Why does the Moon
Hang dressed up in rags
Why does she blush like a child
Or shine when she's blue
Is it because she is lonely
As love's only light
As the world lay asleep
All the world is asleep
Tonight

Why does the flame
On my candle so bright
Flicker and fade
Is it afraid that I might
Fall in love like lovers will fall
In love by such a frail light
As the world lay asleep
All the world is asleep

They say hide away your heart
Hide away your heart, girls and boys
Hide away your heart
In the stillness in the dark
Never tell them who you live for

Oh, why have I just one page
In the book of love when I could write
Till I've filled every line
There was no page left white

Oh, and why sing of heaven above
If we all just want love by our side
As the world lay asleep
Oh, the world is asleep
Oh, the world is asleep