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Night and Day
written by Cole Porter
Lyrics of Cole Porter's song "Night and Day", written for Gay Divorce, 1932. Link to further information


Night and Day


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 shower is through
So a voice within me keeps repeating you, you, you

Night and day, you are the one
Only you beneath the moon and 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 wherever 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 its torment won't be through
'Til you let me spend my life making love to you
Day and night, night and day


1932