Stay With Me Till Dawn

Album: Welcome to the Cruise (1979)
Charted: 16
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  • Is this a game you're playing?
    I don't understand what's going on
    I can't see through your frown, first you're up then you're down
    You're keeping me from someone I want to know.

    And I need you tonight
    Yes I need you tonight
    And I'll show you a sunset if you stay with me till dawn.

    It's the same old situation
    Every word so finely placed
    Running around my concentration is the feeling that I've just got to break out and say

    Oh I need you tonight
    Yes I need you tonight
    And I'll show you a sunset if you stay with me till dawn.

    Is this a game you're playing?
    Playing with my heart
    Oh stop playing with my heart
    And I'll show you a sunset if you'll stay with me till dawn. Writer/s: JUDIE TZUKE, MICHAEL VICTOR PAXMAN
    Publisher: Peermusic Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Comments: 1

  • John Roberts from AnonAlthough "Stay With Me Till Dawn" is in the vein of "Angel of the Morning" by Merrilee Rush, and "Amoureuse" by Kiki Dee - both of which explore sexuality from the female side in ways never before attempted in popular music - I find both of these former songs, while empowering for the woman concerned, ultimately culminate in romantic/erotic disappointment for her during their listening, and rather depressing.

    Judie Tzuke's self-penned masterpiece is a plaintive cry from the heart for something she NEEDS. She draws you into her world in a way the others don't.
    The haunting late-afternoon-running-into-evening melody complements the line "And I'll show you a sunset" which perfectly showcases her endearing lisp (which 'I'll show you a sunrise' wouldn't), similar to that of Karen Carpenter's. The one overt allusion to sexuality is in the final chord - just when you think she would go on forever sadly but politely pleading with you to stay in her British way, she wants you NOW.
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