WHY CAN'T THE DARK LEAVE ME ALONE
(Rod Sherwood)


Toni Fisher - 1959



Strange how the dark makes you remember
Strange little things out of the past
Things like a chance, casual glance, things like a joke
Or like the times we'd smoke that last cigarette

Why must the dark make me remember
All of those things I should forget
Why must I wake from my sleep 
Craving for love that has burned
Why can't the dark leave me alone

Why must the dark bring you close to me
Why must the dark light the way
Back to the times when you'd lift your eyes to me
Back to the times when you whispered sighs to me

Oh, why must the dark make me remember
All of those things I should forget
Why must I wake from my sleep 
Craving for love that has burned
Why can't the dark leave me alone
Why can't the dark leave me alone



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2017)