I thank the sunlit moon she lets me stand,
And grateful for the earth that hangs so high—
I am, I am—I’m now a grateful man.

So much I’ve cried, afloat in my tin can,
And far above the world songs pacify.
I thank the sunlit moon she lets me stand.

The piano far off played a song to mend
The broken man I’d been this long a time,
I am, I am—I’m now (a grateful man

I stand upon the moon where life is grand)
Where now I see our petty fights and cries.
I thank the sunlit moon (she lets me stand

And haply, dusty earth will let me land)
In desert seas with brackish waves of brine.
I am, I am—I’m now a grateful man.

To sound the music of her shining sands,
To play the changes over me and cry—
I thank the sunlit moon she lets me stand,
I am, I am—I’m now a grateful man!