He was crazy of course
   From the first she must have known it
   But still she went on with him
   And she never once had shown it
   And she took him off the streets
   And she dried his tears of grievin'g
   She listened to his visions
   She believed in his believin'
  
   Ah, he was the sun burning bright and brittle
   And she was the moon shining back his light a little
   He was a shooting star
   She was softer and more slowly
   He could not make things possible
   But, she could make them holy, holy...
  
   He was dancin' to some music
   No one else had ever heard
   He'd speak in unknown languages
   She'd translate every word
   And when the world was laughing
   At his castles in the sky
   She'd hold him in her body
   And he once again would fly
  
   Ah, he was the sun burning bright and brittle
   And she was the moon shining back his light a little
   He was a shooting star
   She was softer and more slowly
   He could not make things possible
   But, she could make them holy, holy...
  
   But she gave him a daughter
   And she gave him a son
   She was a mother, and a wife,
   And a lover when the day was done
   Well, he was too far gone for giving love
   What he'd offer in its stead
   Was the knowledge she was the only thing
   That was not in his head
  
   He took off East one morning
   In the rising sun's red glow
   She knew he was going nowhere
   But of course she let him go
   As she stood and watched him dwindle
   Much too empty to be sad
   He reappeared beside her and said,
   "You're all I've ever had"
  
   Ah, he was the sun burning bright and brittle
   And she was the moon shining back his light a little
   He was a shooting star
   She was softer and more slowly
   He could not make things possible
   But, she could make them holy
   Ah, he was the sun burning bright and brittle
   And she was the moon shining back his light a little
   He was a shooting star
   She was softer and more slowly
   He could not make things possible
   But, she could make them holy
   Holy...