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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Spirit In The Night lyrics
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
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) in the night (all night)
Oh you don't know what they can do to you
Spirits in the night (all night)
In the night (all night)
Stand right up now and let them shoot through you
Well now, Wild 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 it's at
Or at least it'll really help you 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) in the night (all night)
Janey don't know what she do to you
Spirit in the night (all night) 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 dancin 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 makin love in the dirt
Singin our birthday song
Janey said it ws 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)
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    Crazy janey: young, promiscuous, enjoys showing young men (virgins) the ways of physical pleasure. Mission man: the storyteller. He is janey's current "mission". The two are spending time together playing cards in the alley when their friends start showing up (a normal ritual for teenagers to gather and see what happens) wild billy and g-man are dressed up and ready for action. Billy suggests they should gather their friends and drive to the lake for a party. He has some wine and he alludes to unknown adventure and excitement as 'spirits in the night'. They can affect people in strange ways if you allow it: stand right up and let them shoot through you.
    Janey, the storyteller, billy, hazy davey and killer joe sample a new drug that wild billy provides. It appears g-man opts out at this point.
    The trip starts (both literally and figuratively) as they drive to greasy lake. The affects of the 'dust' makes the storyteller hang his head out the window and janey gets the munchies. The wine has "put a hurtin' on the storyteller. They refer to being wasted as 'hurt'. He tells janey he is hurt and she offers to heal it. Use your imagination as to how.
    The friends dance to imaginary music and janey and the storyteller advance their romance.
    Billy and davey engage in horseplay near the water, a mud fight between two stoned contestants. Killer joe passed out and janey and the storyteller have taken their romance to a higher level. Billy and davey notice that three of their group are incapacitated (killer joe is asleep and janey and her mission man are off by themselves) so billy and davey finish off the booze and drugs. That puts a serious hurtin' on davey which makes him run into the lake half naked.
    All the friends have been moved by the spirits in different ways. Janey and the storyteller experience physical love. Billy and davey experience exuberance. Killer joe experiences sleep.
    Eventually the buzz wears off and the friends leave the lake after saying goodbye.
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