THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT Music by ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER

Lyrics by CHARLES HART Additional lyrics by RICHARD STILGOE

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I Night time sharp - ens, heightens each sen - sa - tion; dark - ness stirs and

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wakes irn - ag - in - a - tion. SF- lent - ly the sen - ses a - ban - don their de - fen - ces.

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night un - furls its splen - dour; grasp it , sense it, - lous and ten - der.

light and lis-ten to the mu-sic of the night. Close your eyes and sur-ren- der to your

dark - est dreams! Purge your thoughts of the life you knew be fore ! Close your

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se -cret - ly po - ssess you. 0 - pen up your mind. let your fan - ta - sies un-wind in this / I I n I I n

dark-ness which you know you can - not fight, the dark-ness of the mu-sic of the

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night. Let your mind start a jour-ney through a strange, new world; leave all

thoughts of the world you knew be fore. Let your soul take you where you long to

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be! On - ly then can you be - long to me.

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Float -ing, fall - ing, sweet in-tox- i - ca - tion. Touch me, trust me, sa-voureach sen-sa - tion.

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Let the dream begin, let your dark-erside give in t o the pow-er of the mu-sic that I write, the I _\

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pow-er of the mu-sic of the night.

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You a - lone can make my song take

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flight, help me make the mu-sic o f the night. -