all through the night

Don’t you feel so lonely
when it’s in the afternoon
and you gotta face it
all through the night

Don’t it make you believe
that something’s gonna have
to happen soon

oh baby, all through the night
All through the night
oh baby, all through the night
All through the night
all through the night

Have you ever played with an all night band
and gone through it, baby
all through the night
When the daytime descends
in a night time of hell
everybody’s gone to look for a bell
to ring
all through the night
And they do it, all through the night
babe, all through the night
When the words were down
and the poetry comes
and the novel’s written
and the book is done
you said, oh Lord, lover, baby
give it to me
all through the night
And she says it

My best friend Sally, she got sick
and I’m feeling mighty ill myself
it happens all the time
and all through the night
I went to Saint Vincent’s
and I’m watching the ceiling
fall down on her body
as she’s lying round on the ground
says, oh babe, gotta celebrate
all through the night
Made me feel so sad I cried
all through the night
I said, oh Jesus, all through the night
If the sinners sin
and the good man’s gone
and a woman can’t come
and help him home
and what you gonna do about it
when they go on all through the night
and they sing, oh baby, oh baby, oh baby
all through the night
and he says, give it to me
all through the night
It ain’t so much when a man’s gotta cry
give a little loving
and some piece of mind
I said, hey babe, give it to me
all through the night

And some people wait for things
that never come
and some people dream of things
that never been done
they do it, oh baby, all through the night
The city’s funny and the country’s quiet
but I’d wanna know why
they don’t have a riot
why don’t they do it, baby
all through the night
Ooohhh mama, ooohhh mama
tell me ’bout it
all through the night
If Christmas comes
only once a year
why can’t anybody shed
just one tear?
for things that don’t happen
all through the night

Polaroid camera photo by Julian Schnabel