In the evening, I say in the evening Baby, when the sun goes down Ah, in the evening, baby, when the sun When the sun goes down Baby, when the sun goes down When your good lover is not around And when the sun goes down Last night I lay a-sleeping I was just thinking, I was just thinking, thinking to myself Last night, last night, I lay a-sleeping I was just thinking, thinking to myself Yeah, and uh, how in the world can somebody Mistreat you for somebody else Oh, and when the sun, when the sun goes down Yeah The sun rises in the east, way in the east And it sets out, sets out in the west Ah, and the sun rises, rises in the east And it sets out, sets out in the west, yeah, yeah Now listen And ain't it hard, ain't it hard to tell Which one, which one will treat you the best Oh, oh, when the sun goes down When the sun goes down