Released: August 14, 1981
Songwriter: Peter Allen Carole Bayer Sager Burt Bacharach Christopher Cross
Producer: Michael Omartian
[Verse 1]
Once in your life you find her
Someone that turns your heart around
And next thing you know you're closing down the town
Wake up and it's still with you
Even though you left her way 'cross town
Wondering to yourself, "Hey, what've I found?"
[Chorus]
When you get caught between the moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the moon and New York City
The best that you can do
The best that you can do
Is fall in love
[Verse 2]
Arthur, he does as he pleases
All of his life, his master's toys
Deep in his heart, he's just, he's just a boy
Living his life one day at a time
And showing himself a pretty good time
Laughing about the way they want him to be
[Chorus (Repeat Until Fade-Out)]
When you get caught between the moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the moon and New York City
The best that you can do (The best that you can do)
The best that you can do
Is fall in love
When you get caught between the moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the moon and New York City
The best that you can do (The best that you can do)
The best that you can do
Is fall in love
When you get caught between the moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the moon and New York City
The best that you can do (The best that you can do)
The best that you can do
Is fall in love
When you get caught between the moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
Once in your life you find her
Someone that turns your heart around
And next thing you know you're closing down the town
Wake up and it's still with you
Even though you left her way 'cross town
Wondering to yourself, "Hey, what've I found?"
[Chorus]
When you get caught between the moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the moon and New York City
The best that you can do
The best that you can do
Is fall in love
[Verse 2]
Arthur, he does as he pleases
All of his life, his master's toys
Deep in his heart, he's just, he's just a boy
Living his life one day at a time
And showing himself a pretty good time
Laughing about the way they want him to be
[Chorus (Repeat Until Fade-Out)]
When you get caught between the moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the moon and New York City
The best that you can do (The best that you can do)
The best that you can do
Is fall in love
When you get caught between the moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the moon and New York City
The best that you can do (The best that you can do)
The best that you can do
Is fall in love
When you get caught between the moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the moon and New York City
The best that you can do (The best that you can do)
The best that you can do
Is fall in love
When you get caught between the moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
more tracks from the album
Walking in Avalon
- Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)
- In The Blink Of An Eye
- Back of My Mind
- It’s Always Something
- All Right
- Curled Around The World
- Dream Too Loud
- Ride Like the Wind
- Open Up My Window
- Every Turn of the World
- When She Smiles
- I Know You Well
- Think of Laura
- Rendezvous
- In A Red Room
- Hunger
- Kind Of I Love You
- Walking In Avalon
From the albums
- New York Songs
- Arthur (The Album) (1981)
- Hit Wave ’82 (1982)
- The Original Radioactive (1982)
- Walking in Avalon (1998)
- Absolute Movie Hits [NOR] (2005)
- Time Life Classic Soft Rock: Summer Breeze (2006)
- Klinelåter fra 80-Tallet (2007)
- 100 Hits: Love (2007)
- Cross Words - The Best of Christopher Cross (2011)
- Classic Love (2016)
Christopher Cross popular songs
- Sailing
- Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)
- Ride Like the Wind
- Think of Laura
- All Right
- Never Be the Same
- In A Red Room
- Minstrel Gigolo
- I’ll Be Alright
- No Time For Talk
- Rendezvous
- Nothing Will Change
- Love Is Love (In Any Language)
- She Told Me So
- Angry Young Men
- Alibi
- Just One Look
- Wishing Well
- Still I Resist
- Spinning
- Baby Says No
- Wild Wild West
- Is There Something
- It’s You That Really Matters