As the sun shines down on the land so her heart is crying for love
  And there is no-one there, no-one to hear her voice
  and she will sleep alone again tonight
  Now the moon is high in the sky
  In her room she calls out his name
  But he is somewhere else somewhere she cannot see
  Oh and the night is dark between them now
  "My god, my God, why did he go away?"
  Now the sun shines on a new town
  With a smile he gets off the train
  He lights a cigarette leans back to see the sky
  Oh and he thinks how much better off he is without her hanging round
  Let's do it
  And the day is passing by him and he has nowhere to stay
  At a lonely bar-room table his mind goes back
  to yesterday to the girl who's dead and buried
  But her face lives in his eyes
  He must forget that face forever
  Make the future start tonight
  Forget her
  But the meal he eats is dead flesh
  There is cancer in his cigarettes and the drinks won't do a thing for him
  But revive some stupid memories
  Then a hairstyle that reminds him makes him run into the night
  Where the moon hangs high above him now
  The same moon that she's praying on tonight
  But the wind catches her words and the moon swallows them whole
  Now the moon is high in the sky
  In her room she calls out his name
  The night is cold and dark and she is all alone
  The bed is empty now
  Her body screams for love
  She wants to be with him
  Oh but he's so far away
  Oh and the night is dark between them now
  "My God, my God, why did he go away?"