Live 14 Nov 1999 version
[Spoken intro:] Give it to me boys!
For the old fans out there
I-ah-ah!
I can feel my spirit
I think I can feel the spirit ??? free in the room tonight
I-ah-ah-ah!
I can feel the spirit
Yeah yeah yeah!
I can feel the spirit
Yeah!
Ah-one, two, three!
Come on Roy!
Yooh!
Bring it down ???!
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
Anybody wanna go on up to Greasy Lake?
'Bout a mile 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
It feel like light
Ooh and they dance 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
Wild Billy was a crazy cat, 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 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"
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 spirit 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
Yeah-yeah yeah yeah
(Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Whoa!
Oooooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
(Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh)
The night
Grew bright, stars threw light on Billy and Davy dancin' in the moonlight
We 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 makin' love in the dirt, singin' our birthday songs
Janey said, "Hey, little brother, don't you think it's time that we go"
So we (closed our eyes and said goodbye)
Se 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)
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 na na na na na
Yeah, my baby, that's right
Like a spirit in the night
Yeah like a spirit in the night
Like a spirit in the night
Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah
A minor!
Yeah
All night
Can you feel the spirit?
Can you feel the spirit?
Can you feel the spirit?
??? once more ???!
Ah-one, two, three, go!
Yeahhh, like a spirit in the night
Like a spirit in the night
Like a spirit in the night
[chuckles]
???!
The above lyrics are for the live 14 Nov 1999 performance of SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT at Gund Arena in Cleveland, OH, during what is known as The Reunion Tour. The song was played in its traditional full-band arrangement and features the "I can feel the spirit" intro and "Can you feel the spirit?" outro. The parts in bold are sung by the crowd.
List of available versions of SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT on this website:
SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT [Album version]