[Verse 1: Michael Crawford, Barbara Streisand & Both]
Nighttime sharpens
Heightens each sensation
Darkness stirs and wakes imagination
Silently the senses abandon their defenses
Helpless to resist the notes I write
For I composed the music of the night
Slowly, gently
Night unfurls its splendor
Grasp it, sense it tremulous and tender
Hearing is believing, music is deceiving
Hard as lightning, soft as candlelight
Dare you trust the music of the night
Close your eyes
For your eyes will only tell the truth
And the truth isn't what you want to see
In the dark, it is easy to pretend
That the truth is what it ought to be

[Verse 2: Michael Crawford, Barbara Streisand & Both]
Softly
Deafening
Music shall caress you
Hear it
Feel it
Secretly posses you
Open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind
In this darkness which you know you cannot fight
The darkness of the music of the night
Close your eyes start a journey through a strange new world
Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before
Close your eyes and let music set you free
Only then can you belong to me
[Verse 3: Michael Crawford, Barbara Streisand & Both]
Floating (Floating), falling (Falling)
Sweet intoxication
Touch me (Touch me), trust me (Trust me)
Savour each sensation
Let the dream begin
Let your darker side give in
To the power of the music that I write
The power of the music of the night

[Interlude: Barbara Streisand]
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah

[Outro: Michael Crawford & Barbara Streisand]
You alone can make my song take flight
Help me make the music of the night
Help me make the music of the night