The night's calling, are you close behind?
   The night's calling, are you close behind?
  
   Trees without leaves and notes that don't ring.
   Wine left to rot and a voice that can't sing
   And hours of making love in silence
   And a light that just won't shine in the darkness.
   Could I be any clearer?
   Well, could I speak any plainer?
   I need you here just to lead my way and fall, fall, fall.
  
   She'd scolded me for my sinful and wicked ways;
   Towered above me, do you follow?
  
   And watched with concealed pleasure as I ripped out my heart and said
   "I'm just bad, I can't help it"
   But I tried to be good and...
  
   Trees without leaves and notes that don't ring.
   Wine left to rot and a voice that can't sing
   And hours of making love in silence
   And a light that just won't shine in the darkness.
   Could I be any clearer?
   Well, could I speak any plainer?
   I need you here just to lead my way and fall, fall, fall.
  
   Cos people make you lonely, people make you lonely sometimes.