best that you can do

Christopher Cross sailed to the top of the charts and got caught between the moon and New York City with the sentimental sweep of this yacht rock serenade. Before 'Arthur's Theme' was part of the soundtrack for the film 'Arthur' starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minnelli, it was a song that Minnelli's ex-husband Peter Allen had written with Carole Bayer Sager years before. Allen had come up with the line, "When you get caught between the moon and New York City" when his flight got stuck waiting to land at JFK airport in New York. Bayer Sager and her future husband Burt Bacharach reworked the song with Christopher Cross for the film. The song was a huge hit, topping charts in Canada, Japan, Norway, and the US; and it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.

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 across town

Wondering to yourself, "Hey, what've I found?"

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

Arthur he does as he pleases

All of his life, he's mastered choice

Deep in his heart, he's just, he's just a boy

Living his life one day at a time

And showing himself a really good time

Laughing about the way they want him to be

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

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