One by one, the guests arrive
The guests are coming through
The open-hearted many

The broken-hearted few
And no one knows where the night is going
And no one knows why the wine is flowing

Oh love I need you
I need you
I need you

I need you
Oh . . . I need you now


And those who dance, begin to dance
Those who weep begin
And "Welcome, welcome" cries a voice

"Let all my guests come in."

And no one knows where the night is going ...


And all go stumbling through that house
in lonely secrecy

Saying "Do reveal yourself"
or "Why has thou forsaken me?"


And no one knows where the night is going ...

All at once the torches flare

The inner door flies open
One by one they enter there
In every style of passion


And no one knows where the night is going ...


And here they take their sweet repast
While house and grounds dissolve
And one by one the guests are cast

Beyond the garden wall

And no one knows where the night is going ...


Those who dance, begin to dance
Those who weep begin

Those who earnestly are lost
Are lost and lost again


And no one knows where the night is going ...

One by the guests arrive

The guests are coming through
The broken-hearted many
The open-hearted few


And no one knows where the night is going ...