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Through The Long Night Lyrics
The cold hands
The sad eyes
The dark Irish silence
It's so late
But I'll wait
Through the long night with you
With you
The warm tears
The bad dreams
The soft trembling shoulders
The old fears
But I'm here
Through the long night with you
With you
Oh, what has it cost you
I almost lost you
A long, long time ago
Oh, you should have told me
But you had to bleed to know
All your past sins
Are since past
You should be sleeping
It's all right
Sleep tight
Through the long night with me
With me
No, I didn't start it
You're broken hearted
From a long, long time ago
Oh, the way you hold me
Is all that I need to know
And it's so late
But I'll wait
Through the long night with you
With you
The sad eyes
The dark Irish silence
It's so late
But I'll wait
Through the long night with you
With you
The bad dreams
The soft trembling shoulders
The old fears
But I'm here
Through the long night with you
With you
I almost lost you
A long, long time ago
Oh, you should have told me
But you had to bleed to know
Are since past
You should be sleeping
It's all right
Sleep tight
Through the long night with me
With me
You're broken hearted
From a long, long time ago
Oh, the way you hold me
Is all that I need to know
But I'll wait
Through the long night with you
With you
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for serious? no comments? at all? this is my favorite billy joel song of all. it's amazing. grrr to all of you!
@penny_fresca He actually wrote this song while he was watching someone sleep. It's about a person he personally knew who was going through a lot and was "losing their grip on things. Someone who needed a great deal of support at the time".
"The point of that song was 'I'll wait through the long night with you. I'll watch over you and I'm gonna be there'"
https://youtu.be/jCK2u1DLdOw