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Night Train


Night Train
Composer(s): Rickie Lee Jones
Performer(s): Rickie Lee Jones



Here I'm going
Walking with my baby in my arms
Cuz I am in the wrong end of this eight ball black
And the devil, see, he's right behind us
And this worker said she's gonna take my little baby
My little angel black
But they won't getcha
Cuz I'm right here witcha
On the Night Train

Swing low, Saint Cadillac
Tearin' down the alley
And I'm reaching so high for ya
Don't let 'em take me back
Broken like valiums and chumps in the rain
That cry and quiver
When a Blue Horizon is sleeping in the station
With a ticket for a train
Surely mine will deliver me there

Here she comes...

I'm safe here with you
On the Night Train
Oh mamma, mamma
Concrete is wheeling by
Down at the end of a lullaby
On the Night Train

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Islands (Bonnie Tyler)


Islands
Composer(s): Mike Oldfield
Performer(s): Bonnie Tyler



Islands, from the first time we saw
We could wait for this moment, like rocks on the shore
We can never be closer, somehow
For the moment that lasts, is this moment now
When the night's on fire, will you keep the candlelight burning?
Hold on to your heart's desire (When the night's on fire)
When you see one bird into the wind, another one's turning
And the two can fly much higher

We are islands, but never too far
We are islands
And I need your light tonight
And I need your light tonight
We are islands, but never too far
We are islands
And I need your light tonight
And I need your light tonight

Islands, never been to before
And we climb so high to where the wild birds soar
There's a new path that we found just today
I was lost in the forest and you showed me the way

When the night's on fire, will you keep the candlelight burning?
Hold on to your heart's desire (When the night's on fire)
When you see one bird into the wind, another one's turning
And the two can fly much higher

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Night Time Is The Right Time


Night Time Is The Right Time
Composer(s): Napoleon Brown; Ozzie Cadena; Lew Herman
Performer(s): Ray Charles;
and various other artists



You know the night time, darling
(night and day)
Is the right time
(night and day)
To be
(night and day)
With the one you love, now
(night and day)
Say now oh baby
(night and day)
When I come home baby, now
(night and day)
I wanna be with the one I love, now
(night and day)
You know what I'm thinking of
(night and day)
I know the night time
(night and day, oh)
Whoa, is the right time
(night and day, oh)
To be with the one you love, now
(night and day)
I said to be with the one you love
(night and day)
You know my mother, now
(night and day)
Had to die, now
(night and day)
Umm, and my father
(night and day)
Well he broke down and cry
(night and day)
Whoah! whoa baby
(night and day)
When I come home baby now
(night and day)
I want you to hold my hand
(night and day)
Yeah, tight as you can
(night and day)
I know the night time
(night and day, oh)
Whoah is the right time
(night and day, oh)
To be with the one you love
(night and day)
You know what I'm thinking of
(night and day)
Whoah! sing your song, Margie
Baby
(night and day)
Baby
(night and day)
Baby
(night and day)
Oh, Baby
(night and day)
Do I love you?
(night and day)
No one above you
(night and day)
Hold me tight
(night and day)
And make everything all right
(night and day)
Because the night time
(night and day)
Oh, is the right time
(night and day)
To be with the one you love now
(night and day)
Oh yeah
(night and day)
Tease me
(night and day)
Squeeze me
(night and day)
Leave me
(night and day)
Ah, don't leave me
(night and day)
Lawdy baby
(night and day)
Take my hand, now
(night and day)
I don't need
(night and day)
No other man
(night and day)
Because the night time
(night and day)
Ow, is the right time
(night and day)
To be with the one you love
(night and day)
Oh yeah
(night and day)
I said baby
(night and day)
Baby
(night and day)
Baby
(night and day)
Baby
(night and day)
Whoah! baby now
(night and day)
Oh come on baby
(night and day)
You know I want you by my side
(night and day)
I want you to keep
(night and day)
Oh keep me satisfied
(night and day)
I know the night time
(night and day)
Everyday is the right time
(night and day)
Yeah to be with the one you love now
(night and day)
Well you know it's all right

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Island Of Lost Souls


Island Of Lost Souls
Composer(s): Debbie Harry; Christopher Stein
First release by: Blondie - 1982



In Babylon
On the boulevard of broken dreams
My will power at the lowest ebb
Oh what can I do?
Oh buccaneer
Can ya help me put my truck in gear?
Can ya take me far away from here?
Save my soul from sin?

You wanna get away you've had it man
Nothing's going right
So come sit on the sands of the island
Island of Lost Souls

No luxuries, no no amenities
Too dull, your senses
Oh oh only primitive
"Hey hey really get away," is what he said

Where did he go?
I'm tired of waiting here for him
Where can he be?
He's not with me
Where did he go?
What will I do alone?
Why did he run, run away from me?

The sky is blue the sea is warm and clear
And golden sands are calling out to you inviting
Make a new man outa you

You can come for a while come with a friend
Forget about work start all over again
Let the real you through, here's what we do

Where did he go?
I'm tired of waiting here for him
Where can he be?
He's not with me
Where did he go?
What will I do alone?
Why did he run, run away from me?

No luxuries, no no amenities
Too dull, your senses
Oh oh only primitive
Hey hey really get away
Island of Lost Souls

Ayya ayya ayya Island of Lost Souls

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Night Time


Night Time
Composer(s): Bob Feldman; Jerry Goldstein; Richard Gottehrer
Performer(s): J. Geils Band



Get up in the morning kick the covers from my bed
The sunlight in my eyes is playing tricks with my head
I work like a dog on the job every day
I'm tryin make some money so I can go and play

In the night time
That's the right time
In the night time
That's the right time
I wanna be with you in the night time

I come home from work you know I'm tired and I'm beat
I run in the kitchen get me something to eat
I jump in the shower wash the world off my back
I'm gonna get you baby that's a natural fact!

In the night time
That's the right time
In the night time
That's the right time
I wanna be with you in the night time

A hundred million people they got nothing to say
They're running around in circles they just live for today
Stick with me baby I'll show you how to fly
We'll make such pretty music watch the world go by

In the night time
That's the right time
In the night time
That's the right time
I wanna be with you in the night time

Get up in the morning kick the covers from my bed
The sunlight in my eyes is playing tricks with my head
I work like a dog on the job every day
I'm tryin make some money so I can go and play

In the night time
That's the right time
In the night time
That's the right time
Here we go
I wanna be with you in the night time
In the night time
In the night time
That's the right time
Back in the night time
Mmmmm that's the right time
Yes that's the right time
That's a nice time
That's my time
Mmmmm night time

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Island Of Dreams


Island Of Dreams
Composer(s): Tom Springfield
Performer(s): The Seekers
and multiple other artists



I wandered the streets and the gay crowded places
Trying to forget you but somehow it seems
My thoughts ever stray to our last sweet embraces
Over the sea on the Island of Dreams

High in the sky is the bird on the wing
Please carry me with you
Far far away from the mad rushing crowd
Please carry me with you

Again I would wander where memories infold me
There on the beautiful Island of Dreams

High in the sky is the bird on the wing
Please carry me with you
Far far away from the mad rushing crowd
Please carry me with you

Again I would wander where memories infold me
There on the beautiful Island of Dreams
Far far away on the Island of Dreams

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Night Starvation


Night Starvation
Composer(s): Lea Holder
Performer(s): Slade



Ooh … Satisfaction guaranteed if I can get my way
Satisfaction, yes indeed, there's nothing more to say
Only that boys will be boys, and they rise to the occasion
Girls, lovely girls, wanna start your night starvation

Chorus
I want to feel them (they like it), I want to squeeze them (you like it)
I want to hold them (we want it) more, oh yeah
I want to touch them (they like it), I want to squeeze them (you like it)
I want to hug them (we want it) more, oh yeah

Inter-action guaranteed, the fire down below
They may be called the weaker sex, but female dynamo
Only that boys will be boys, and they're out to kill the passion
Girls, lovely girls, always wanna be in the fashion

Chorus
I want to feel them (they like it), I want to squeeze them (you like it)
I want to hug them (we want it) more, oh yeah
I want to touch them (they like it), I want to feel them (you like it)
I want to hold them (we want it) more an' more an' more

L-l-lazy lovers ain't no use, you end up needing more
You've had a hard day's no excuse, we've heard it all before
And that boys will be boys, they pissin' it an' shoutin' out now
Girls, lovely girls, oh what would we do without them

Chorus
I want to feel them (they like it), oh, I want to squeeze them (you like it)
I want to hold them (we want it) more, oh yeah
I want to touch them, ooh ah ah (they like it), I want to feel them, uh uh uh (you like it)
I want to hug them (we want it) more an' more an' more

I want to touch them, hold them
Squeeze them, feel them, kiss them
Clean them, stroke them, hug them
Ooh, more an' more an' more an' more

I want to hug them, tease them
Squeeze them, hold them, touch them
Squeeze them, hold them, rub them
Ooh, more an' more an' more … an' more an' more … an' more an' more

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Island In The Sun


Island In The Sun
(German Version: Wo Meine Sonne Scheint)
Composer(s): Harry Belafonte; Lord Burgess
Performer(s): Harry Belafonte



This is my island in the sun
Where my people have toiled since time begun
I may sail on many a sea
Her shores will always be home to me

Oh, island in the sun
Willed to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forest, waters, your shining sand

As morning breaks the heaven on high
I lift my heavy load to the sky
Sun comes down with a burning glow
Mingles my sweat with the earth below

Oh, island in the sun
Willed to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forest, waters, your shining sand

I see woman on bended knee
Cutting cane for her family
I see man at the waterside
Casting nets at the surging tide

Oh, island in the sun
Willed to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forest, waters, your shining sand

I pray the day will never come
When I can't awake to the sound of drum
Never let me miss carnival
With calypso songs philosophical

Oh, island in the sun
Willed to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forest, waters, your shining sand

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Night Owl


Night Owl
Composer(s): James Taylor
Performer(s): Carly Simon;
and various other artists



Now a fish kinda likes the water
And that's just where he wants to be
And a monkey kinda digs bananas
So he lives in the top of a tree
But my eyes are made for darkness
So the nightime is right for me
'Cause I'm a night owl honey, sleep all day long
I'm a night owl honey, sleep all day long

Most folks they like the daytime
'Cause they like to see the shining sun
They're up in the mornin'
Off and a runnin' till they're too tired for havin' fun
But when the sun goes down
And the bright lights shine
My daytime has just begun
'Cause I'm a night owl honey, sleep all day long
I'm a nightowl honey, sleep all day long

Won't you turn out them bright lights baby
They're just about to drive me blind
Oh won't you draw then curtains for me papa
Watch and you'll see my love light shine

Now there are two sides to this great big world
And one of them is always night
If you can take care of business in the sunshine baby
I guess you're gonna be alright
But don't come looking for me to lend you a hand
My eyes just can't stand the light
'Cause I'm a night owl honey, sleep all day long
'Cause I'm a night owl honey, sleep all day long

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Island In The Stream


Island In The Stream
Performer(s): Kenny Rogers



Baby
when I met you there was peace unknown
I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb
I was soft inside
there was something goin' on
You do something to me that I can't explain
Hold me closer and I feel no pain

Ev'ry beat of my heart
we got something goin' on
Tender love is blind
it requires a dedication
All this love we feel needs no conversation
We ride it together
makin' love with each other
Islands in the stream that is what we are

No one in between
how can we be wrong
Sail away with me to another world
And we rely on each other from one lover to another
I can't love without you if the love was gone
Ev'rything is nothing if you got no one
And you did walk in the night slowly losin' sight of the real thing.
But than won't happen to us and we got no doubt

Too deep in love and we got no way out and the message is clear

This could be the year for the real thing
no more will you cry
Baby
I will hurt you never
We start and end as one in love forever
We can ride it together
makin' love with each other . . .
Sailing
hey
you can sail away with me.
Islands in the stream that is what we are . . .

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Night Of The Long Knives


Night Of The Long Knives
Composer(s): Brian Johnson; Angus Young
Performer(s): AC/DC



Who's your leader, who's your man?
Who will help you fill your hand?
Who's your friend and who's your foe?
Who's your Judas, you don't know?

Night of the long knives

Where's that saviour, where's that light
When you're praying for your life?
Who's that fighting back to back?
Who's defending whose attack?

Night of the long knives

(Stick 'em in the back woods)

Night of the long knives

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Island Girl


Island Girl
Composer(s): Elton John; Bernie Taupin
Performer(s): Elton John



I see your teeth flash
Jamaican honey so sweet
Down where Lexington cross forty seventh street
Oh
she's a big girl
she's standing six foot three
Turning tricks for the dudes in the big city

Island girl what you wantin' wid de white man's world
Island girl black boy want you in his island world
He want to take you from de racket boss

He want to save you but de cause is lost
Island girl
island girl
island girl
Tell me what you wantin' wid de white man's world

She's black as coal but she burn like a fire
And she wrap herself around you like a well worn tire
You feel her nail scratch your back just like a rake

Oh
he one more gone
he one more john who make de mistake

Island girl what you wantin' wid de white man's world

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Night Of The Long Grass


Night Of The Long Grass
Composer(s): Reg Presley
Performer(s): The Troggs



I walk along in dreams, I cannot feel, I cannot see
The only thing I know is that you`re only real to me
I see your hair hang down around your shoulders, and your collar
I lean your head upon a pillow made of leaves and straw
Night of the long grass, night of the long grass

The night was warm, the moon was bright, your perfume filled the air
as I looked down on you, you ran your fingers through my hair
With lips apart, I thought that you were going to call my name
instead the kiss that followed was enough to knock my brain
Night of the long grass, night of the long grass
I'm plainly left with misty dreams, they're in my mind
my life was shattered on that night that you were mine
and now there`s nothing left, except the memory
or is it misery, of how things used to be
Night of the long grass, night of the long grass

I walk along in dreams, I cannot feel, I cannot see
The only thing I know is that you`re only real to me
I see your hair hang down around your shoulders, and your collar
I lean your head upon a pillow made of leaves and straw
Night of the long grass, night of the long grass

Night of the long grass
night of the long grass ... (rep. and fade)

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Island


Island
Performer(s): Eddy Raven



There was a time
There was a place I loved
That was my moment
That's just the way it was
Careless and crazy
Running to God knows where
Now where is that heart?
Where is the one who cares?

I can hear you callin'
Wandering boy come home soon
I hear the music
I see your face in the moon
Who am I foolin'?
There's no need for me to pretend
I might sail forever
And never find that island again

I fight with my memory
Find all the pieces I can
Of a beautiful woman
Who trusted her heart in my hands
Now what kind of sailor
Lets such a dream be lost?
Tonight we'd be sailing
Out under the Southern Cross

I can hear you callin'
Wandering boy come home soon
I hear the music
I see your face in the moon
Who am I foolin'?
There's no need for me to pretend
I might sail forever
And never find that island again

Who am I foolin'?
There's no need for me to pretend
I might sail forever
And never find that island again

I might sail forever
And never find that island again

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Night Of My Nights


Night Of My Nights
Composer(s): George Forrest; Robert C. Wright
Performer(s): Vic Damone;
Percy Faith; Marilyn Maye; David Rendall



Play on the cymbal, the timbal, the lyre
Play with appropriate passion
Fashion songs of delight and delicious desire
For the night of my nights
Come where the so well beloved is waiting
Where the rose and the jasmine mingle
While I tell her the moon is formating
And 'tis sin to be single!
Let peacocks and monkeys in purple adornings
Show her the way to my bridal chamber
Then get you gone 'til the morn of my mornings
After the night of my nights!
'Tis the night of my nights!
'Tis the night of my nights!

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Isis


Isis
Composer(s): Bob Dylan; Jacques Levy
First release by: Bob Dylan - 1976
Covered by multiple other artists



I married Isis on the fifth day of May
But I could not hold on to her very long
So I cut off my hair and I rode straight away
For the wild unknown country where I could not go wrong

I came to a high place of darkness and light
The dividing line ran through the center of town
I hitched up my pony to a post on the right
Went in to a laundry to wash my clothes down

A man in the corner approached me for a match
I knew right away he was not ordinary
He said "Are you looking for something easy to catch?"
I said "I got no money"
He said "That ain't necessary"

We set out that night for the cold in the North
I gave him my blanket he gave me his word
I said "Where are we going ?"
He said "We'd be back by the fourth"
I said "That's the best new that I've ever heard"

I was thinking about turquoise I was thinking about gold
I was thinking about diamonds and the world's biggest necklace
As we rode through the canyons through the devilish cold
I was thinking about Isis how she thought I was so reckless

How she told me that one day we meet up again
And things would be different the next time we wed
If I only could hang on and just be her friend
I still can't remember all the best things she said

We came to the pyramids all embedded in ice
He said "There's a body I'm trying to find
If I carry it out it'll bring a good prize"
It was then that I knew what he had on his mind

The wind it was howling and the snow was outrageous
We chopped through the night and we chopped through the dawn
When he died I was hoping that it wasn't contagious
But I made up my mind that I had to go on.
I broke into the tomb but the casket was empty
There was no jewels no nothing I felt I'd been had
When I saw that my partner was just being friendly
When I took up his offer I must-a been mad

I picked up his body and I dragged him inside
Threw him down in the hole and I put back the cover
I said a quick prayer and I felt satisfied
Then I rode back to find Isis just to tell her I love her

She was there in the meadow where the creek used to rise
Blinded by sleep and in need of a bed
I came in from the East with the sun in my eyes
I cursed her one time then I rode on ahead

She said "Where ya been?"
I said "No place special?"
She said "You look different"
I said "Well I guess"
She said "You been gone"
I said "That's only natural"
She said "You gonna stay?"
I said "If you want me to, Yeah "

Isis oh Isis you mystical child
What drives me to you is what drives me insane
I still can remember the way that you smiled
On the fifth day of May in the drizzling rain

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Night Of Fear


Night Of Fear
Composer(s): Roy Wood
Performer(s): The Move; Carl Wayne



The silent night has turned to a night of fear
With windows howling wind into your ear
You listen to the spirits far behind
These things you hear are too much for your mind

The bell strikes and your spine chills like the grave
The chill that turns your blood from red to grey
You know that with these things you see and hear
The silent night has turned to a night of fear

Image on your bedroom wall
Shadows marching in the hall
Just about to flip your mind
Just about to trip your mind
Just about to flip your mind
Just about to trip your mind

The green and purple lights affect your sight
Your mother cannot comfort you tonight
Your brain calls out for help that's never there
The silent night has turned to a night of fear

Image on your bedroom wall
Shadows marching in the hall
Just about to flip your mind
Just about to trip your mind
Just about to flip your mind
Just about to trip your mind

The silent night has turned to a night of fear
With windows howling wind into your ear
You listen to the spirits far behind
These things you hear are too much for your mind

Just about to flip your mind
Just about to trip your mind
Just about to flip your mind
Just about to trip your mind

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I'se The B'y


I'se The B'y
(Traditional)
Performer(s): Great Big Sea



I'se the b'y that builds the boat
And i'se the b'y that sails her!
I'se the b'y that catches the fish
And brings 'em home to Lizer

Hip yer partner, Sally Tibbo'!
Hip yer partner, Sally Brown!
Fogo, Twillingate, Morton's Harbour
All around the circle!

I don't want your maggoty fish
That's no good winter
I could buy as good as that
Down in Bonavista

I took Lizer to a dance
And faith, but she could travel'
And every step that she did take
Was up to her knees in gravel

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Night Of A Thousand Stars


Night Of A Thousand Stars
Composer(s): Warren Haynes; Robert Hunter; Phil Lesh & Friends
Performer(s): Phil Lesh & Friends



Full moon rising over Alcatraz
Hangin' there like a big topaz
Ruling this night of a thousand stars
With a back seat full of broken guitars
Raised in chains by Jehosaphat's daughter
Served 20 years for walkin' on the water
Just out fishin' for love in the rain
From an easy chair in the passing lane
If I had forgotten, I'd remember well
The fruit and the tree from which it fell
Many long years rollin' homeward bound
Goin' hell-for-leather on this merry go round

Night of a thousand stars
The sound of sweet guitars
On this night - on this night
On this night - on this night
Of a thousand blazing stars

Down in the laundry with my head in my hands
Doin' whatever the Lord commands
Poppin' the hood off of a Ford V-8
Disguised with an out of state license plate
Payin' my taxes in whiskey and blood
Mixed in a barrel floating on the flood
Doing my penance for a life of crime
Singing B minor Masses in double time
Tiger and a lion hanging on the wall
Between the head of a saint and a bocce ball
I've been rebuked and I've been scorned
But I can't ever say that I haven't been warned

Night of a thousand stars
The sound of sweet guitars
On this night - on this night
On this night - on this night
Of a thousand stars

I tried to serve you right - I
Tried to serve you well - it
Looked alright by morning light
In hindsight - who can tell?

If I could recapture one moment of truth
From the firm foundation of a misspent youth
I'd fall like rain on this thirsty earth
A testament of beauty and worth

But if it don't happen because it can't
I hope and pray this wish you grant
From one man's heart to a falling star
We always remember who we are

Remember the night of a thousand stars
When love swam naked in the reservoir
Writing mad sonnets in the midnight park
Leaving tracks of tears for her watermark
Drums of the jungle on the edge of night
Only you could see with your perfect sight
If you don't remember you can be excused
'Cause it could never be reproduced

Night of a thousand stars
The sound of sweet guitars
On this night - on this night
On this night - on this night
On this night - on this night
- on this night
Of a thousand stars

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Isabelle, Prends Mon Chapeau


Isabelle, Prends Mon Chapeau
Composer(s): Jean-Michel Rivat; M. Fanon; Tom Paxton
Performer(s): Joe Dassin



La mer est basse, le ciel est chaud
Y a des cigales dans mon chapeau
Le soleil fait le gros dos
Sur ta peau brune comme du pain chaud

Isabelle, prends mon chapeau
Réveille-toi, mets-y de l'eau
Isabelle me donne à boire
Dans mon chapeau et puis s'en va

Et la vague s'en vient
Et la vague s'en va

Tu as la peau qui sent le thym
Viens, je veux boire entre tes mains
Toi, chaque fois que tu me touches
Moi, ça me met l'eau à la bouche

Isabelle, prends mon chapeau
Réveille-toi, mets-y de l'eau
Isabelle me donne à boire
Entre ses mains et puis s'en va

Et la vague s'en vient
Et la vague s'en va

Viens, maintenant j'ai la gorge fraîche
Viens, couche-toi, la terre est sèche
Et quand ce fut le petit jour
Nous vint la soif après l'amour

Et la vague s'en vient
Et la vague s'en va
(bis)

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