NIGHT WHEN YOU'RE AWAY
 
Uncle Chris has taught me how to sing to charm the pigeons off a tree
And Aunt Marie taught me to love and a friend of hers taught both of us to ski
Everyone I know and some I don't have something relevant to say
But no-one's ever told me how to stay at home at night when you're away
 
Now everyone's a sinner and I don't say that makes everything alright
But God gave me this soul of mine and sometimes it gets hungry in the night.
Heaven helps the friends who come around and help me make it through the day
But heaven help the girl who tries to ease me through the night when you're away
 
Now I thank the Lord for music, for the pleasure and the dreams that it can bring
And it helps me when I'm lonely for what better way of crying than to sing
But music needs a listener and it doesn't satisfy me just to play
I need someone beside me making music through the night when you're away
 
Well it hasn't happened yet but I'm afraid that I can't guarantee it won't
Cos I haven't had the chances and it might be best for someone if I don't
My love for you gets stronger but my body's getting weaker by the day
And no-one's ever told me how to stay at home at night when you're away.
 
 
 
 
Copyright Allan Bantick July 1982