Midnight Sun (Johny Mercer)
from Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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Your lips were like a red and ruby chalice / warmer than a summer night
the clouds were like an alabaster palace / rising to a snowy hight
each star its own arora borealis / suddenly you held me tight
I could see the midnight sun
I can't explain the silver rain that found me / or was that a moon-lit vale
the music of the universe around me / or was that a nightingale
and then your arms miraculously found me / suddenly the sky turned pale
I could see the midnight sun
was there such a night / its a thrill I still don't quite belive
but after you were gone there was still some stardust on my sleeve
the flame of it may dwendle to an ember / and the stars forget to shine
and we may see the meadow in December / icey white and crystalline
but oh my darling always I'll remember / when your lips were close to mine
and we saw the midnight sun
the midnight sun
the midnight sun
