MIDNIGHT SUN
-m. Lionel Hampton/Sonny Burke
4/4 1...2...1234
-w.Johnny Mercer
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Intro:
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Your lips were like a red and ruby chalice, warmer than the summer night
I can't explain the silver rain that found me, or was that a moonlit veil
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The clouds were like an alabaster palace,
rising to a
snowy height
The music of the
universe a-round me, or was that a nightin - gale
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Each star its own
aurora bore-alis,
suddenly you held me tight
And then your arms miraculously found me, suddenly the sky turned pale
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I could see the midnight sun.
(second verse)
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I could see the midnight sun
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Was there such a night, it's a thrill I still don't quite be-lieve
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But, after you were gone, there was still some stardust on my sleeve
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The flame of it may dwindle to an ember, and the stars for-get to shine
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And we may see the meadow in De-cember, icy white and crystal - line
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But, oh, my darling, always I'll re-member, when your lips were close to mine
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And we saw the midnight sun, and we saw the midnight sun, and we saw the midnight sun