The song in my head yesterday was not Rhinocerous's "I Will Serenade You" (1969), but Three Dog Night's 1973 version, "Let Me Serenade You", a song that acts as a chamois over life's chalk brush haze.

LET ME SERENADE YOU
(John Finley)

I will serenade you, all along the way
I will serenade you, anyway you say
Take you to the country, I'll take you to the shore
Show you to my garden, I know you'll make it grow.

If you let me serenade you
You know that's what you come for,
So that I will serenade you

I wake you in the morning, I'm your sunrise high.
Your fire in the evening, when it blows outside.

If you let me serenade you
You know that's what you come for,
So that I will serenade you

And when the walls begin to fall
Can't hold back the joy
That love will conquer all.

Every moment, every day,
If you want to hold me, I will stay
Let me serenade you, I will serenade you
If you want to hold me, I will stay