Live 25 Nov 1996 version
[Spoken intro:] Thank you! All right, come on up, Pats! Sooz! Dan! Oh, and another special guest, Mad Dog Vincent Lopez! Whoa!
All right!
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
Well, Billy slammed on his coaster brakes
Said, "Anybody wanna go on up to Greasy Lake?
'Bout a mile down on the dark side of route eighty-eight
I got a bottle of rose, and let's try it
We'll pick up Hazy Davy and Killer Joe, I'll take you all out to where the gypsy angels go
Built like light
Ooh, 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)
Yeah, stand right up and let it shoot through you
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
I think I really dug her; I was too loose to fake
I said, "I'm hurt," she said, "Honey, let me heal it"
Well, we danced all night to a soul fairy band
She kissed me just right like only a lonely angel can
Felt so right, just as sweet as a spirit in the night (all night)
All night (all night)
Well, baby don't know what it do to you
Like a spirit in the night (all night)
All night (all night)
Yeah, stand right up and let it shoot through you
Let's go!
(Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Say it!
(Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Oh, the night was bright, and the stars threw light on Billy and Davy
Dancin' in the moonlight
We were down near the water in a stone mud fight
Killer Joe passed out on the lawn
Well now, Hazy Davy, he 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 songs
Janey said, "Baby, it's time to go"
So we closed our eyes and said goodbye
To gypsy angel row, felt just right
Together we moved like spirits in the night (all night)
All night (all night)
Stand right up and let it shoot through you
Like a spirit in the night (all night)
All night (all night)
Well, baby don't know what it do to 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
Oh, like a spirit in the night
In the night
In the night
In the night
[Spoken outro:] The Mad Dog, Vincent Lopez!
The above lyrics are for the live 25 Nov 1996 performance of SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT at Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, NJ, during The Ghost Of Tom Joad Solo Acoustic Tour. The song was played in an acoustic "band" version, featuring Vini Lopez on drums and backup vocals, Danny Federici on accordion, Soozie Tyrell on violin, and Patti Scialfa on backup vocals. This was the first of the only two outings of the song during The Ghost Of Tom Joad Solo Acoustic Tour.
This was the second of a three-night stand at Paramount Theatre.
Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.
List of available versions of SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT on this website:
SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT [Album version]