as the sun sinks low i m leavin for home and the mountains stretch their shadows across the plains the worries of the day now just fade away as the evening breeze brings the smell of summer rain before the night comes on after the day is done you know my favorite time is just before the evening that s when i think of you and all that we can do oh oh the time i love is just before the evening as the twilight comes stealin it s always the same feelin watchin the daylight fade into the west i can hear the nighthawks cry as another day slips slowly by evenin day is the time that i love best before the night comes on after the day is done you know my favorite time is just before the evening that s when i think of you and all that we can do oh oh the time i love is just before the evening so the stars will show their faces shining down on open spaces each one farther than my eyes can see it s all unfolding in front of me before the night comes on after the day is done you know my favorite time is just before the evening that s when i think of you and all that we can do oh oh the time i love is just before the evening