WHEN ALL THE STREETS ARE DARK
(Bob Merrill)


Somethin' Smith & The Redheads - 1955


Let's meet
When all 
The streets
Are dark
And all
The town's asleep

Got a a mad desire I can't explain
To kiss you on the corner of Broad and Main
Down by the church, a game we'll play
The milkman gives the bride away

Outside
The big
Department store
We'll look
At each
Display

Pickin' kitchen colour, nursery too
Just like two honeymooners do
And let's meet tonight
When all the streets are dark

I'll phone you up tonight to meet me
On the third bench in the park
Because the Moon is ours completely
When all the streets are dark

Baby, we'll go rollin', we'll go rockin'
We'll go rockin' 'round the blockin'
To the tickin' and the tockin'
Of the city hall clock
And we'll kissaroony, hugaroony
Underneath the Moonaroony 
Sittin' on the plank by the national bank 

Gotta take a little hop
Over to the pawn shop
'Cause the windows full of things
Full of shiny wedding rings
Won't it be frantic
More than romantic
When everybody's dozin', baby, 
I'll be there proposin'

Outside
The big
Department store
We'll look
At each
Display

Pickin' kitchen colour and nursery too
Just like two honeymooners do
Let's meet tonight
When all the streets are dark






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2015)