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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
Vocals
TOMMY COGBILL
TOMMY COGBILL
Bass Guitar
Roger Hawkins
Roger Hawkins
Drums
Jimmy Johnson
Jimmy Johnson
Guitar
Joe South
Joe South
Guitar
Truman Thomas
Truman Thomas
Organ
Spooner Oldham
Spooner Oldham
Piano
Gene Orloff
Gene Orloff
String Conductor
Ted Somers
Ted Somers
Vibraphone
Charnessa Jones
Charnessa Jones
Background Vocals
Donald Townes
Donald Townes
Conductor
Wyline Ivy
Wyline Ivy
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson
Songwriter
Paul Buskirk
Paul Buskirk
Songwriter
Walt Breeland
Walt Breeland
Songwriter

Lyrics

In the evening
When the sun goes down
You're gonna find me sitting 'round
The night life, ain't no good life
But it's my life
All good people
Just like you and me
Sitting around dreaming
About that used to be
I tell you that the night life
Sure ain't no good life
But it's my life
Yes it is
Oh, listen to the blues
To the blues and what they're saying
Listen to the blues
To the blues and what they're playing
They seem to be saying to me
Many people have loved
And many people have lost
They might not to have loved at all
Had known that they couldn't pay the cost
Oh, they tell me, they tell me
That life is just an empty scene
Older than the oldest broken hearts
Newer than the newest broken dreams
I tell you the night life
The night life
Sure ain’t no good life
But do you know that it's my life
Yeah, yeah
I tell you that the night life, yeah
Sure ain’t no good life
But do you know that it's my life
Yeah
Written by: Paul Buskirk, Walt Breeland, Willie Nelson
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