10000 Maniacs
MTV Unplugged
"Because the night"
Words and Music by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith
Take me now, baby, here as I am.
Pull me close try and understand.
Desire is hunger, is the fire I breathe.
Love is a banquet on which we feed.
Come on now, try and understand
the way I feel when I'm in your hand.
Take my hand; come under cover.
They can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now.
[Chorus:]
Because the night belongs to lovers.
Because the night belongs to lust.
Because the night belongs to lovers.
Because the night belongs to us.
Have I doubt when I'm alone?
Love is a ring on the telephone.
Love is an angel disguised as lust,
here in our bed until the morning comes.
Come on now, try and understand
the way I feel under your command.
Take my hand as the sun descends.
They can't touch you now, can't touch you now, can't touch you
now.
(Chorus)
With love we sleep; with doubt the viscious
circle turn and turns.
Without you I cannot live, forgive the yearning, burning
I believe in time, too real to feel,
so take me now, take me now, take me now.
