The Nightfly

Album: The Nightfly (1982)
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  • I'm Lester the Nightfly
    Hello Baton Rouge
    Won't you turn your radio down
    Respect the seven second delay we use

    So you say there's a race
    Of men in the trees
    You're for tough legislation
    Thanks for calling
    I wait all night
    For calls like these

    An independent station
    WJAZ
    With jazz and conversation
    From the foot of Mt. Belzoni
    Sweet music
    Tonight the night is mine
    Late line 'til the sun
    Comes through the skylight

    I've got plenty of java
    And Chesterfield Kings
    But I feel like crying
    I wish I had a heart like ice
    Heart like ice

    If you want your honey
    To look super swell
    You must spring
    For that little blue jar
    Patton's Kiss And Tell
    Kiss And Tell

    An independent station
    WJAZ
    With jazz and conversation
    From the foot of Mt. Belzoni
    Sweet music
    Tonight the night is mine
    Late line 'til the sun
    Comes through the skylight

    You'd never believe it
    But once there was a time
    When love was in my life
    I sometimes wonder
    What happened to that flame
    The answer's still the same
    It was you, it was you
    Tonight you're still on my mind

    An independent station
    WJAZ
    With jazz and conversation
    From the foot of Mt. Belzoni
    Sweet music
    Tonight the night is mine
    Late line 'til the sun
    Comes through the skylight Writer/s: Chuck Berry
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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