07 - STAY UNTIL THE STREETLIGHTS FADE - The Wonders

(1966 Late-Night Ballad) (Soft clean electric guitar and distant organ) Intro Ooooh… Stay awhile… Verse 1 The drive-in movie’s closing down Last few cars still hanging around Summer air drifting slow and blue And all I wanna do is stay with you Your shadow dancing near the light Like the last few moments of the night And somewhere far beyond the town The stars were slowly coming out Pre-Chorus We don’t have to say a word Some nights silence says enough Chorus Stay until the streetlights fade Until the night gives way Hold on to this feeling now Before it slips away somehow Stay until the streetlights fade Until the sky turns gray Right here where the world feels small And nothing hurts at all Verse 2 Radio singing soft and low Windows fogging in the glow Your fingertips brushing against mine Like we could almost stop time The city sleeping far away While we let the hours drift and sway And every little breath you take Feels like something I can’t replace Pre-Chorus Maybe morning changes things But tonight we’re still alive Chorus Stay until the streetlights fade Until the night gives way Hold on to this feeling now Before it slips away somehow Stay until the streetlights fade Until the sky turns gray Right here where the world feels small And nothing hurts at all Bridge (layered harmonies) Ooooh… Don’t let the moment go… Ooooh… Stay until the morning glows… Guitar Solo (Soft emotional melodic solo with gentle tremolo) Final Chorus Stay until the streetlights fade Until the darkness breaks Every little second here Feels too beautiful to waste Stay until the streetlights fade And hold me through the dawn Maybe if we stay like this The night will carry on Outro (soft harmonies fading into tape hiss) Stay until the streetlights fade… Stay until the streetlights fade…