Songwriter: Buz Kohan Michael Jackson
Producer: Quincy Jones
[Verse 1]
Alone she lies waiting
Surrounded by gloom
Invaded by shadows
Painting the room
The light from the window
Cuts through the air
And pins the child lying there
Scared of the moon
She pulls up the covers
And shivers in fright
She hides from the color
That rides on the night
The light through the window
That lights up the sky
And causes her mournful cry
Scared of the moon
[Pre-Chorus 1]
There's nothing wrong
Don't be bothered they said
It's just childish fantasies turning your head
No need to worry
It's really too soon
But there she lies shivering
Scared of the moon
[Chorus]
Scared of the moon
Scared of the moon
Scared of the moon
Scared of the moon
[Verse 2]
The years go by swiftly
And soon childhood ends
But life is still fearful
When evening descends
The fear of a child
Still intrudes the night
Returning on beams of light
Scared of the moon
The feeling of terror
She felt as a youth
Has turned from a fantasy
Into the truth
The moon is the enemy
Twisting her soul
And taking its fearful toll
Scared of the moon
[Pre-Chorus 2]
But now there are others who sit in a room
And wait for the sunlight to brighten their gloom
Together they gather
Their lunacy shade
But knowing just why they're scared
Scared of the moon
[Chorus]
Scared of the moon
Scared of the moon
Scared of the moon
Scared of the moon
[Outro]
Scared of the moon (scared of the moon)
Alone she lies waiting
Surrounded by gloom
Invaded by shadows
Painting the room
The light from the window
Cuts through the air
And pins the child lying there
Scared of the moon
She pulls up the covers
And shivers in fright
She hides from the color
That rides on the night
The light through the window
That lights up the sky
And causes her mournful cry
Scared of the moon
[Pre-Chorus 1]
There's nothing wrong
Don't be bothered they said
It's just childish fantasies turning your head
No need to worry
It's really too soon
But there she lies shivering
Scared of the moon
[Chorus]
Scared of the moon
Scared of the moon
Scared of the moon
Scared of the moon
[Verse 2]
The years go by swiftly
And soon childhood ends
But life is still fearful
When evening descends
The fear of a child
Still intrudes the night
Returning on beams of light
Scared of the moon
The feeling of terror
She felt as a youth
Has turned from a fantasy
Into the truth
The moon is the enemy
Twisting her soul
And taking its fearful toll
Scared of the moon
[Pre-Chorus 2]
But now there are others who sit in a room
And wait for the sunlight to brighten their gloom
Together they gather
Their lunacy shade
But knowing just why they're scared
Scared of the moon
[Chorus]
Scared of the moon
Scared of the moon
Scared of the moon
Scared of the moon
[Outro]
Scared of the moon (scared of the moon)
Unreleased Songs
- Ease on Down the Road #1
- Addams Groove (Family Thing)
- Days in Gloucestershire
- P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) (Demo Version)
- Todo Para Ti
- Throwing Your Life Away
- Everything’s Just Fine (aka Alright)
- Deep In The Night
- She’s Trouble (Demo Version)
- Faces
- Jane is a Groupie
- Happy Birthday, Lisa
- We Are the World (Original Solo Demo)
- Do You Know Where Your Children Are (Original Version)
- Slave to the Rhythm (Original Version)
- Here I Am (Come And Take Me) (Original Mix)
- Chicago (Original Version)
- Blue Gangsta (Original Version)
- Xscape (Original Version)
- Dangerous (Early Version)
- Farewell My Summer Love (Original Mix)
- Starlight
- Seeing Voices
- Loving You (Original Version)
- A Place with No Name (Original Version)
- 7 Digits (Snippet)
- Hollywood Tonight (Original Version)
- Get Your Weight Off of Me (Snippets)
- To Make My Father Proud (Original Mix)
- You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me (Original Mix)
- Touch the One You Love (Original Mix)
- Girl You’re So Together (Original Mix)
- Behind the Mask (Original Version)
- Do You Know Where Your Children Are (2010 Version)
- Chicago (2010 Version)
- Love’s Gone Bad
- Slave To The Rhythm (2010 Version)
- Carousel (Shortened Version)
- What About Us
- Call on Me (Original Mix)
- Don’t Let It Get You Down (Original Mix)
- Don’t Believe It (Snippet)
- Price of Fame (Pepsi Version)
- Cheater (2001 Reworked Version)
- Someone Put Your Hand Out (Early Version)
- Groove Of Midnight
- You Were There (Live from Sammy Davis Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration 1989)
- Man in Black
- I’m Still The King
- State of Shock (Alternate Version)
- Melodie (Original Mix)
- The Loser
- If’n I Was God
- Hold My Hand
- (I Can’t Make It) Another Day
- Much Too Soon
- Sunset Driver (Demo)
- The Way You Love Me
- We Are Here to Change the World
- Don’t Be Messin’ ’Round
- I’m So Blue
- We’ve Had Enough
- Song Groove (Abortion Papers)
- All in Your Name
- Free
- Best of Joy
- Someone in the Dark
- We Be Ballin’
- Mind Is the Magic
- Scared of the Moon (Demo)
- Carousel
- Streetwalker
- Fly Away
- Beautiful Girl
- Cheater
- Fall Again
- In the Back
- Monkey Business
- Price of Fame
- Al Capone
- Can’t Get Outta the Rain
- This Is It
- She’s Trouble
- What More Can I Give
- Work That Body
- You Can’t Win
- I Am A Loser
- That’s What Love Is Made Of
- Who’s Lookin’ For A Lover
- Love Never Felt So Good (Original Version)
- Lonely Teardrops
- When I Come Of Age
- Someone Put Your Hand Out
- Slapstick
- Elizabeth, I Love You (Live from Elizabeth Taylor’s Anniversary Celebration 1997)
- For All Time
- Got the Hots
- Hot Street
- If You Don’t Love Me
- Nite Line
- On the Line
- One More Chance
- People of the World
- Serious Effect
- She Got It
- Why
- Billie Jean
- Smooth Criminal
- They Don’t Care About Us
- Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
- Man in the Mirror
- Thriller
- Human Nature
- Beat It
- Dirty Diana
- Heal the World
- Bad
- Black or White
- Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough
- Earth Song
- P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
- Rock with You
- The Way You Make Me Feel
- You Are Not Alone
- Remember the Time
- You Rock My World
- Will You Be There
- Scream
- Off the Wall
- The Girl Is Mine