I got my windo

             
w open in the 

              
southern cross

  
 hotel
             
It's been my l

              
ongest night I

               
 can tell
             
By the way I'm

          
 not surprised
             
To see the des

              
ert cover over

    
 paradise
              
Now count ever

             
y rhododrendon

             
 in this cool 

          
mountain light
             
I've made more

              
 mistakes than

          
 that just ton

ight
              
So all of you 

             
folks in heave

             
n not too busy

             
 ringing the b

ells
             
Some of us dow

              
n here aren't 

          
doing very wel

l
              
Some of us wit

             
h our windows 

             
open in the so

             
uthern cross h

otel
           
Still waiting


           
Still waiting


             
For you to sin

             
g that song ag

    
ain
              
The one you we

             
re singing at 

             
the very fall 

    
of man
             
It ain't halle

              
lujah but it m

             
ight as well h

    
ave been
             
Sing it brothe

             
r one more tim

 
e
             
Sing it brothe

             
r one more tim

 
e
             
Sing it sister

              
 one more time
             
Sing it sister

              
 one more time
            
Once for every

             
body who got l

      
eft behind
              
Whip-poor-will

   
           
O whip-poor-wi

ll
              
Whip-poor-will