Take me now baby here as I am 
Pull me close, try and understand 
Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe 
Love is a banquet on which we feed  [bad word] on now try and understand 
The way I feel when I'm in your hands 
Take my [bad word] undercover 
They can't hurt you now, 
Can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now 
Because the night belongs to lovers 
Because the night belongs to lust 
Because the night belongs to lovers 
Because the night belongs to us 

Have I doubt when I'm alone 
Love is a ring, the telephone 
Love is an angel disguised as lust 
Here in our bed until the [bad word] [bad word] on now try and understand 
The way I feel under [bad word] 
Take my hand as the sun descends 
They can't touch you now, 
Can't touch you now, can't touch you now 
Because the night belongs to lovers ... 

With love we sleep
With doubt the vicious circle 
Turn and burns 
Without you I cannot live 
Forgive, the yearning burning 
I believe it's time, too real to feel 
So touch me now, touch me now, touch me now 
Because the night belongs to lovers ... 

Because tonight there are two lovers 
If we believe in the night we [bad word] 
Because tonight there are two lovers ...

«Because the Night» (русск. Потому что ночь) — это песня, написанная Брюсом Спрингстином и Патти Смит, и выпущенная в 1978 году первым синглом с альбома Patti Smith Group «Easter». В 1987 году журнал New Musical Express включил эту песню в список 150-и лучших синглов всех времён.