Tender was the night Torrid sways the scene Prayers sent grasping for Forlorn, sinewy dream Wave on horsemen Alert the midnight guard Finally breathing a last, dear heart There you are ♪ Once you came Once you seemed to me Surmounting catcalls That brought you peace Thirty years Dirty worn soul Be brave such lovelies As the wind blows Oh, blows Tear the curtain down Tear the curtain down ♪ Tender swung the night Florid was our fiending Hymns sent clutching for Phantasmic snarling teeth Skip on horsemen Desert your midnight dodge Finally leaving for this last dread power There you are Once you seemed to me Surmounting Ziegfeld and 42nd street Through the tears cut a warm soul Be brave, my lovely, as the final act blows Pull the curtain closed Pull the curtain closed ♪ There you are Once you came with me Defying Ziegfeld and 42nd street Tear the curtain down Tear the curtain down There you are