David A. Crossman - Moonlight on the Mississippi Lyrics

There is moonlight on the Mississippi
It's a warm night
I wish you were with me
It's been so long
So long

The stars are caught in the magnolias
You should see them
Some turn into fireflies and fly away
Fly away

But moonlight maybe it's all that
Can be shared by two people so far apart
When you wish upon a star
Wish that I was where you are

But the Mississippi is a long, long river
And it only flows one way
St. Louis down to Natchez is a lifetime
Sometimes it feels that way

But love songs were never intended
To be sung to somebody so far away
If only you could hear my voice
I would sing you home today

But the Mississippi is a wide, wide river
Impossible to swim across
It's up to us to build the bridges
Or up to us to bear the loss