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