Van Dyke Parks
Across The Night
[Intro/Chorus]
Across the night
It was the moon that stole my slumber
Across the night
I fell in love with people sleeping

[Verse 1]
I fell tired
Asleep in a golden ocean
Your eyes perspired
A spike in my fascination

[Pre-Chorus]
I don't mean to make you cry
But these feelings run right through the night
And I'll only make you cry with these feelings

[Chorus]
Across the night
It was the moon that stole my slumber
Across the night
I fell in love with people sleeping
Across the night
Across the night
Across the night
I hugged a man's arthritic shoulder
[Verse 2]
Sleepless, untamed
Without a leash on the light around me

[Pre-Chorus]
I don't mean to make you cry
But these feelings run right through the night
And I'll only make you cry with these feelings

[Chorus]
Across the night
It was the moon that stole my slumber
Across the night
I fell in love with people sleeping
Across the night
Across the night
Across the night
I hugged a man's arthritic shoulder
I hugged a man's arthritic shoulder

[Bridge]
So let us be married
And we'll have another baby
'Cause I don't want to be lonely
I just want to be alone
Yeah, let's just get married
Shouting, baby, baby, babies!
Oh, you'll never sleep, but
I don't want to be lonely
Oh, you'll never sleep but
I don't want to be lonely
I just want to be alone
[Verse 3]
Never seen the sun shine
From higher points than sunrise
I don't want to be lonely
Never seen the sun shine
From higher points than sunrise
I don't want to be lonely
I just want to be alone
Alone...
Alone...