Late at night, when the feeling gets too hard to fight He reaches for the phone then stops himself Afraid that he may find she's not at home Late at night, she lies awake and holds her pillow tight And cries his name out loud But she would never ever call, the lady's much too proud Two lost and lonely people, living apart and belonging together Regretting that they let each other go Two sad and starving people, giving up the chance of forever Never letting one another know They still need each other so Late at night, waiting at the hours till it's light They know how wrong they've been But both of them are caught up in believing Reaching out means giving in So he hopes that he'll stop hurting And she prays she'll be alright And they both wait for the morning, late at night Two foolish frightened people, giving up the chance of forever Never letting one another know They still want each other so Late at night, waiting at the hours till it's light They know how wrong they've been But both of them are caught up in believing Reaching out means giving in And so he settles down to drink him She takes another pill to keep from pain And he makes a move to make it right As they both wait for the morning, late at night