From the Musical “GAY DIVORCE,” 1932.
Words and Music by Cole Porter.
Cover Art by Benjamin “jorj” Harris.
Starring Fred Astaire in his last Broadway Musical.
Copyright ©18 Nov 1932.
The sheet music:
Lyrics:
VERSE
Like the beat, beat, beat of the tom-tom;
When the jungle shadows fall,
Like the tick, tick, tick of the stately clock,
As it stands against the wall,
Like the drip, drip, drip of the raindrops,
When the summer show’r is through,
So a voice in me keeps repeating,
You, you, you.
REFRAIN
Night and day you are the one,
Only you beneath the moon and under the sun.
Whether near to me or far,
It’s no matter, darling, where you are
I think of you
Night and day.
Day and night
Why is it so,
That this longing for you follows wherever I go?
In the roaring traffic’s boom
In the silence of my lonely room,
I think of you
Night and day.
Night and day under the hide of me
There’s an Oh, such a hungry,, yearning, burning inside of me.
And it’s torment won’t be through
‘Til you let me spend my night making love to you,
Day and night
Night and day.
REPEAT REFRAIN