Twelve O’Clock At Night

a 1923 popular song
words by Billy Rose and Herman Ruby
music by Lou Handman

The sheet music:

Twelve-OClock-At-Night – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

Twelve_OClock_At_Night – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. I love the daytime
    And there’s a good reason why
    When I have plenty to do
    I have no time to be blue
    I love the evening
    When I’m too busy to cry
    But when it’s time to pillow my head
    That’s the hour that I dread

Chorus
Twelve o’clock at night
I’m heavy hearted
Twelve o’clock at night
When friends have parted
Walking home alone
The streets are empty and bare
There’s no use hurrying home
‘Cause no one’s waiting there
Who cares about me
Climbing up the stairs
I feel so lonesome
And the dusty chairs
Seem lonesome, too
My poor heart aches
For a glimpse of Dad and Mother
And my Sweetie back home
Twelve o’clock at night
When I find myself all alone

  1. Nighttime seems endless
    Tossing around in my bed
    When darkness blankets my room
    I know the meaning of gloom
    Lonesome and friendless
    Sometimes I wish I were dead
    I hate to hear the clock on the wall
    I’m so tired of it all

Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: