Crew Nights lyrics
Song information
Artist: Jethro Tull Album: Nightcap: The Unreleased Masters 1973-1991
Lyrics
Tear it down in double quick time To get the eighth truck shifted 'bout midnight The locker rooms are empty but the [strobo tickers?][strobe boats?] Still spin with their pitching lights And someone with a yellow pass Gives out precise directions as to where and when
And here am I with a drumstick While young girls set to rendezvous, and be recognized again Tomorrow is an off-day Be in baltimore by thursday is the only law There's a suite down at the hotel Reserved for making merry with connecting doors The lighting man's already improvised a bar And printed invitations to the ball Off duty cops line corridors wearing tull [two?] t-shirts proudly On the band's [...] wall
Crew nights, no flashlights or folding knives Best boots and road suits and nine lives
Feeling that it might be wrong to Temporarily belong to the p.a. man [men?] Some angel from the midwest is regretting being Undressed with no suntan His polaroid is snapping The head carpenter is rapping on The gates of dawn
Sitting lonely with a warm beer The girl with dental braces wishes that she hadn't gone
Crew nights, no bar fights or [feeders?] [veeders?] wives Thin walls and late [blade?] calls and nine lives
[Ken stitzel writes: still no clue on the first line, but I think ''Late calls'' is definitely correct for the second line. it makes Sense from a stagehand terminology perspective. I know that it Sounds like there's a ''b'' sound in there, but I think it's just a Minor flaw in ian's diction. (it's really tough to sing clearly Especially in rock music.)]
Crew nights, no flashlights or folding knives Best boots and road suits and nine lives
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"Nightcap: The Unreleased Masters 1973-1991" album track list
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