Bm G A Bm
Take me now, baby, here as I am.
G A BmPull me close try and understand.
Desire is hunger, is the fire I breathe.
G A BLove is a banquet on which we feed
G A D ACome on now, try and understand
the way I feel when I'm in your hand.
D G ATake my hand; come under cover.
C Bm F#They can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now.
Bm G A
Because the night belongs to lovers.
Because the night belongs to lust.
G ABecause the night belongs to lovers.
Bm G A BmBecause the night belongs to us.
Bm G A Bm
Have I doubt when I'm alone?
Love is a ring on the telephone.
G A BmLove is an angel disguised as lust,
G A Bmhere in our bed until the morning comes.
Come on now, try and understand
Bm G Athe way I feel under your command.
D G ATake my hand as the sun descends.
They can't touch you now, can't touch you now, can't touch you now.
Because the night belongs to lovers.
Bm G A BmBecause the night belongs to lust.
G ABecause the night belongs to lovers.
Because the night belongs to us.
With love we sleep; with doubt the viscious circle turn and turns.
D A Bm A D AWithout you I cannot live, forgive the yearning, burning
G D GI believe in time , too real to feel,
so touch me now, touch me now, touch me now.
Because the night belongs to lovers.
Bm G A BmBecause the night belongs to lust.
G ABecause the night belongs to lovers.
Because the night belongs to us.
'Because the Night' is a song first released by the Patti Smith Group, and co-written by Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen.