[Intro – soft dirty piano, low bass, breathy tenor sax]
[Blues Choir – warm low hum]
Mmmmmm…
Ohhhhhh…
[Lead – gravelly, intimate]
Sun ain’t coming up yet, baby…
And neither one of us
Has anywhere to be.
[Verse 1]
There’s whiskey in the glasses,
But we forgot to drink.
Been moving here so long
I ain’t got room to think.
Your head rests on my shoulder,
Your hand stays holding mine.
That old piano’s whispering,
Take your sweet damn time.
The night’s gone soft around us,
But the fire’s burning strong.
So stay right here beside me,
Let the blues keep rolling on.
[Blues Choir – soft]
Stay…
Stay awhile…
[Pre-Chorus]
Don’t look toward that window,
Don’t worry ’bout the dawn.
We got enough midnight left
To keep this feeling going on.
[Chorus – slow soulful groove]
Till the morning comes,
Stay right here with me.
Let that dirty piano
Play us something sweet.
Till the morning comes,
Keep moving nice and slow.
Let that sax breathe between us,
We got nowhere else to go.
[Blues Choir]
TILL THE MORNING COMES…
Mmmmmm…
[Tenor sax – breathy answer]
[Verse 2]
Your eyes are getting heavy,
But you still wear that smile.
So I pull you in a little,
And we sway another while.
The Hammond hums like thunder
From somewhere far away.
While that worn-out six-string
Finds another note to say.
No crowd left here to watch us,
No reason left to hide.
Just two shadows moving
With the whole damn world outside.
[Blues Choir – soulful]
Ohhhhhh…
Hold on…
Hold on…
[Instrumental – piano and sax trade slow phrases]
[Piano – blues run]
[Sax – long raspy moan]
[Guitar – crying answer]
[Lead]
Lord…
Don’t let this night end yet.
[Chorus]
Till the morning comes,
Stay right here with me.
Let that dirty piano
Play us something sweet.
Till the morning comes,
Keep moving nice and slow.
Let that sax breathe between us,
We got nowhere else to go.
[Bridge – piano and Hammond only]
[Lead – low]
Maybe daylight’s coming…
But it ain’t here yet.
[Blues Choir]
Not yet…
Not yet…
[Lead]
Then come closer.
[Breakdown – bass returns]
One more sway.
One more turn.
One more little flame to burn.
One more song.
One more kiss.
One more taste of a night like this.
[Blues Choir – building]
STAY…
STAY…
TILL THE MORNING COMES…
[Final Chorus – full soulful band]
TILL THE MORNING COMES,
Keep your body close to mine.
Let that dirty sax keep talking,
Let that piano take its time.
Till the morning comes,
Let the first light find us here,
Still moving to the blues
With you whispering in my ear.
[Blues Choir – huge and soulful]
TILL THE MORNING COMES!
TILL THE MORNING COMES!
[Outro – piano, sax, soft guitar]
[Lead – gravelly whisper]
There comes the daylight…
Baby…
We danced the whole damn night.
[Blues Choir – fading]
Mmmmmm…