SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT

Live 20 Mar 2008 version

[Spoken intro:] Bring him up! He's gonna make me go old school on you! All right!

One, two, three, four!

Whoa!

Crazy Janey and her mission man were back in the alley tradin' hands
'Long came Wild Billy with his friend G-Man, duded up for Saturday night
Billy slammed on his coaster brakes
Anybody wanna go on up to (Greasy Lake?)
'Bout a mile down the dark side of route eighty-eight
I got a bottle of rose, let's try it
We'll pick up Hazy Davy and Killer Joe, take you all out to where the gypsy angels go
They're built like light
Ooh, and they dance like spirits in the night (all night)
All night (all night)
Baby don't know what they do to you
Like a spirit in the night (all night)
All night (all night)
Stand right up and let it shoot through you

Well, Wild Billy was a crazy cat, and he shook some dust out of his coonskin cap
Cried, "Trust some of this, it'll show you where you're at, at least it'll help you really feel it"
By the time we made it up to Greasy Lake, had my head out the window; Janey's fingers in the cake
I think I really dug her; I was too loose to fake
Said, "I'm hurt," she said, "Honey, let me heal it"
We danced all night to a soul fairy band
She kissed me just right like only a lonely angel can
Felt just right, together we moved like spirits in the night (all night)
All night (all night)
Baby don't know what it do to you
Like a spirit in the night (all night)
All night (all night)
Stand right up and let it shoot through you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh)

Oh!

(Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh)

Oh!

Now the night was bright, the stars threw light on Billy and Davy
Dancin' in the moonlight
They were down near the water in a stone mud fight
Killer Joe gone passed out on the lawn

Shh, Hazy Davy got really hurt, he ran into the lake in just his socks and a shirt
Me and Crazy Janey were makin' love in the dirt, singin' our birthday song
Janey said, "Hey little brother, I think it's time that we go"
Closed our eyes and said goodbye
To gypsy angel row, felt!
Together we moved like spirits in the night (all night)
All night (all night)
Baby don't know what it do to you
Like a spirit in the night (all night)
All night (all night)
Stand up and let it shoot right through you
Like a spirit in the night (all night)
All night (all night)
All night (all night)
All night (all night)
All night (all night)
All night (all night)
All night
Ooh, yeah, baby, that's right
A spirit in the night
Like a spirit in the night
Like a spirit in the night

Hey!

[Spoken outro:] Thank you!

Info

The above lyrics are for the live 20 Mar 2008 performance of SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN, during the Magic Tour. The song was played in its traditional full-band arrangement and featured Danny Federici on organ; he made an unannounced guest appearance at this show and played on a number of songs, including SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT. The parts in bold are sung by the crowd.

Ticket stub for the 20 Mar 2008 show at Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
(Taken from Brucebase)

Handwritten setlist for the 20 Mar 2008 show at Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN

Credits

Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.

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