Live 08 Apr 2000 version
[Spoken intro:] ???!
I-ah-ah!
I can feel the spirit now
I said I can feel the spirit now
It's for the old ??? fans out there
Can you feel the spirit?
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeeeee!
Come on!
I said yeah!
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 out 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 up and let it shoot right through you
Wild Billy was a crazy cat, 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"
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 just, 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
Come on, C!
(Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Come on!
Come on, C!
(Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh)
The night
Grew bright, the stars threw light, 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
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 darling, don't you think it's time to go now?"
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 though 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
Like a spirit in the night
Like a spirit in the night
Oooooh
Oooooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
The above lyrics are for the live 08 Apr 2000 performance of SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT at Kiel Arena in St. Louis, MO, 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 / Can you feel the spirit?" intro. 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]