Because The Night - Patti Smith

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Patti Smith  1978 (Bruce Springsteen) *

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Because_the_Night

      

           
Take me now, b

             
aby, here as I

 
 am.
             
Pull me close 

            
try and unders


tand.
             
Desire is hung

             
er, is the fir

    
e I breathe.
             
Love is a banq

             
uet on which w

  
e feed.

            
Come on now, t

           
ry and underst

and
           
the way I feel

              
 when I'm in y

    
our hand.
            
Take my hand; 

           
come under cov

er.
             
They can't hur

            
t you now, can

              
't hurt you no

   
w, can't hurt 

you now.

           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

 
 lovers.
           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

 
 lust.
           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

 
 lovers.
           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

 
 us.

           
Have I doubt w

        
hen I'm alone?
             
Love is a ring

           
 on the teleph

one.
             
Love is an ang

             
el disguised a

  
s lust,
             
here in our be

             
d until the mo

      
rning comes.

            
Come on now, t

           
ry and underst

and
           
the way I feel

              
 under your co

 
mmand.
            
Take my hand a

             
s the sun desc

ends.
             
They can't tou

            
ch you now, ca

              
n't touch you 

     
now, can't tou

ch you now.

           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

 
 lovers.
           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

 
 lust.
           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

 
 lovers.
           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

 
 us.

            
With love we s

             
leep; with dou

             
bt the vicious

            
 circle turn a

   
nd turns.
            
Without you I 

            
cannot live, f

            
orgive the yea

       
rning, burning
            
I believe in t

             
ime, too real 

   
to feel,

            
so touch me no

             
w, touch me no

             
w, touch me no

  
w.

           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

 
 lovers.  2x

* Alternate:

Capo II

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