oh when i was a small boy well i could see the magic in a day oh but now i m just a poor boy well maybe it s the price you have to pay if you lock your dreams away if no one wants to listen what s the story i wish i d been a minstrel just think of all the maidens i d recall oh i wish i d been a gypsy then maybe i could read the crystal ball cause surrounded by these walls just makes me feel uneasy i said hey sister moonshine won t you send me a little sun i said hey sister moonshine i m a stranger to ev ryone so make us all laugh make us all cry make us all give make us all try give us the secret show us the lie we ll strike up the music and light up the sky oh if i was a lion well i could be the king of all the plain oh and if i was an eagle well maybe i could fly above the rain fly above the pain but i know i m only fooling i said hey sister moonshine won t you send me a little sun i said hey sister moonshine i m a stranger to ev ryone make us all laugh make us all cry make us all give make us all try give us the secret show us the light we ll strike up the music and light up the sky i said hey sister moonshine i said hey sister moonshine 