EAST OF THE SUN

Music and Lyrics by Brooks Bowman ‘36, Stags at Bay (1935)

(Solo)  How I long to go away from all this busy world
To live in love and be alone with you.
But as there is no place I know of in this busy world
Where such a dream of love can come true
We must go up to the sky
We’ll find a place by and by
Where we can live, love, and forgive
The sun, the moon, the stars
You and I…

(Everybody!) East of the sun and west of the moon
We’ll build a dream house of love, dear
Near to the sun in the day, near to the moon at night
We’ll live in a lovely way, dear, living on love and pale moonlight
Just you and I, forever and a day
Love will not die: we’ll keep it that way
Up among the stars we’ll find a harmony of life to a lovely tune
East of the sun and west of the moon, dear,
East of the sun and west of the moon