How I'd love to be around you when the lonely night surrounds you How I'd love to be alone with you What I'd give to have the power to read your mind one hour How I'd love to be alone with you Just to be with you one night you and me alone Kiss your lips and hold you tight have you for my own This would be a joy unending could be a real beginning How I'd love to be alone with you [ guitar ] How I'd love to be around you when the lonely night surrounds you How I'd love to be alone with you If I only knew for certain I'd cut out all my flirtin' How I'd love to be alone with you Just to be with you one night you and me alone Kiss your lips and hold you tight have you for my own Won't you try to be my baby just for once and then well maybe I could always be alone with you Won't you try to be my baby just for once and then well maybe I could always be alone with you and I could always be alone with you