Night Owl

Album: Night Owl (1978)
Charted: 5
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  • Night comes down and finds you alone
    In a space and time of your own
    Lost in dreams in a world full of shadows

    Down the street the neon light shines
    Offering refuge and hope to the blind
    Who stumble in with no thought of tomorrow

    Yes I get lonely when the sun gets low
    And I end up looking for somewhere to go
    Yes I should know better but I cant say no
    Oh no no no no no no no

    The light are low when the music is loud
    You watch yourself as you play to the crowd
    One more face in a palace of mirrors

    One more drink your sailing away
    One more dream but its looking okay
    One more time to watch the flow of the river

    Yes I get lonely when the sun gets low
    And I end up looking for somewhere to go
    Yes I should know better but I cant say no
    Oh no no no no no no no no no no

    Yes I get lonely when the sun gets low
    And I end up looking for somewhere to go
    Yes I should know better but I cant say no
    Oh no no
    Oh no no no
    No no no no no no no no no no Writer/s: Gerald Rafferty
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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  • James from Ashland, OregonGerry Rafferty's Night Owl evokes the same sense of disconnect and alienation as in "Baker Street," released two years earlier in 1977. When night comes he feels alone and looks for solace in the bars and alcohol and "in a space and time" of his own. Losing himself in dreams and shadows he finally regains his sense of life's flow. You feel the longing in Rafferty's isolation. But the flow of the music undercuts the alienation of the words and we lose ourselves in the Rafferty's warm vocal, the swaying rhythm, and the sweet Lyricon solo. In the genre of "Night Owl" songs -- and there have been more than two dozen different Night Owl compositions since 1951 -- Rafferty breaks new ground in theme and structure. http://owlthingsconsidered.org/night-owl-songs-1968-90/#NO10
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