NIGHT LIFE
(Willie Nelson / Walter Breeland / Paul Buskirk)

Rusty Draper - 1963
Ray Price - 1963
Doris Day - 1963
Wanda Jackson - 1964
Julie London - 1964
Willie Nelson - 1965
Dottie West - 1965
Bobby Vinton - 1965
Don Ho - 1966
Aretha Franklin - 1967
B. B. King - 1967
Claude Gray - 1968
Willie Nelson with Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass - 1980
Razzy Bailey - 1982
B.J. Thomas - 1986
Roy Clark - 1986
Mark Murphy - 1987
David Lee Roth - 1994

Also recorded by: George Jones & Waylon Jennings;
Billy Butler; David Gogo; Al Hirt; Reba McEntire;
Jerry Wallace; Chicken Shack; Jimmy Witherspoon;
Dakota Staton; Luther Allison; Clear Creek Band;
Lynne Hughes: ................. and many others.


When the evenin' sun goes down
You will find me hangin' 'round
Oh, the night life, it ain't no good life
But it's my life

Many people just like me
Dreamin' of old used-to-be's
Oh, the night life, it ain't no good life
Ah, but it's my life

Listen to the blues that they're playin'
Listen what the blues are sayin'
(Instrumental Break)

Life is just another scene
In this old world of broken dreams
Oh, the night life, it ain't no good life
But it's my life

Oh, the night life ain't no good life
Oh, but it's my life
Yeah, it's my life


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As recorded by DORIS DAY:


SPOKEN: These are the sounds of daytime, busy, happy, alive with
confusion.  The sounds of people. Each with his own goals, each with
his own patterns, living under the constant vigil of the Sun. But
each day, the inevitable darkness comes, and spreads its cloud of
quiet over the land. And the familiar sounds rest, and sleep with
those who live by day and hide from the darkness........
This is the sound of the night. It's sad, sensuous, gloomy. So apart
from the confusion of daytime, it seems a different world. This is
the sound of night life, my life.........

When the evenin' sun goes down
You will find me hangin' 'round
The night life ain't no good life
But it's my life

Many people just like me
Dreamin' of old used-to-be's
The night life, it ain't a good life
But it's my life

Listen to the blues that they're playin'

Listen to what the blues are sayin'

Oh my, it's just another scene
From the world of broken dreams
The night life ain't a good life
But it's my life

(When the evenin' sun goes down)
You will find me hangin 'round
Oh, the night life ain't a good life
But it's my life


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2006)


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