Live 06 Nov 1992 version
[Spoken intro:] All right. This is for all you old suckers out there, like him. (laughs) Gonna test your memory on that. I wrote this when I was 22, sitting on the beach looking nervous.
Crazy Janey and her mission man were back in the alley tradin' hands
'Long came Wild Billy and his friend G-Man, duded up for Saturday night
Billy slammed on his coaster brakes
Said, "Anybody wanna go on up to Greasy Lake?
It's got a mile down on 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
And they dance like spirits in the night" (all night)
All night (all night)
Oh, 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 (ooh)
Well now, 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"
Well, by the time we made it up to Greasy Lake, I had my head out the window; Janey's fingers in the cake
Oh, I think I really dug her; I was too loose to fake
Said, "I'm hurt," she said, "Honey, let me heal you"
Well, we danced all night to a soul fairy band
She kissed me just right like only a lonely angel can
Felt just right, just as sweet as a spirit in the night (all night)
All night (all night)
Oh, baby don't know what it do to you (ooh)
Like a spirit in the night (all night)
All night (all night)
Stand up and let it shoot right through you (ooh)
Oh, let's go now
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Yeah, one more time
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Well, the night grew 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
Well, Hazy Davy got really hurt, he crawled into the lake in just his socks and a shirt
Me and Crazy Janey were makin' love in the dirt, singin' our birthday songs
Then Janey said, "Hey little brother, don't you think it's time that we go?"
So we closed our eyes and said goodbye
To gypsy angel row, felt just right
Just as smooth as a spirit in the night (all night)
All night (all night)
Oh, baby don't know what it do to you (ooh)
Like a spirit in the night (all night)
All night (all night)
Stand up and let it shoot right through you (ooh)
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)
The above lyrics are for the live 06 Nov 1992 performance of SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT at SkyDome in Toronto, Canada, during World Tour 1992-1993. It featured Springsteen on acoustic guitar and vocals accompanied only by the backup singers on harmony vocals.
Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.
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