For Life

Late Night Alumni · Other Songs - Late Night Alumni

Wild nights, were I with thee

Wild nights should be our luxury

Futile the winds to a heart in port

Done with the compass, done with the chart



I sang to use the waiting

I didn't have to try

I'll shut the door to my house

No more to seek have I



Such a little thing to weep

So short a thing to sigh

And yet by trades the size of these

We men and women die



You say goodnight

Like starting tonight

You plan to say it the rest of my life



Wild nights, were I with thee

Wild nights should be our luxury

Futile the winds to a heart in port

Done with the compass, done with the chart



Such a little thing to weep

So short a thing to sigh

And yet by trades the size of these

We men and women die



You walk outside

And for a short time

It seems just like for keeps

And for life



Do I dare write

The words or recite

On of the off chance

That this might be right