The Night: Nights in White Satin / Late Lament lyrics

Nights in White Satin

Verse 1
Nights in white satin, never reaching the end
Letters I've written, never meaning to send
Beauty, I'd always missed with these eyes before
Just what the truth is, I can't say anymore

Chorus
'Cause I love you
Yes, I love you
Oh, how I love you

Verse 2
Gazing at people, some hand-in-hand
Just what I'm going through, they can't understand
Some try to tell me thoughts they cannot defend
Just what you want to be, you will be in the end

Chorus
And I love you
Yes, I love you
Oh, how I love you
Oh, how I love you

Flute Solo

Verse 3
Nights in white satin, never reaching the end
Letters I've written, never meaning to send
Beauty, I'd always missed with these eyes before
Just what the truth is, I can't say anymore

Chorus
'Cause I love you
Yes, I love you
Oh, how I love you
Oh, how I love you

Chorus
'Cause I love you
Yes, I love you
Oh, how I love you
Oh, how I love you

Instrumental Outro

Late Lament

Verse 1
Breathe deep the gathering gloom
Watch lights fade from every room
Bedsitter people look back and lament
Another day's useless energy spent

Verse 2
Impassioned lovers wrestle as one
Lonely man cries for love and has none
New mother picks up and suckles her son
Senior citizens wish they were young

Verse 3
Cold-hearted orb that rules the night
Removes the colours from our sight
Red is grey and yellow white
But we decide which is right
And which is an illusion