When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
by Gene Sullivan and Wiley Walker
"In 1940, my partner, Wiley Walker and I recorded a session for Columbia, and it was a mistake. We didn't have any idea about original songs; we were just going to do songs we thought we liked. Art Satherley, Columbia A&R man, kicked most of them out, and we had to learn and record six songs in one day. It didn't come off. After the session, he sat us down and said, 'You're going to have to write your own songs if your interested in the recording business.' Because of this, I started trying to write songs. Shortly after, we were moving from Lubbock, Texas, to Oklahoma City to take a new job. I had everything I owned in the car including my wife and two kids. I drove all night across the west Texas prairie, looking right into a full moon. It was so bright on that flat ground I could turn my headlights out and still see the road. That's where the idea struck me for this song. Everybody was asleep, and as I drove along, I started putting the song together. — Gene Sullivan
When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
Memories that linger in my heart
Memories that make my heart grow cold
Maybe they'll live again sweetheart
When my blue moon again will turn to gold
When my blue moon turns to gold again
When the rainbow turns the clouds away
When my blue moon turns to gold again
You'll be back in my arms to stay
The lips that used to thrill me so
Your kisses were meant for only me
In my dreams they live again sweetheart
But my golden moon is just a memory
The castles we built of dreams together
Were the sweetest stories ever told
In my dreams they live again sweetheart
And my blue moon again will turn to gold
1941 renewed by Peer Southern Organization..
