Because The Night - Patti Smith

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[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

           
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.


[Chorus]

           
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.


[Verse 2]

          
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.


[Chorus]

           
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.


[Solo]

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[Bridge]

            
With love we s

             
leep; with dou

             
bt the vicious

            
 circle turns 


and burns.
            
Without you I 

           
cannot live, f

             
orgive the yea

  
rning burning.
            
I believe it's

       
 time, too rea

l to feel.
            
So touch me no

             
w, touch me no

             
w, touch me no


w.


[Chorus]

           
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.

           
Because tonigh

             
t there are tw

     
o lovers.
           
If we believe 

             
in the night w

  
e trust
           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

    
 lovers.
           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to


 us.