Aretha Franklin — Night Life Live in Paris 1968

[Intro] Thank you very much Tell me...tell me, do you like the blues? Do you really like the blues? Good Mmm... [Verse 1] In the evening, when the sun goes down You’re gonna find me Doin’ what I’m doin’ right now, and that's just sitting around The night life, it ain’t no good life But it’s my life, yes it is, mmm... [Verse 2] And all good people, good people, just like you and me They’re sitting around dreaming Sitting around dreaming about their used to be's Well, the night life, ask anybody in it, it ain’t no good life But that’s alright because it’s my life, oh, oh, yes it is [Verse 3] Oh, listen to the blues, to the blues and what they’re playing I wonder tonight, are you really listening to the blues To the blues and what they’re saying What they seem to be playing to me that’s, 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 know that they couldn’t pay the cost [Outro] Oh, they tell me, yeah, they tell me, yeah, they tell me, yeah, they tell me They tell me that life is just an empty scene They say that is older than the oldest broken hearts And they tell me that is newer than the newest stood 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 Ooh, I tell you that the night life sure ain’t no good life Well, but it’s my life, yeah