NIGHT AND DAY
Words and Music by
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Intro
LIKE THE BEAT, BEAT, BEAT OF THE TOM-TOM,
WHEN THE JUNGLE SHADOWS FALL,
LIKE THE TICK, TICK, TOCK, OF THE STATELY CLOCK,
AS IT STANDS AGAINST THE WALL,
LIKE THE DRIP, DRIP, DRIP, OF THE RAINDROPS,
WHEN THE SUMMER SHOW’R IS THROUGH,
SO A VOICE WITHIN ME KEEPS REPEATING....
YOU, YOU, YOU.........................
Refrain
NIGHT AND DAY, YOU ARE THE ONE,
ONLY YOU BENEATH THE MOON OR UNDER THE SUN,
WHETHER NEAR TO ME OR FAR,
IT’S NO MATTER, DARLING, WHERE YOU ARE,
I THINK OF YOU, NIGHT AND DAY,
DAY AND NIGHT, WHY IS IT SO,
THAT THIS LONGING FOR YOU FOLLOWS WHERE EVER I GO,
IN THE ROARING TRAFFIC’S BOOM,
IN THE SILENCE OF MY LONELY ROOM,
I THINK OF YOU, NIGHT AND DAY,
NIGHT AND DAY, UNDER THE HIDE OF ME,
THERE’S AN OH, SUCH A HUNGRY YEARNING, BURNING INSIDE OF ME,
AND IT’S TORMENT WON’T BE THROUGH,
TIL YOU LET ME SPEND MY LIFE MAKING LOVE TO YOU,
DAY AND NIGHT, NIGHT AND DAY!
(Repeat Refrain)
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