Overnight Angels Songtext
von Ian Hunter

In the heat of the Indian summer
And the cool of the Appalachian way
You can hear the sound of the overnight angels as they pray
Charged by the light of some mariner′s lantern
Spitting out cold the triangular spray
Can't you hear the screams of the overnight angels as they pray?

Talking to the spirits through a silver curtain
Reaching out beyond the length of a light
You can catch a glimpse of the overnight angel as he shines
Dancing through the tombs of the dead and the living
Laughing at the poets changing their rhymes
Can′t you feel the pulse of the overnight angel beating time?

Can you hear us? Can you hear us?
We're talking 'bout the overnight angels
Can you hear us? Can you hear us?
We′re talking ′bout the overnight angels, angels, angels


Children of the trunkists who play the revolution
Push yourselves over, get yourselves there
Subject to the arms of the overnight angels 'cause they care
Angels don′t need no phony religion
Programmed out of love with the ethnic nowhere
They will never speak of the overnight angels
But they can only stare

Can you hear us? Can you hear us?
We're talking ′bout the overnight angels
Can you hear us? Can you hear us?
We're talking ′bout the overnight angels, angels, angels, angels

Can you hear us? Can you hear us?
We're talking 'bout the overnight angels
Can you hear us? Can you hear us?

We′re talking ′bout the overnight angels, angels, angels, angels
Can you hear us? Can you hear us?
We're talking ′bout the overnight angels
Can you hear us? Can you hear us?

We're talking ′bout the overnight angels, angels, angels, angels
Can you hear us? Can you hear us?
We're talking ′bout the overnight angels
Can you hear us? Can you hear us?
We're talking 'bout the overnight angels, angels, angels, angels
Angels, angels, angels, angels

Angels, angels, angels, angels


Overnight angels, overnight angels
Overnight angels, overnight angels

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The overnight angels, talking about
The overnight angels, talking about
Angels, angels, angels, angels, angels, angels, angels, angels
Overnight angels, talking about, the overnight angels, talking about
The overnight angels, talking about
The overnight angels, talking about
Overnight angels, overnight angels

Overnight angels, angels, angels
Angels, angels, angels, angels, angels