Spirits in the Night

by Bruce Springsteen

Crazy Janey and her mission man
Were back in the alley trading hands
Along came Wild Billy with his friend G-man
All duded up for Saturday night
Well Billy slammed on his coaster brakes
And said, 'Anybody wanna go on up to Greasy Lake?
'It's about a mile down on the dark side of Route 88
'I got a bottle of rose, so let's try it
'We'll pick up Hazy Davy and Killer Joe
'And I'll take you all out to where the gypsy angels go
'They're built like light'
And they dance like spirits in the night, all night
Oh, you don't know what they can do to you
Spirits in the night, all night
Stand right up now and let it shoot through you

Well now, Wild young Billy was a crazy cat
And he shook some dust out of his coonskin cap
He said, 'Trust some of this it'll show you where you're at
'Or 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, and Janey's fingers were in the cake
I think I really dug her 'cause I was too loose to fake
I said, 'I'm hurt,' she said, 'Honey let me heal it'
And we danced all night to a soul fairy band
And she kissed me just right like only a lonely angel can
She felt so nice
Just as soft as a spirit in the night, all night
Janey don't know what she do to you
Like a spirit in the night, all night
Stand right up and let her shoot through me

Now the night was bright and the stars threw light
On Billy and Davy dancing in the moonlight
They were down near the water in a stone-mud fight
Killer Joe gone passed out on the lawn
Well now, Hazy Davy got really hurt
He ran into the lake in just his socks and a shirt
Me and Crazy Janey was making love in the dirt
Singing our birthday songs
Janey said it was time to go
So we closed our eyes and said goodbye to gypsy angel row
Felt so right
Together we moved like spirits in the night, all night
Baby don't know what they can do to you
Spirits in the night, all night
Stand right up and let it shoot right through you