4 In The Morning

"4 in the Morning" is a song written by Gwen Stefani and Tony Kanal for Stefani's second solo album The Sweet Escape (2006). The song is a 1980s-inspired ballad that Stefani began writing while pregnant and finished with No Doubt bandmate Tony Kanal. It received generally positive reviews from music critics. The song was released as the album's third single in 2007. Stefani has stated that "4 in the Morning" is one of her favorite songs from The Sweet Escape.

[Verse 1] Waking up to find another day The moon got lost again last night But now the sun has finally had its say I guess I feel alright But it hurts when I think When I let it sink in, it's all over me I'm lying here in the dark Watching you sleep, it hurts a lot [Chorus] And all I know is You've got to give me everything (Give me everything) Nothing less 'cause you know I give you all of me (Give you all of me) I give you everything that I am I'm handin' over everything that I've got 'Cause I wanna have a really true love Don't ever wanna have to go and give you up Stay up till four in the morning, and the tears are pouring And I wanna make it worth the fight What have we been doing for all this time? Baby, if we're gonna do it, come on, do it right [Verse 2] All I wanted was to know I'm safe Don't wanna lose the love I've found Remember when you said that you would change? Don't let me down It's not fair how you are I can't be complete, can you give me more? [Chorus] And all I know is You've got to give me everything (Give me everything) Nothing less 'cause you know I give you all of me (Give you all of me) I give you everything that I am I'm handin' over everything that I've got 'Cause I wanna have a really true love Don't ever wanna have to go and give you up (Give me everything) Stay up till four in the morning, and the tears are pouring And I wanna make it worth the fight What have we been doing for all this time? Baby, if we're gonna do it, come on, do it right [Bridge] Oh please, you know what I need (You know what I need) Save all your love up for me We can't escape the love Give me everything that you have [Chorus] And all I know is You've got to give me everything (Give me everything) Nothing less 'cause you know I give you all of me (Give you all of me) I give you everything that I am I'm handin' over everything that I've got 'Cause I wanna have a really true love Don't ever wanna have to go and give you up (Give me everything) Stay up till four in the morning, and the tears are pouring And I wanna make it worth the fight What have we been doing for all this time? Baby, if we're gonna do it, come on, do it right (Give you all of me) [Outro] Give me everything Give you all of me