I heard what I think is a beautiful old song, Night and Day, played by an orchestra without the lyrics. I knew some of the lyrics and looked it up just for my own curiosity! They are:
Like the beat beat beat of the tom-tom
When the jungle shadows fall
Like the tick tick tock of the stately clock
As it stands against the wall
Like the drip drip drip of the raindrops
When the summer shower is through
So a voice within me keeps repeating you, you, you
Night and day, you are the one
Only you beneath the moon or under the sun
Whether near to me, or far
Its no matter darling where you are
I think of you
Day and night, night and day, why is it so
That this longing for you follows wherever I go
In the roaring traffics boom
In the silence of my lonely room
I think of you
Day and night, night and day
Under the hide of me
Theres an oh such a hungry yearning burning inside of me
And this torment wont be through
Until you let me spend my life making love to you
Day and night, night and day
Written by Cole Porter, said to be inspired while floating down the Nile River in Egypt listening to Moroccan drums and Islamic chants! (Think I’ll overlook that!)
U2 has an updated version:
I’m not a Bono fan but I like the emotional punch he gives to it! It sometimes gives me chills when he first says night and day, but that’s just me! I’d like to hear Sting do it! That might make me swoon—-yeah, that’s right….I said swoon! Well that, or a slow dance with Tom Selleck! Lawdy Miz Scarlett, I feel the vapers comin’ on!
It’s the kind of song that makes you want to close your eyes and dance like the incredible Fred and Ginger!
Anyway you play it or sing it, it’s a beautiful song that I love.
