SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT^©

Live 01 Aug 1976 version

Well I'm riding down Kingsley figuring I'll get a drink
I turn the radio way up loud so I don't have to think
And I ease down on the gas looking for a moment when the world seems right
And I go tearing into the heart of something in the night

And I picked this chick up hitch-hiking, she just hung her head out the window and she screamed
Said she was looking for someplace to go, to die or be redeemed
So you can ride this road to dawn, without another human being in sight
Cause baby everybody's gone looking for something in the night

And me I gotta stop penance, I gotta stop my fooling around
Well I got this stuff running around my head, I can't live with or live down
She wants me to push this machine until the whole world disappears out of sight
And just me and you baby, surrender to the cannons of something in the night

Well now tonight no sins are forgiven, no sins are forgiven
And when I look out at the street sometimes I can't tell the day from the night
And now it's just winners and losers, mumbling about some vague wrong and right
And kids like us, rumbling over something in the night

And now you people out on the island, you lock your doors and take your children by the hand
Put on your black dress baby, because tonight the devil will walk these streets like a man
I don't know about you, but I'm gonna, I'm gonna bring along my switchblade, in case that fool wants to fight
If he wants me I'll be running down the highway, chasing something in the night
Woahhh there's something in the night
Woahhh there's something in the night

Page last updated: 03 Feb 2008

The above lyrics correspond to the live 01 Aug 1976 performance at Monmouth Arts Centre, Red Bank, NJ, the opening night of the "Lawsuit Tour", and the world premiere of SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT.

This version was used between 01 Aug 1976 and 25 Oct 1976, notably on:
- 01 Aug 1976 at Monmouth Arts Centre, Red Bank, NJ
- 21 Aug 1976 at Palace Theatre, Waterbury, CT
- 22 Aug 1976 at Civic Center, Springfield, MA (check out the live 22 Aug 1976 version which varies a little)
- 10 Oct 1976 at Miami University, Oxford, OH
- 12 Oct 1976 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
And except on:
- 09 Oct 1976 at Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN (check out the live 09 Oct 1976 version)

This version's lyrics are very different from those of the album's version.

List of available versions of SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT on this website:

• Album's version (more details)
• Early outtake (slightly different to the album's version)
• Live 01 Aug 1976 version (very different to the album's version)
• Live 22 Aug 1976 version (close to the live 01 Aug 1976 version)
• Live 09 Oct 1976 version (very different to the album's version)
• Live 27 Oct 1976 version (very different to the album's version)
• Live 28 Oct 1976 version (very different to the album's version)
• Live 30 Oct 1976 version (different to the album's version)
• Live 04 Nov 1976 version (similar to the live 30 Oct 1976 version)
• Live 13 Feb 1977 version (different to the album's version)
• Live 14 Mar 1977 version (similar to the album's version)
• Live 19 May 1978 take #1 (similar to the album's version)
• Live 19 May 1978 take #2 (similar to the album's version)
• Live 31 May 1978 version (similar to the album's version)
• Live 18 Oct 2002 version (slightly different to the album's version)
• Live 07 Oct 2005 version (slightly different to the album's version)
• Aram's version (cover)
• Matthew Ryan's version (cover)

Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake from BTX and Greasy Lake) for this version's lyrics.

Spoken intro to SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT [Live 01 Aug 1976 version]:

Here's a new song, be on our... new album, I guess, when it comes out...