Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale
a tale of a fateful trip,
that started from this tropic port,
aboard this tiny ship.
We come on the Sloop John B,
My grandfather and me.
Around Nassau town we did roam,
Drinking all night.
Got into a fight.
Well I feel so broke up,
I want to go home.
We had broken up for good just an hour before, ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah
And now I’m staring at the bodies as they’re dancing 'cross the floor, ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah
And then the band slowed the tempo and the music took me down, ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah
It was the same old song with a melancholy sound, ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah
The radio is blastin’, someone’s knockin’ at the door
I’m lookin’ at my girlfriend - she’s passed out on the floor
I seen so many things I ain’t never seen before
Don’t know what it is - I don’t wanna see no more
I can picture every move that a man could make
Getting lost in her lovin’ is your first mistake
Sundown you better take care
If I find you been creepin’ ‘round my back stairs
Sometimes I think it’s a sin
When I feel like I’m winnin’ when I’m losin’ again
If you could read my mind, love, what a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old-time movie ‘bout a ghost from a wishin’ well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong, with chains upon my feet
You know that ghost is me, and I will never be set free
As long as I’m a ghost that you can’t see
With 'er 'ead tucked underneath 'er arm
She waaaalks the Bloody Tower
With 'er 'ead tucked underneath 'er arm
At the midnight hour.
I’m gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
That’s when my love comes tumbling down
I’m gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
When there’s no one else around
Midnight at the oasis
Send your camel to bed
Shadows paintin’ our faces
Traces of romance in our heads
I go out walkin’ after midnight
Out in the moonlight, just like we used to do
I’m always walkin’ after midnight
Searchin’ for you
Memories always start round midnight, midnight
Haven’t got the heart to stand those memories
When my heart is still with you
And old midnight knows it too
Memories fade but the scars still linger
Goodbye my friend,
Will I ever love again?
Memories fade but the scars still linger
Times we share
Are beautiful, and yet
When I’m alone
The memories don’t hold
I keep looking through old varnish
At my late lover’s body
Caught on ancient canvas
And decaying…disappearing
Even as I sing this song
The night you died I cut it off.
I really don’t know why.
For now each time I kiss it
I get bloodstains on my tie.
I heard my momma cry
I heard her pray the night Chicago died
Brother, what a night it really was?
Brother, what a fight it really was?
Glory be!
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground
Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
We’ve got to make love, the time is right
We’ve got to make love tonight
‘Cause we’re burnin’ up
Burn out the day
Burn out the night
I can’t see no reason to put up a fight
I’m living for giving the devil his due
And I’m burning, I’m burning, I’m burning for you
I’m burning, I’m burning, I’m burning for you
Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’
Though the streams are swollen
Keep them doggies rollin’,
Rawhide