Lyrics

**Verse 1**
When the city settles down, baby
And the traffic loses sound
When the last bus leaves the corner
And the streetlights come around

I start thinking ’bout your doorway
And the way you say my name
How one look across your shoulder
Can make a grown man lose his aim

I spend the daylight handling trouble
Keeping worry from my face
But when midnight clears the noise away
My heart keeps running to your place

**Pre-Chorus**
So leave one lamp beside the window
Let me know you’re waiting too
When the whole world stops demanding
I want to spend that time with you

**Chorus**
In the quiet of the night, woman
Let me hold you close and slow
Let me tell you all the feelings
That my daytime pride won’t show

In the quiet of the night, darling
When there’s nobody else around
I can hear my heart confessing
What the daylight keeps turned down

Come meet me where the noise is over
Where two honest hearts can speak
In the quiet of the night, baby
That’s when your love gets deep in me

**Verse 2**
I remember last December
When the power left our block
You wrapped that old quilt around us
While we laughed beside the clock

We had no television talking
No telephone to interrupt
Just your cheek against my shoulder
And your hand inside of mine

That was when I understood you
Not the woman people see
But the tender, tired, faithful soul
You only show to me

**Pre-Chorus**
I don’t need some crowded ballroom
Or a thousand-dollar view
Give me one still hour after midnight
And an open heart from you

**Chorus**
In the quiet of the night, woman
Let me lay my burdens down
Let your arms remind this weary man
He has somewhere safe he’s found

In the quiet of the night, darling
Let the truth replace our pride
There are things we keep from saying
That keep hurting us inside

**Bridge**
Tell me where I’ve disappointed you
Tell me where I failed to see
I won’t turn away or argue
Bring your honest pain to me

I’ll tell you why I get so distant
Why I hide when I feel weak
Sometimes the man who talks the loudest
Has the hardest time to speak

But when the curtains close around us
And your heartbeat answers mine
I don’t need to act invincible
I can leave that mask behind

**Final Chorus**
In the quiet of the night, woman
Let me love you without fear
Let me prove you’re still the reason
That I hurry home each year

In the quiet of the night, darling
Let me kiss away your doubt
We can find the love we buried
When the world kept wearing us out

Come meet me where the noise is over
Where there’s nothing left to hide
In the quiet of the night, baby
Let me keep you by my side

**Outro**
When the first train starts its morning
And the dark gives up the street
I want to still be holding you
With your warm hand over me

When the city settles down, woman
That’s where I come alive
In the quiet of the night
Your love keeps this man satisfied.