Help me make it through the nightsammi smithwords and music by kris kristoffersonpeak billboard pop chart position # 8 in 1971 but it was a #1 on the country chart.later charted by gladys knight and the pips at #33 in 1972take the ribbon from my hairshake it loose and let it falllayin' soft against your skinlike the shadow on the wallcome and lay down by ma sidetill the early mornin' lightall i'm takin' is your timehelp me make it through the nighti don't care what's right or wrong'n' i won't try to understandlet the devil take tomorrowlord, tonight i need a friendyesterday is dead and goneand tomorrow's out of sightand it's sad to be alonehelp me make it through the night<brief humming-first two lines of a verse>and it's sad to be alonehelp me make it through the nighti don't want to be alonehelp me make it through the nighttranscribed by ronald e. hontzronhontz@worldnet.att.net