Following the moonlit path
to climb to the top of the hill
I made a promise to myself
as I sat atop a stone-carved sign
It was with all of my heart, too:
"There's something you're wishing for
So, until the day it comes true, you have to keep holding on to your dreams"
We set out towards the west, because the moon travels west across the night sky
And if we were to stop short of our goal, the moon would stop too
It's always watching over me
On a night of the waning moon
A Mr. Half-Moon
looks as though it's about to land in my hands--
I thought it wanted to play with me
When I ask him, "Papa, bring down Mr. Moon! to me!"
He brings out a long ladder
and sets it next to the mountain, so I can climb to the top
Like the flowing breeze, and the flow of time
Now, my Papa lives in the sky
And just like the the path that the moon takes
My happiness waxes and wanes
We set out towards the west, because the moon travels west across the night sky
And if we were to stop short of our goal, the moon would stop too
It's always watching over me
He's watching over me