DONNA SUMMER - LADY OF THE NIGHT

LADY OF THE NIGHT

DONNA SUMMER

SONGWRITERS: GIORGIO MORODER & PETE BELLOTTE

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: LADY OF THE NIGHT

LABEL: GROOVY RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1974

 

            Lady of the Night is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer, released on February 26, 1974. The album, which was produced by Pete Bellotte, was released only in The Netherlands, and spawned the minor hit singles "The Hostage" and "Lady of the Night" in that country. The songs, written by the Moroder/Bellotte team, are mostly of the pop/rock/folk variety. The track "Lady of the Night" is popular in Germany, receiving air time on radio stations that feature classics of the sixties and seventies. Being formerly married to an Austrian, Donna Summer was a fluent German speaker and recorded a number of songs in that language.

        "Full of Emptiness" was excised from all CD reissues, as the track was re-mixed and re-released on her next album, 1975's Love to Love You Baby.

They call her the lady of the night

She's a woman of the world

And easy-living girl with love for sale

 

That's what they call her the lady of the night

No one seems to know her name

And even less about the place

From where she came

 

Every evening when the night is close at hand

You'll find the lady on the rue d'avignon

In a half lit hotel doorway the lady advertises warmly

It's just a job but she'll do the best she can

 

Don't try to change this lady of the night

She's a lot like you and me

And less than what she seems to be

 

And easy-living girl

(she is the lady of the night)

She's a woman of the world

(she is the lady of the night)

With lots of loving for sale

(she is the lady of the night)

Lady lady of the night

 

Round here they call her the lady of the night

In a perfume hotel room

Shadows dance upon the wall and fate at dawn

She's no beginner this lady of the night

Never try that funny stuff

'cause lady can be tough

Be warned!

 

She's a lot like you and me

(she is the lady of the night)

And never just what she seems

(she is the lady of the night)

No one seems to know her name

(she is the lady of the night)

Or the place from where she came.