Lyrics to
I Don’t Want The Night To End

This version of I Don’T Want The Night To End was released by Bette Midler in 1976.

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And I don’t want,
I, I don’t want,
I don’t want the night to end.

Oh, daddy, daddy.
Oh, daddy, daddy.
Wastin’ half my life
on platforms underground,
the other half I’m spending
as a desperate clown.
My problem now is that
you’re nowhere to be found.
In dark delicious dreams
of you I’ll drown.

Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-hi.
Oh, daddy. Oh, daddy.
Ooooooooh. Oh, daddy. Oh, daddy.
I don’t want the night to end.

Oh, baby, baby.
Ohhhhh, my sweet baby.
Wrapped around your soul
is where I want to be.
But in the night, blue music.
All my eyes can see:
Junkies in the rain,
down on their knees.
Tell me, what’s to become
of you and me?

Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.
Don’t let it be, don’t let it be over.
No, no, don’t let it be, don’t let it be.
I-i, I don’t want the night to end.
I don’t want the night to end.
I-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i, I don’t want the night to end.
Mmmm, say it again, now.
I-i-i-i-i, I don’t want, don’t want the night to end.

Don’t let it be, don’t let it be,
don’t let it be o-o-o-o-over.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
I don’t want it to be over.
Baby, I’m a soul to lend.
I’m all, all alone. I don’t want the night to end.
Oh, mommy, mommy, I am falling.

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The lyrics for I Don’T Want The Night To End are defined as the words making up the song released by Bette Midler in 1976. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to I Don’T Want The Night To End have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Bette Midler and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

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