The Lady Of The Night Lyrics - John Hiatt

Oh the moon hangs down 

Like some old evening gown 

Forgotten by some lovely southern maiden 

Oh the stars are her tears 

And the sky a skin of years 

That she has most graciously given 

Now who am I 

To think that she might bat an eye 

At my heart that lay so dangerously open 

'Neath the sweet magnolia tree 

The world's a fragrant memory 

And the lady of the night has finally spoken 

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CHORUS: 

She cries, oh, you are a leaf that the wind blows 

And you drift from place to place and you never know 

Well is it here that I will stay? 

Child, you must be on your way 

For you are now, but you know nothing of your sorrow 

So I hover in the breath 

Between the birthday and the death 

And the hummingbird, he hovers o're the flower 

Though the end is just a guest 

From one moment to the next 

I keep thinking there will be a final hour 

She cries, oh, you are a leaf that the wind blows 

And you drift from place to place and you never know 

Well is it here that I will stay? 

Child, you must be on your way 

For you are now, but you know nothing of tomorrow 

Photos 

She cries, oh, you are a leaf that the wind blows 

And you drift from place to place and you never know 

Well is it here that I will stay? 

Child, you must be on your way