Moonlight memories Drifting through the forest of my mind Back before the war we waged with the plow Crosscut saw, and the dynamite These hills ain't what they used to be The wolves don't howl here anymore The rivers have been dammed and they blew the mountains in I can't recall what was here before Still we're wanting more Wind blows in the ponderosa pines Like a song when I close my eyes Memories go drifting by And I'm gone into the wild Childhood melodies Echo in the backwoods of my mind Free as the wind, the sun upon my skin Fairy dust falling from the sky But times ain't like they used to be The wilderness is hard to find at all The magic slipped way and the fires start in May Making way for another shopping mall Still we want it all Wind blows in the ponderosa pines Like a song when I close my eyes Memories go drifting by And I'm gone into the wild Redwood canopies Shadows dancing 'round the forest floor A wild seed sowed for the great unknown Growing in my heart forever more How can we ask for more? Wind blows in the ponderosa pines Like a song when I close my eyes Memories go drifting by And I'm gone, I'm gone Into the wild, into the wild Into the wild, into the wild