Welcome to the Night

[J.J.]
The street is talkin’, Sidney
Each night, I do my rounds
I listen to it talk
The bouncers, the whores
The doormen at their doors
The songbirds who scat
The chic who checks your hat
The whispers are whisperin’
They hiss and they coo
The street is talkin’, Sidney

[COMPANY]
Street is talkin’, Sidney

[J.J.]
Tonight, it’s talkin’ to you

[COMPANY]
Welcome to the night
You’ve been expected
And you’re such a pretty sight
We heard a rumor
You was nippin’ at the bait
Flirtin’ with your fate

[J.J. & COMPANY]
We’re gonna getcha’ started

[COMPANY]
Welcome to the dark
Learn the advantages
Of swimmin’ with a shark
You’re lookin’ eager
In that thirty dollar suit
Tossin’ off a cute remark

[J.J. & (COMPANY)]
Tell me, Sidney, where ya’ been?
(Where ya’ been?)
You’ve been nowhere at all
(Nowhere at all)
Always outside, lookin’ in

So come on inside
(Come on inside)
Across the divide
(Across the divide)
Come on inside
(Come on in, come on in, come on inside)

[COMPANY]
Sidney’s got a friend

[SIDNEY]
What a friend I got!

[COMPANY]
Don’t even wonder
What your friend here may attend

[SIDNEY]
Why me?

[J.J., spoken]
Why not?

[COMPANY]
You’re not an angel
And he’s pickin’ up the tab
Grab what you can grab tonight

Welcome to the night

[J.J.]
Just like that!

[COMPANY]
I got a dollar
Says your future’s lookin’ bright

[J.J.]
Right off the bat!

[COMPANY]
We get excited
With the {???} has a cub
Welcome to the club!

Welcome to the night
(The street is talkin’, Sidney)
Welcome to the night
(It’s talkin’ to you)
Sidney, welcome to the night!