Hold back the rushing minutes make the wind lie still Don't let the moonlight shine across the lonely hill Dry all the raindrops and hold back the sun my world has ended my baby's gone Sometimes I wake up in the night and realize you're gone And then I toss upon my bed and wait for day to come I try to tell my lonely heart it must go on alone But it cries the world has ended my baby's gone [ strings ] Dry all the raindrops and hold back the sun my world has ended my baby's gone