Live 31 Aug 2003 version
By request!
Can you feel the spirit?
Can you feel the spirit now?
Can you feel the spirit?
Can you feel the spirit now?
Oh!
Ah!
Spirit!
All right, now
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 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
Built 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 and let it shoot right through you
Well now, Wild Billy was a crazy cat, and he shook some dust from 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"
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)
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, now
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
Now, 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
Then Janey said, "Hey, little brother, don't you think it's time that we go"
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
Yeah, yeah, baby, that's right
Like a spirit in the night
Yeah, like a spirit in the night
Like a spirit in the night
Can you feel the spirit?
Can you feel the spirit now?
Ah-one, two, three, four!
Yeah!
The above lyrics are for the live 31 Aug 2003 performance of SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, during The Rising Tour. The song was played in its traditional full-band arrangement and features the "Can you feel the spirit?" intro and outro. The parts in bold are sung by the crowd.
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]