Dimming of the Day Lyrics

DIMMING OF THE DAY- Bonnie Raitt
This old house is falling down around my ears
I'm drowning in a river of my tears
When all my will is gone, you hold me sway
I need you at the dimming of the day.
CHORUS:
You pull me like the moon pulls on the tide
You know just where I keep my better side-----
What days have come to keep us far apart?
A broken promise or a broken heart
Now all the morning birds have wheeled away
I need you at the dimming of the day
CHORUS 2:
Come the night you're only what I want
Come the night you could be my confidant-----
I see you on the street and in company
Why don't you come and ease your mind with me
I'm living for the night we steal away
I need you at the dimming of the day
I need you at the dimming of the day
but the Bonnie Raitt version has changed the key and
reordered some of the words.
(from Longing in Their Hearts, 1994)