Night People

(Allen Toussaint)

Night people, hanging out
Looking at each other
Waiting for something to happen
While the day world is sleeping
Night people are creeping, hanging out
Looking at each other
When the day world stops moving
Night people start grooving, hanging out
Looking at each other
When the day bees stop buzzing
Night people start coming, hanging out
Waiting for something to happen
You don’t get one thing
Without the other
We got to keep the world alive
If everybody went to sleep
At the same time
How’d we keep the world alive?
Got to see who is with you
Who is with me, who is with who, hanging out
Looking at each other
Got to see whatcha wearing, whatcha got
Whatcha sharing, hanging out
Waiting for something to happen
As the day world goes by
Night people doing fine, hanging out
Looking at each other
When the day world starts humping
Night people start pumping, hanging out
Waiting for something to happen
Night people grooving