Standard (EADGBE)

This old house is falling down around my ears

 I'm drowning in the fountain of my tears

 When all my will is gone you hold me sway

 I need you at the dimming of the day

 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 bonnie birds have wheeled away

 I need you at the dimming of the day

Break

Come the night you're only what I want

Come the night you could be my confident

 I see you on the street 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