That line about the new moon rising would distract me so much I couldn't enjoy the image or the song. (To me, a new moon is one night each month as listed on my gardening calendar when there is no moon...a black circle on the calendar.)

Which reminds me of a similar distraction in Dan Fogelberg's song, "Run for the Roses" (which is heard around here a lot this week ;-))!

Born in the valley
And raised in the trees
Of Western Kentucky
On wobbly knees...

Everybody knows race horses are not raised in Western Kentucky. ;-) Seems like some songwriters just have to make the words fit, even if the facts are wrong.