Midnight Sun

Written by：J. Francis Burke/Lionel Hampton/Johnny Mercer

Your lips were like a red and ruby chalice

Warmer than the summer night

The clouds were like an alabaster palace

Rising to a snowy height

Each star it's own aurora borealis suddenly you held me tight

I could see the midnight sun

I can't explain the silver rain that found me or was that moonlit veil

The music of the universe around me or was that a nightingale

And then your arms miraculously found me suddenly the sky turned pail

I could see the midnight sun

Was there such a night it's a thrill I still don't quite believe

But after you were gone there was still some stardust on my sleeve

The pain of it may dwindle to an ember and the stars forget to shine

And we may see the meadow in December icy white and crystalline

But oh my darlin' I'll always remember when your lips were close to mine

And I saw the midnight sun