I'd love to be around you when the lonely night surround 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 Now just to be with you one night you and me alone Kiss your lips and hold you tight and have you for my own Well this could be a real beginning could be a joy unending How I'd love to be alone with you [ harmonica - steel ] I'd love to be around you when the lonely night surround you Man 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 Now just to be with you one night you and me alone Kiss your lips and hold you tight and have you for my own Well won't you try be my baby just once and then well maybe I could always be alone with you yeah I could always be alone with you