Twelve O'Clock Waltz

Lyric: Mort Dixon & Billy Rose
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1928
Original publisher: Remick Music Corp.

Verse 1:

The music is playing,
The dancers are swaying,
The lights are low;
The moonlight is gleaming
While I stand here dreaming
Of long ago.
While bright eyes are shining
And arms are entwining,
I sadly sigh;
Midnight is near,
I'm lonely here,
As they go drifting by;

Chorus:

Twelve o'clock, hear the silvery chimes,
Twelve o'clock, makes me think of old times,
When I danced with you,
Romanced with you,
And love was young and true.
Twelve o'clock, oh, how diff'rent tonight,
Twelve o'clock, someone else holds you tight,
But in Mem'ry Lane, you're mine again
Ev'ry night at twelve o'clock.

Verse 2:

A moment of gladness,
Of kisses and madness,
Comes back to me;
A moment of pleasure
That I'll always treasure
In memory.
Without you to love me,
The moon up above me
Will never shine;
Though you are gone,
You linger on
Down in this heart of mine;

[Chorus]