, with faltering stride
I have come to the bridge, to the line that divides
What am I doing up here in a daze
As I gaze at the cold river bed?
Why do I ask myself, "Shall I go back?"
When I seem to be going ahead to;
Black moonlight
Where everything reflects your colour
Darkness that is endless
Nights that leave me friendless, blue
Black moonlight
You make the lights of Harlem duller
Just like me you're faded
Jaded and degraded too!
Why must you send ebony moonbeams
Depressing, distressing, like shadows of loves that are gone?
Where will it end?
Will it spread on
To the starlight, the sunlight, and darken the promise of dawn?
Black moonlight
I've lost all power to resist you
Madly I wait you
Even though I hate you
Black moonlight!
Oh black moonlight
I've lost all power to resist you
Madly I wait you
Even though I hate you
Black moonlight!