[Verse 1]
You can always tell when your best man don't want you 'round
You can always tell when your best man don't want you 'round
He will come home at night, turn the bed upside down

[Verse 2]
My heart struck sorrow, tears came rollin' down
Hey-hoo, tears came rollin' down
Because my baby was Kentucky bound

[Verse 3]
A pale moon shines down on the mountain still
A pale moon shines down on the mountain still
Way down in old Kentucky, 'mid those high blue hills

[Verse 4]
Shine on, old moon — harvest moon, shine on
Hey-hoo, harvest moon, shine on
Because old moon, you'll be shining when I'm dead and gone

[Verse 5]
I'm gonna tell my mama when I go back home
I'm gonna tell my mama when I go back home
Tell her the folks up here won't let my Kentucky man alone