Live 21 Jul 2003 version
[Spoken intro:] Whoa! How you doing out there? Nothing! We chased it away! All right. Special treat tonight, on the drums, Mad Dog Vincent Lopez! The man is back from Hole 18 at the damn country club. (laughs) All right, Danny. Let's try it, man. All right.
One, two, start it, Danny.
One, two, three, four!
Crazy Janey and her mission man were back in the alley tradin' hands
'Long came Wild Billy with his friend G-Man, all duded up for Saturday night
Billy slammed on his coaster brakes
Anybody wanna go on up to Greasy Lake?
'Bout a mile down 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
Let's go, Mad Dog!
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"
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
Go, C!
(Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh)
All right, that way! All right!
(Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
Yeah, the night was bright, and 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 crawled 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, "Hey, little brother, I think it's time we go"
So we closed our eyes and said (goodbye to gypsy angel row)
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
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
Whoa, oh, oh, all right
Yeah, Mad Dog!
All right
Yeah!
Mad Dog Vini Lopez in the house!
[Spoken outro:] Mad Dog! Still on the loose!
The above lyrics are for the live 21 Jul 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 Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez sitting in, replacing Max Weinberg on drums. 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]