Late at night at half past two   You turn up the song that's on the air again   As loud as you can   It's an awfull tune they play   But somehow it makes you feel that way you did   For so many days      Open up the window wide   Then you sing that song into the night and wish   That someone gets your call   Then you dance until your shirt   Is wet and everyone's awake around   Oh, it takes a lot   And then you sing:      "be gentle to me when I fly   Be gentle to me when I cry   Be gentle now and then   Hoped you'd never let me slip away   But you did it yesterday "      Late at night at half past four   You're still wondering what you're waiting for this time   It won't be the same   Try to sing yourself asleep   You can find no rest under your clumsy sheet   Oh, it takes a lot