"In the Still of the Night" — Cole Porter's 1937 nocturnal reverie.
Writer(s): cole porter
In the still of the night
As I gaze out of my window
At the moon in its flight
My thoughts all stray, stray to you
In the still of the night
While the world lies in slumber
Oh the times without number
When I say to you
Do you love me
Just like I love you
Are you my life to be
That dream come true
Or will this dream of mine
Will it fade way out of sight
Just like that moon growing dim
Way out on the rim of the hill
In the still of the night
Знаете ли вы, что...
- From Rosalie (1937). Porter's midnight question — "do you love me as I love you?" — asked in the hour when the self is most vulnerable and honest. Not to be confused with the doo-wop song of the same name. Sinatra recording it multiple times across decades.