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Night Life (Live at the Olympia Theatre, Paris, May 7, 1968)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
Vocals
Charnessa Jones
Charnessa Jones
Background Vocals
Wyline Ivy
Wyline Ivy
Background Vocals
David Squire
David Squire
Baritone Saxophone
Roderick Hicks
Roderick Hicks
Bass Guitar
George Davidson
George Davidson
Drums
Gary Illingworth
Gary Illingworth
Piano
Jerry Wexler
Jerry Wexler
Guitar
Donald Waldon
Donald Waldon
Tenor Saxophone
Miller Brisker
Miller Brisker
Tenor Saxophone
Rene Pitts
Rene Pitts
Trombone
Donald Townes
Donald Townes
Trumpet
John Wilson
John Wilson
Trumpet
Ron Jackson
Ron Jackson
Trumpet
Russell P Conway
Russell P Conway
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson
Songwriter
Paul Buskirk
Paul Buskirk
Songwriter
Walt Breeland
Walt Breeland
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jerry Wexler
Jerry Wexler
Producer

Lyrics

Thank you very much!
Tell me
Tell me, do you like the blues? (Yeah)
Do you really like the blues?
Good
Mmm
In the evenin'
When the sun goes down
You goin' to find me
Doin' what I'm doin' right now, not just sittin' 'round
The night life
It ain't no good life
But it's my life, yes it is
And all good people, good people
Just like you and me
Been sittin' around dreamin'
Sittin' around dreamin' about their used-to-be's
Well, the night life
Ask anybody, and it ain't no good life
But that's alright, because it's my life
Whoa-oh, yes it is
Whoa, listen to the blues
To the blues in what they're playin'
I wonder tonight, are you really listenin' to the blues
To the blues and what they're sayin'?
Well, they seem to be saying to me that
That many people have loved
And they seem to be saying to me that many people have lost
Well listen, they might not have loved at all
If they had known that they couldn't pay the cost
Oh, oh, oh, oh
They tell me, yeah, they tell me, yeah
They tell me, yeah, they tell me
They tell me that life it's just an empty scene
They say that it's older than the oldest broken hearts
And they tell me that it's newer than the newest of dreams
Well, the night life
What I'm doin' right now ain't no good life
But that's alright with me
Because it's my life, yes it is
I tell you that the night life
Sure ain't no good life
Yeah, but it's my life
Yeah
Written by: Paul Buskirk, Walt Breeland, Willie Nelson

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