Live 16 Oct 2002 version
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 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, 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)
Yeah, 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
Well now, Wild Billy was a crazy cat and he shook some dust out of his coonskin cap
Cried, "Trust some of this, I'll show you where you're at, or at least it'll help you really feel it"
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
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 so nice, just as soft 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)
Whoa!
St -- [laughs]... Let it shoot right through you
Look out, now!
Whoa!
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh -- [laughs]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Aa-all right now
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
[laughs]
Oh, 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 now, Hazy Davy got really hurt...
No. [laughs] Let me think a minute.
Hazy Davy... No...
Ooh!
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
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 songs
But Janey said it was 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)
Well, 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
Yeah, yeah, spirit in the night
That's right
In the night
Whoa!
The above lyrics are for the live 16 Oct 2002 performance of SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT at Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain, during The Rising Tour. The song was played in a solo piano arrangement. This was the only performance of SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT in 2002 and the only solo piano version from The Rising Tour, or, indeed, from any E Street Band tour. This recording has been left unedited on the official release despite Bruce forgetting the lyrics towards the end of the song. The parts in bold are sung by the crowd.
Audio for this live 16 Oct 2002 performance of SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT was included on the Lonesome Day European maxi single in 2002 and video for the complete 16 Oct 2002 concert was released in 2003 on the Live In Barcelona DVD.
Two month into The Rising Tour, the first half of the 16 Oct 2002 concert at Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain, was broadcast live at the time across Europe on MTV Europe and VH1 UK. A tape of the broadcast was later aired by CBS in the United States on 28 Feb 2003. The entire concert was released on 18 Nov 2003 on the Live In Barcelona DVD. This was the first time that an entire Springsteen concert was documented with an official release in either audio or video. The video is directed by Chris Hilson and produced by Jon Landau, Barbara Carr, and George Travis. Audio is recorded and mixed by Brendan O'Brien and the video is edited by Thom Zimny.
No equivalent audio-only album release was made, but SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT from this show was officially released as a bonus track on the Lonesome Day European maxi single in 2002, and SHE'S THE ONE and BORN TO RUN were officially released on the US-only promotional CD sampler Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band PBS Exclusive in late 2005. Videos of WAITIN' ON A SUNNY DAY, MARY'S PLACE, and DANCING IN THE DARK were also included on the "Tour Edition" of The Rising album in 2003.
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Notes:
In addition to the release of the video on the Live In Barcelona DVD in 2003, audio for the live 16 Oct 2002 performance of SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT was included on the Lonesome Day European maxi single in 2002.
Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.
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