Black Night - rock and roll roots

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This song was recorded but it got lost, and it's too bad because it has a beautiful melody,
a very catchy chorus and some great vocal harmonies. All from an agnostic artist.

Black Night

I feel an old and ancient feeling
Standing lonely in the night
The night is cold and as black as it's old
And echoes silently my plight

Tell me why there's no help from above, I feel afraid
Tell me why there's no reason or love, black night falls like a shade

And every time the curtain rises
It brings the stage lights into play
The lights are hot and I'm caught by the spot
Standing naked on the stage

Bright lights on the mountaintop, blind men in the fields
White clouds in the sky above, black night - the shield

And if I pull my thoughts together
And face the strength to face the light
I may be wrong, but I'm where I belong
With a feeling blacker than the night

Bright lights on the mountaintop, blind men in the fields
White clouds in the sky above, black night - the shield
Oh tell me why there's no help from above, I feel afraid
Tell me why there's no reason or love, black night falls like a shade

This song was recorded by the first version of Magic and it has a great chorus with my trademark vocal harmonies. All copies of that recording seem to be lost forever. Many songwriters have used the same allusion to darkness and loneliness, and I wrote a few too many songs about that sad subject. This one really does describe the feelings that I had before I developed my strong belief in God, but in hindsight once again, I was prescient about what would actually happen to me many years later.