Verse 1
The Night Was A Mare When I Was Young
With Long Flowing Hair And A Deceitful Tongue
I Dared Not Tread Out Between The Day
It Was There In My Bed I Had Resolved To Stay
But My Curiosity I Could Not Shake
You Don't Know What You've Seen Till You See It Out Late
Chorus
It Was Down In The Garden Of Worldly Delight
I Fell In Love With The Daughter Of Night
Verse 2
In The Deep Blue Clearing I Heard The Song
Of A Trickling Stream As It Played All Night Long
Then Through The Thicket Came The Wind's Refrain
And The Rhythm Of Crickets, And The Timbre Of Rain
Just As I Thought I'd Be Lost On The Water
I Came To A Stop At The Feet Of Night's Daughter
With Milky Way's Stare From Her Luminous Eyes
In Awe I Stood There And Wept In Surprise
Chorus
It Was Down In The Garden Of Worldly Delight
I Fell In Love With The Daughter Of Night
Instr.
Verse 3
None Better Could Sing The Whole Of Life's Tune
So Lovely And Free As A Howl To The Moon
She Came To Me Softly And Bade Me To Follow
And We Skipped Past The Graveyard At The Edge Of The Hollow
She Softened My Heart With Its Calcified Blues
She Softened My Mind With Pills And With Booze
Chorus
It Was Down In The Garden Of Worldly Delight
I Fell In Love With The Daughter Of Night
Verse 4
Yeah, I Went To The Night, I Offered A Prayer
I Asked For The Hand Of Her Daughter So Fair
There I Was Pitied, Thereafter Was Told
That For Which I'd Plead, No Mortal Could Hold
Now There Are Some Hours That I Dare Not See
For The Daughter Of Night Is The Weakness In Me
Chorus
It Was Down In The Garden Of Worldly Delight
I Fell In Love With The Daughter Of Night
Outro
