[Intro]



[Verse 1]
            
It was on a fa

            
ir September n

ight
             
That my lover 

      
came to me
             
I said, "Darli

             
ng girl, you'r

             
e strange to m

  
e now
            
Not like you u

      
sed to be"
            
I remember you

             
 as a beautifu

   
l rose
           
Out in the mor

     
ning light
            
But now your c

             
heeks so silen

      
t and pale
            
And you only w

      
alk at night


[Interlude]
            


[Chorus]
            
Oh yes, the su

             
n is hateful a

   
nd sore
             
On the racing 

         
streets at noo

n
            
And so I wait 

             
alone through 

    
the day
            
And like the j

      
asmine bloom


[Verse 2]
             
Then she left 

             
me there as I 

        
lay in a thirs

t
           
That water cou

        
ld not quell
             
And her voice 

            
was sad and so

          
ft in her thro

at
             
As she bid me 

        
last farewell


[Interlude]
            


[Chorus]
            
And now the su

             
n is hateful a

   
nd sore
             
On the racing 

          
streets at noo

n
            
And so I wait 

             
alone through 

    
the day
            
And like the j

      
asmine bloom


[Outro]