Michael
   Night-time sharpens,
   Heightens each sensation . . .
   Darkness stirs and wakes imagination.
   Silently the senses abandon their defenses
   Helpless to resist the notes I write
   For I composed the music of the night!
  
   Barbra
   Slowly, gently
   Night unfurls its splendor.
   Grasp it, sense it tremulous and tender.
  
   Both
   Hearing is believing, music is deceiving,
   Hard as lightning, soft as candle light,
  
   Michael
   There you trust the music of the night...
  
   Barbra
   Close your eyes,
   For your eyes will only tell the truth,
  
   Both
   And the truth isn’t what you want to see.
   In the dark it is easy to pretend
   That the truth is what it ought to be...
  
   Michael
   Softly,
  
   Barbra
   Deafening,
  
   Both
   Music shall caress you.
  
   Barbra
   Hear it,
  
   Michael
   Feel it,
  
   Both
   Secretly posses you...
   Open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind,
   In this darkness which you know you cannot fight,
   The darkness of the music of the night...
  
   Close your eyes start a journey through a strange new world
   Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before!
   Close your eyes and let music set you free!
  
   Only then can you belong to me...
  
   Floating (floating), falling (falling)
   Sweet intoxication!
   Touch me (touch me), trust me (trust me)
   Savour each sensation!
  
   Let the dream begin,
   Let your darker side give in
   To the power of the music that I write,
   The power of the music of the night!
  
   Barbra
   Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah...
   Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah...
   Ah-ah-ah...
   Aaaaaaaaaah...oooh...
  
   Michael
   You alone can make my song take flight,
   Help me make the music of the night...
  
   Barbra
   Help me make the music of the night...
   Written by A.L.Webber, C.Hart & R.Stilgoe