Dan Bern When The Earth Had Two Moons Lyrics

When The Earth Had Two Moons Lyrics

Back when the earth had two moons 

Back when the earth had two moons 

Baby, can you even remember 

That far back when the earth had two moons 

We sold it to the people of Kababa 

We sold it to the people of Kababa 

A medium sized planet in a small solar system in a very large galaxy just next
door 

A medium sized planet in a small solar system in a very large galaxy just next
door 

Go to Jupiter, take the first right, fly north north north for 30 billion light
years 

Remember that space is curved and you can’t miss it 

Remember that space is curved and you can’t miss it 



Back when the earth had two moons 

It seemed as though eclipses were incessant 

Every seven years they were both full 

Sometimes when one was full the other was a crescent 

We sold it to the people of Kababa 

For the Berlin wall and all the tea in China 

For the gross national product of America 

For the cash crop of North Carolina 

Back when the earth had two moons 

Nobody had any money 

Nobody ever had a fever 

No one ever slept alone either 

Shoes were the only transportation 

No one ever heard of litigation 

There was hardly anybody who could spell 

But every body slept pretty well 



But we sold it to the people of Kababa 

For cars and roads and offices 

For Warner Brothers, Exxon and Sony 

For hamburger meat and baloney 

Ah, but now we’re better off--don’t you see 

With CNN on the TV 

Child hookers in the Philippines to screw me 

Karaoke for every wannabe 

We got fast food and condoms and hair spray 

We got the right to vote to take all of our rights away 

We got life and the means to spend it 

We’ve even got the bomb in case we want to end it 



But if you ever find yourself wishing 

The moon was back in its original position 

There’s a rumor that the deal was never signed 

And Kababa isn’t difficult to find 

Go to Jupiter, take the first right, fly north north north for 30 billion light
years 

Remember that space is curved and you can’t miss it 

Remember that space is curved and you can’t miss it 



Back when the earth had two moons 

Back when the earth had two moons