Night Life Lyrics

Lyrics From Live Performance

[Verse 1]
In the evening
When the sun goes down
You're gonna find me
Doing, and sitting around
The night life, oh
Ain't no good life yeah
But it's my life
Many people just like you and me
Sitting around dreaming
About how things used to be, yeah

[Chorus]
The night life, yeah
Ain't no good life, oh
Oh-aah, that's my life

[Verse 2]
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, uh
They seem to be saying
Many people have loved
And many people have lost
They might not have loved at all
If they'd known, that they couldn't pay the cost
Woo, they tell me, uh
They tell me
That life is just an empty scene
Older than the oldest broken hearts
Newer than the newest broken dreams
This ain't the life I need
Ooh-aah
Ooh-aah
[Outro]
Ain't no good life for me
But it's my life, yeah

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Genius Annotation

“Night Life” is a song by Frank Ocean.

The song is a cover of Aretha Franklin’s 1967 song Night Life, which also was a cover of Willie Nelson’s 1963 song of the same name.

Ocean first previewed his version of the song on April 17, 2023, during his live performance at Week 1 of Coachella.

It is currently unknown whether or not Ocean’s version will ever see an official release.

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