Rod Stewart - A Night on the Town Album Lyrics

Rod Stewart - A Night on the Town Lyrics

tonight's the night (gonna be alright)
The First Cut Is The Deepest
Fool For You
The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)
The Balltrap
Pretty Flamingo
Big Bayou
The Wild Side Of Life
Trade Winds

tonight's the night (gonna be alright)

Stay away from my window

Stay away from my back door too

Disconnect the telephone line

Relax baby and draw that blind

Kick off your shoes and sit right down

Loosen off that pretty French gown

Let me pour you a good long drink

Ooh baby don't you hesitate 'cause

Tonight's the night

It's gonna be alright

'Cause I love you girl

Ain't nobody gonna stop us now

Come on angel my heart's on fire

Don't deny your man's desire

You'd be a fool to stop this tide

Spread your wings and let me come inside 'cause

Tonight's the night

It's gonna be alright

'Cause I love you girl

Ain't nobody gonna stop us now

Don't say a word my virgin child

Just let your inhibitions run wild

The secret is about to unfold

Upstairs before the night's too old

Tonight's the night

It's gonna be alright

'Cause I love you girl

Ain't nobody gonna stop us now

Ooh

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Stay away from my window

Stay away from my back door too

Disconnect the telephone line

Relax baby and draw that blind

Kick off your shoes and sit right down

Loosen off that pretty French gown

Let me pour you a good long drink

Ooh baby don't you hesitate 'cause

Tonight's the night

It's gonna be alright

'Cause I love you girl

Ain't nobody gonna stop us now

Come on angel my heart's on fire

Don't deny your man's desire

You'd be a fool to stop this tide

Spread your wings and let me come inside 'cause

Tonight's the night

It's gonna be alright

'Cause I love you girl

Ain't nobody gonna stop us now

Don't say a word my virgin child

Just let your inhibitions run wild

The secret is about to unfold

Upstairs before the night's too old

Tonight's the night

It's gonna be alright

'Cause I love you girl

Ain't nobody gonna stop us now

Ooh

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Writer: ROD STEWART
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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The First Cut Is The Deepest

I would have given you all of my heart

But there's someone who's torn it apart

And she's taken just all that I had

But if you want I'll try to love again

Baby I'll try to love again but I know
The first cut is the deepest

Baby I know the first cut is the deepest

But when it come to being lucky she's cursed

When it come to loving me she's the worst

I still want you by my side

Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried

And I'm sure going to give you a try

And if you want I'll try to love again

Baby I'll try to love again but I know
The first cut is the deepest

Baby I know the first cut is the deepest

But when it come to being lucky she's cursed

When it come to loving me she's the worst
I still want you by my side

Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried

But I'm sure gonna give you a try

'cause if you want I'll try to love again

Baby I'll try to love again but I know
The first cut is the deepest

Baby I know the first cut is the deepest

When it come to being lucky she's cursed

When it come to loving me she's the worst

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I would have given you all of my heart

But there's someone who's torn it apart

And she's taken just all that I had

But if you want I'll try to love again

Baby I'll try to love again but I know
The first cut is the deepest

Baby I know the first cut is the deepest

But when it come to being lucky she's cursed

When it come to loving me she's the worst

I still want you by my side

Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried

And I'm sure going to give you a try

And if you want I'll try to love again

Baby I'll try to love again but I know
The first cut is the deepest

Baby I know the first cut is the deepest

But when it come to being lucky she's cursed

When it come to loving me she's the worst
I still want you by my side

Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried

But I'm sure gonna give you a try

'cause if you want I'll try to love again

Baby I'll try to love again but I know
The first cut is the deepest

Baby I know the first cut is the deepest

When it come to being lucky she's cursed

When it come to loving me she's the worst

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Writer: CAT STEVENS
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG Rights Management
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Fool For You

By the time you read this letter

I'll be outta your life

Gone forever more

But guess I'll survive

I'm gonna leave my records

And a forwarding address

Ain't you glad honey

That I'm offa your chest
You said you wanted Paris

Rome 'n' St. Tropez

Perfume by Chanel

And a ring by Cartier

But I gave you headaches

With my old fashioned ways

But that's all irrelevant

To what I'm tryin' to say

I'm a fool for you baby

Pride won't let me stay

I'm a fool for you honey

and I'll come back any day

Guess I'll always love you all my life
You can keep your Streisands

Bardots and Lorens

You're my everything

But now you're my end

It may be over

But just before I go

I can make a new start

But I can't mend a broken heart
So when I read about you

In all the national press

On the arm of so and so

I may get depressed

Cause I tried to love you

But didn't fit in

I came on the dust

I'll leave on the wind
I'm a fool for you baby

My pride won't let me stay

I'm a fool for you honey

I'll come back any day

I'm a fool for you baby

I don't care what your friends say

I'm a fool for you honey

And that's the way I'll stay

I guess I'll always love you all my life

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By the time you read this letter

I'll be outta your life

Gone forever more

But guess I'll survive

I'm gonna leave my records

And a forwarding address

Ain't you glad honey

That I'm offa your chest
You said you wanted Paris

Rome 'n' St. Tropez

Perfume by Chanel

And a ring by Cartier

But I gave you headaches

With my old fashioned ways

But that's all irrelevant

To what I'm tryin' to say

I'm a fool for you baby

Pride won't let me stay

I'm a fool for you honey

and I'll come back any day

Guess I'll always love you all my life
You can keep your Streisands

Bardots and Lorens

You're my everything

But now you're my end

It may be over

But just before I go

I can make a new start

But I can't mend a broken heart
So when I read about you

In all the national press

On the arm of so and so

I may get depressed

Cause I tried to love you

But didn't fit in

I came on the dust

I'll leave on the wind
I'm a fool for you baby

My pride won't let me stay

I'm a fool for you honey

I'll come back any day

I'm a fool for you baby

I don't care what your friends say

I'm a fool for you honey

And that's the way I'll stay

I guess I'll always love you all my life

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Writer: ROD STEWART
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)

Oh yeah
In these days of changing ways
So called liberated days
A story comes to mind of a friend of mine

Georgie boy was gay I guess
Nothin' more or nothin' less
The kindest guy I ever knew

His mother's tears fell in vain
The afternoon George tried to explain
That he needed love like all the rest

Pa said there must be a mistake
How can my son not be straight
After all I've said and done for him

Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh

Leavin' home on a Greyhound bus
Cast out by the ones he loves
A victim of these gay days it seems

Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh

Georgie went to New York town
Where he quickly settled down
And soon became the toast of the great white way

Accepted by Manhattan's elite
In all the places that were chic
No party was complete without George

Along the boulevards he'd cruise
And all the old queens blew a fuse
Everybody loved Georgie boy

Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh

The last time I saw George alive
Was in the summer of seventy-five
He said he was in love I said I'm pleased

George attended the opening night
Of another Broadway hype
But split before the final curtain fell

Deciding to take a short cut home
Arm in arm they meant no wrong
A gentle breeze blew down fifth avenue

Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh

Out of a darkened side street came
A New Jersey gang with just one aim
To roll some innocent passer-by
There ensued a fearful fight
Screams rang out in the night
Georgie's head hit a sidewalk cornerstone

A leather kid, a switchblade knife
He did not intend to take his life
He just pushed his luck a little too far that night

The sight of blood dispersed the gang
A crowd gathered, the police came
An ambulance screamed to a halt on fifty-third and third

Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh

Georgie's life ended there
But I ask who really cares
George once said to me and I quote

He said "never wait or hesitate
Get in kid, before it's too late
You may never get another chance
'Cause youth a mask but it don't last
Live it long and live it fast"
Georgie was a friend of mine

Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh

Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh

Oh Georgie stay,
Don't go away
Georgie please stay
You take our breath away
Oh Georgie stay,
Don't go away
Georgie please stay
You take our breath away
Oh Georgie stay,
Don't go away
Georgie, Georgie stay (please stay)
You take our breath away

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Oh yeah
In these days of changing ways
So called liberated days
A story comes to mind of a friend of mine

Georgie boy was gay I guess
Nothin' more or nothin' less
The kindest guy I ever knew

His mother's tears fell in vain
The afternoon George tried to explain
That he needed love like all the rest

Pa said there must be a mistake
How can my son not be straight
After all I've said and done for him

Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh

Leavin' home on a Greyhound bus
Cast out by the ones he loves
A victim of these gay days it seems

Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh

Georgie went to New York town
Where he quickly settled down
And soon became the toast of the great white way

Accepted by Manhattan's elite
In all the places that were chic
No party was complete without George

Along the boulevards he'd cruise
And all the old queens blew a fuse
Everybody loved Georgie boy

Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh

The last time I saw George alive
Was in the summer of seventy-five
He said he was in love I said I'm pleased

George attended the opening night
Of another Broadway hype
But split before the final curtain fell

Deciding to take a short cut home
Arm in arm they meant no wrong
A gentle breeze blew down fifth avenue

Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh

Out of a darkened side street came
A New Jersey gang with just one aim
To roll some innocent passer-by
There ensued a fearful fight
Screams rang out in the night
Georgie's head hit a sidewalk cornerstone

A leather kid, a switchblade knife
He did not intend to take his life
He just pushed his luck a little too far that night

The sight of blood dispersed the gang
A crowd gathered, the police came
An ambulance screamed to a halt on fifty-third and third

Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh

Georgie's life ended there
But I ask who really cares
George once said to me and I quote

He said "never wait or hesitate
Get in kid, before it's too late
You may never get another chance
'Cause youth a mask but it don't last
Live it long and live it fast"
Georgie was a friend of mine

Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh

Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh
Da da da da da da duh

Oh Georgie stay,
Don't go away
Georgie please stay
You take our breath away
Oh Georgie stay,
Don't go away
Georgie please stay
You take our breath away
Oh Georgie stay,
Don't go away
Georgie, Georgie stay (please stay)
You take our breath away

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Writer: ROD STEWART
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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The Balltrap

Well my brother said he saw you in a downtown bar

With a price on your head and a black man on your arm

C'mon sister, I ain't quite as dumb as I seem

I'd rather see you dead with a rope 'round your neck

Or see you paralyzed in both your thighs

C'mon honey you got me crawling down on my knees

If you say it's all over I'll pack up and go

But this time tomorrow you'll be screamin' on the phone

Come back baby and let's get naked tonight

Well I can't say yes and I can't say no

My heart wants to love you but my soul says go

C'mon sugar why don't you let your man off the hook
You got me in a balltrap

Lord I'm eating outta your hands

You got me in a balltrap, hung up on a one-night stand

You got me in a balltrap, strung out on a midnight tram
First time I had you up on ol' Park Lane

You didn't know my name even when I came

As I recall you let me walk home in the rain

You said I'm cute but tell the truth

It's my body you want with the red hot juice

C'mon honey let's call the whole thing off
You got me in a balltrap

Lord, I'm eating outta your hands

You got me in a balltrap, hung up on a one-night stand

You got me in a balltrap, strung out on a midnight tram
My mama don't like you and I ain't surprised

You got poison lips, you got amphetamine eyes

She keeps on saying why don't you find a nice country girl

But Ma I ain't never been in love before

I can't sleep or eat all week

But Friday night I'll be alright

On the midnight trampoline
It's a balltrap

Lord, I'm eating outta your hands

You got me in a balltrap, hung up on a one-night stand

You got me in a balltrap, strung out on a midnight tram

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Well my brother said he saw you in a downtown bar

With a price on your head and a black man on your arm

C'mon sister, I ain't quite as dumb as I seem

I'd rather see you dead with a rope 'round your neck

Or see you paralyzed in both your thighs

C'mon honey you got me crawling down on my knees

If you say it's all over I'll pack up and go

But this time tomorrow you'll be screamin' on the phone

Come back baby and let's get naked tonight

Well I can't say yes and I can't say no

My heart wants to love you but my soul says go

C'mon sugar why don't you let your man off the hook
You got me in a balltrap

Lord I'm eating outta your hands

You got me in a balltrap, hung up on a one-night stand

You got me in a balltrap, strung out on a midnight tram
First time I had you up on ol' Park Lane

You didn't know my name even when I came

As I recall you let me walk home in the rain

You said I'm cute but tell the truth

It's my body you want with the red hot juice

C'mon honey let's call the whole thing off
You got me in a balltrap

Lord, I'm eating outta your hands

You got me in a balltrap, hung up on a one-night stand

You got me in a balltrap, strung out on a midnight tram
My mama don't like you and I ain't surprised

You got poison lips, you got amphetamine eyes

She keeps on saying why don't you find a nice country girl

But Ma I ain't never been in love before

I can't sleep or eat all week

But Friday night I'll be alright

On the midnight trampoline
It's a balltrap

Lord, I'm eating outta your hands

You got me in a balltrap, hung up on a one-night stand

You got me in a balltrap, strung out on a midnight tram

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Writer: ROD STEWART
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Pretty Flamingo

All around all of the guys call her flamingo

'cause her hair glows like the sun

and her eyes light up the sky
When she walks by

she moves so fine like a flamingo

Crimson dress that clings so tight

She's out of reach and out of sight
When she walks by

she brightens up the neighborhood

and every guy would take her hand

If he just could, if she just would
Some sweet day

I'll make her mine, pretty flamingo

and every guy will envy me

cause paradise is where I'll be
When she walks by

she brightens up the neighborhood

and every guy would take her hand

If he just could, if she just would

Some sweet day

I'll make her mine, pretty flamingo

and every guy will envy me

cause paradise is where I'll be

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All around all of the guys call her flamingo

'cause her hair glows like the sun

and her eyes light up the sky
When she walks by

she moves so fine like a flamingo

Crimson dress that clings so tight

She's out of reach and out of sight
When she walks by

she brightens up the neighborhood

and every guy would take her hand

If he just could, if she just would
Some sweet day

I'll make her mine, pretty flamingo

and every guy will envy me

cause paradise is where I'll be
When she walks by

she brightens up the neighborhood

and every guy would take her hand

If he just could, if she just would

Some sweet day

I'll make her mine, pretty flamingo

and every guy will envy me

cause paradise is where I'll be

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Writer: MARK BARKAN
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Big Bayou

I took a long, long trip to the city

I was determined to get somewhere

I spent all my hard earned money

I had saved to put me there
Big bayou where did you go

To the river that's running slow

and to the Gulf of Mexico

Big bayou carry me home
I took a cotton picking job in Memphis

And the people there treated me good

But my luck run bad in Nashville

I had to walked the streets of Hollywood
Big bayou where did you go

To the river that's running slow

into the Gulf of Mexico

Big bayou carry me home
Oh Lord I'm going home

Where the fish jump in the air

You know I don't need a lot of money

Cause I ain't going nowhere
Big bayou where did you go

To the river that's running slow

into the Gulf of Mexico

Big bayou carry me home
Big bayou carry me home

To the river that's running slow

into the Gulf of Mexico

Big bayou where did you go
I'm gonna catch a southbound

train home one of these days

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I took a long, long trip to the city

I was determined to get somewhere

I spent all my hard earned money

I had saved to put me there
Big bayou where did you go

To the river that's running slow

and to the Gulf of Mexico

Big bayou carry me home
I took a cotton picking job in Memphis

And the people there treated me good

But my luck run bad in Nashville

I had to walked the streets of Hollywood
Big bayou where did you go

To the river that's running slow

into the Gulf of Mexico

Big bayou carry me home
Oh Lord I'm going home

Where the fish jump in the air

You know I don't need a lot of money

Cause I ain't going nowhere
Big bayou where did you go

To the river that's running slow

into the Gulf of Mexico

Big bayou carry me home
Big bayou carry me home

To the river that's running slow

into the Gulf of Mexico

Big bayou where did you go
I'm gonna catch a southbound

train home one of these days

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Writer: FLOYD GUILBEAU
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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The Wild Side Of Life

You wouldn't read my letters if I wrote them

You ask me not to call you on the phone

But there's something I've been waiting for to tell you

So I wrote it in the words of this song
Chorus:

I didn't know God made honky tonk angels

I might have known you'd never make a wife

You gave up the only one that ever loved you

And went on back to the wild side of life
The glamour of the gay nightlife has lured you

to the places where the wine and liquor flow

Where you wait to be somebody else's baby

And forget the truest love you'll ever know
(chorus)
The glamour of the gay nightlife has lured you

to the places where the wine and liquor flow

Where you wait to be somebody else's baby

And forget the truest love you'll ever know
(chorus)

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You wouldn't read my letters if I wrote them

You ask me not to call you on the phone

But there's something I've been waiting for to tell you

So I wrote it in the words of this song
Chorus:

I didn't know God made honky tonk angels

I might have known you'd never make a wife

You gave up the only one that ever loved you

And went on back to the wild side of life
The glamour of the gay nightlife has lured you

to the places where the wine and liquor flow

Where you wait to be somebody else's baby

And forget the truest love you'll ever know
(chorus)
The glamour of the gay nightlife has lured you

to the places where the wine and liquor flow

Where you wait to be somebody else's baby

And forget the truest love you'll ever know
(chorus)

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Trade Winds

Here I stand looking, looking around me

While all around me what do I see

Unhappy faces behind a painted smile

Heartache and loneliness dressed up in modern style

Unhappy people living in sin and shame

Reflections of myself, life is no easy game

We're caught in the trade winds

The trade winds of our time
Here I stand looking, looking around me

While all around me what do I see

Young girls who'll soon become

Streetwalkers in the night

Young boys, the restless breed

looking for a fight

Children both rich and poor

They're searching for the truth

If they don't find it

God help tomorrow's youth

We're caught in the trade winds

The trade winds of our time
Trade winds are blowing, blowing around me

While all around me what do I see

Hatred and jealousy

Brotherhood is dying

Love is the answer

But nobody's buying

Good people turning bad

Some don't but they are few

The winds are blowing

The choice is all up to you

We're caught in the trade winds

The trade winds of our time
Yes we're caught up in the trade winds

The trade winds of our time

We are riding on the trade winds

The trade winds of our time

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Here I stand looking, looking around me

While all around me what do I see

Unhappy faces behind a painted smile

Heartache and loneliness dressed up in modern style

Unhappy people living in sin and shame

Reflections of myself, life is no easy game

We're caught in the trade winds

The trade winds of our time
Here I stand looking, looking around me

While all around me what do I see

Young girls who'll soon become

Streetwalkers in the night

Young boys, the restless breed

looking for a fight

Children both rich and poor

They're searching for the truth

If they don't find it

God help tomorrow's youth

We're caught in the trade winds

The trade winds of our time
Trade winds are blowing, blowing around me

While all around me what do I see

Hatred and jealousy

Brotherhood is dying

Love is the answer

But nobody's buying

Good people turning bad

Some don't but they are few

The winds are blowing

The choice is all up to you

We're caught in the trade winds

The trade winds of our time
Yes we're caught up in the trade winds

The trade winds of our time

We are riding on the trade winds

The trade winds of our time

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A Night on the Town Info:

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A Night on the Town is Rod Stewart's seventh album, released in 1976. The cover art is based on Pierre-Auguste Renoir's painting Bal du moulin de la Galette, with Stewart inserted in the centre in period costume. On 30 June 2009, Rhino reissued the album as a two-disc CD with bonus tracks. A Night on the Town was Stewart's last UK number-one studio album until Time in 2013.

The album is regarded as one of Stewart's finest. "The Killing of Georgie" is one of Stewart's most hard-hitting sets of lyrics, a melancholic tale of a gay friend who is cast out by his family and becomes a sensation in the New York nightlife, only to be murdered by a New Jersey gang during an attempted robbery. Controversial "Tonight's the Night" was a No. 1 hit but was banned by some radio stations due to the very obvious lyrics about sex and loss of virginity. A cover of Cat Stevens' "The First Cut Is the Deepest" was also a success and has since become one of Stewart's signature songs.

Performed by: Rod Stewart
Genre(s): Rock
Producer(s): Tom Dowd
Length: 41:19
Released: June 18th, 1976
Year: 1976

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