IN THE HOUR

Writer: Melanie Safka
Publishers: Bienstock Publishing Company (ASCAP)/Quartet Music (ASCAP)

From the album BORN TO BE (1968)

In the hour when the sun shines bright on my head

In the city where I am alone

I never think of that once told story

When two flowers almost were one, but

What to do

I still think in the morning of you

When darkness hovers and city lights take over

I am blinded to the words I am alone

It's useless to cry for a star in the sky

For the city lights tell me there's none, but

What to do

I still cry in the morning for you

When my head touches my pillow

I am too weary to dare dream that I am alone

Now I lay myself down to sleep

‘I pray the lord his soul to keep’ is my song, but

What to do

I still dream in the morning for you

What to do

I still cry in the morning for you

NOTES

A second recording of this song appears on the soundtrack album ALL THE RIGHT NOISES (1971)