A Better Moon - Lyrics - Ian Anderson

Ian Scott Anderson, MBE is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his work as the lead vocalist, flautist and acoustic guitarist of British rock band Jethro Tull. Anderson plays several other musical instruments, including keyboards, bass guitar, bouzouki, balalaika, saxophone, harmonica, and a variety of whistles. His solo work begin with the 1983 album Walk into Light, and since then he released another five works, including the sequel of Jethro Tull album Thick as a Brick in 2012, entitled TAAB2: Whatever happened to Gerald Bostock.

I see you better now, shaded in deeper blue. Hardly needing to carry the find-your-way lamp Down to the river. Tonight flies a better moon. Sad water buffalo lie fast near the shallows; A splash revealing the fly-catching fishes. Dark gods silently watching. Tonight flies a better moon. I guess you've known lovers here, compliant in passion; Softly laid in the old reed bed, harshly Lit in the noon sun. Tonight flies a better moon. Now cloaked in this milky light, new as the *** dawn, Shrouded sweetly in all kinds of mystery, You turn, smile and then are gone. Tonight flies a better moon.