Long night, it's a long night, my friendThe barrooms and the

One afternoon I came to hearYou sing a soft song into

There is no great big endingNo sunset in the skyThere is

the time I get to Phoenix she'll be risin'She'll

not the pale moon that excites meThat thrills and

I was seventeenIt was a very good yearIt was

(Let us break bread together on our knees.)(Let us break bread

The days of wine and roses laugh and run away like

fine romance, with no kissesA fine romance, my friend,

When I take my sugar to teaAll the boys are jealous

in a streamFalling leaves a sycamoreMoonlight in

Rain falling from the skiesLike lonely tears through misty eyesRain streaming

olden days a glimpse of stockingWas looked on as something

ain't been blue, no, no, noYou ain't been blue 'til

never feel a thing is realWhen I'm away from

That old black magic has me in its spellThat old black

I'd know you anywhere, I'd know that grinI'd know you anywhere

I was seventeen, it was a very good yearIt

There's no use of a moonlight glowOr the peaks where winter

be a lady tonightLuck, be a lady tonightLuck, if