Nights in White Satin

The Moody Blues * Track #8 On Days of Future Passed

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Album Days of Future Passed

ALBUM

The Moody Blues

1967

Nights in White Satin by The Moody Blues

Release Date

Fri Nov 10 1967

Performed by

The Moody Blues

Produced by

Tony Clarke

Writed by

Justin Hayward

About

Written by Justin Hayward when he was 19.

Was released in 1967 as part of the Moody Blues classic concept album Days of Future Passed.

This is the last song of the concept album, which follows the course of a day, jumping between people and places to capture the typical day. The song documents the...

Nights in White Satin Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Nights in white satin, never reaching the end
Letters I've written, never meaning to send
Beauty I'd always missed with these eyes before
Just what the truth is I can't say anymore

[Chorus]
'Cause I love you
Yes, I love you
Oh, how I love you-oh

[Verse 2]
Gazing at people, some hand in hand
Just what I'm going through they can't understand
Some try to tell me thoughts they cannot defend
Just what you want to be you will be in the end

[Chorus]
And I love you
Yes, I love you
Oh, how I love you
Oh, how I love you

[Flute Solo]

[Verse 3]
Nights in white satin, never reaching the end
Letters I've written, never meaning to send
Beauty I've always missed with these eyes before
Just what the truth is I can't say anymore

[Chorus]
'Cause I love you
Yes, I love you
Oh, how I love you
Oh, how I love you-oh
'Cause I love you
Yes, I love you
Oh, how I love you
Oh, how I love you-oh

[Late Lament: Graeme Edge]

Breathe deep the gathering gloom
Watch lights fade from every room
Bedsitter people look back and lament
Another day's useless energy spent
Impassioned lovers wrestle as one
Lonely man cries for love and has none
New mother picks up and suckles her son
Senior citizens wish they were young
Cold-hearted orb that rules the night
Removes the colours from our sight
Red is grey and yellow, white
But we decide which is right
And which is an illusion

Nights in White Satin Q&A

Who wrote Nights in White Satin's ?

Nights in White Satin was written by Justin Hayward.

Who produced Nights in White Satin's ?

Nights in White Satin was produced by Tony Clarke.

When did The Moody Blues release Nights in White Satin?

The Moody Blues released Nights in White Satin on Fri Nov 10 1967.

What have the artists said about the song?

The author of the song, Justin Hayward, said this in Issue 13 of the magazine, Performing Songwriter:

At the time when I wrote “Nights In White Satin” I didn’t own many things in the world, but I did own something totally useless which was a set of white satin sheets that this girlfriend of mine ha...

What is a bedsitter?

From the dictionary –
“a one-room apartment typically consisting of a combined bedroom and sitting room with cooking facilities.”