De eerste single van The Commodores na het vertrek van Lionel Ritchie. Ritchie zou in de tweede helft van de jaren ’80 veel succes boeken met een aantal weerzinwekkende, mierzoete ballades en uitgroeien tot één van de grootste Amerikaanse supersterren. Met The Commodores zou het snel bergafwaarts gaan. Je vraagt je af waarom, want dit eerbetoon aan Marvin Gaye en Jackie Wilson is 1000x superieur aan alles wat Ritchie op vinyl heeft gepleurd.
Marvin, he was a friend of mine
And he could sing a song
His heart in every line
Marvin sang of the joy and pain
He opened up our minds
And I still can hear him say
Aw talk to me so you can see
What’s going on
Say you will sing your songs
Forevermore (evermore)
Gonna be some sweet sounds
Coming down on the nightshift
I bet you’re singing proud
Oh I bet you’ll pull a crowd
Gonna be a long night
It’s gonna be all right
On the nightshift
Oh you found another home
I know you’re not alone
On the nightshift
Jackie (Jackie), hey what’you doing now
It seems like yesterday
When we were working out
Jackie (Jackie, oh) you set
The world on fire
You came and gifted us
Your love it lifted us
Higher and higher
Keep it up and
We’ll be there
At your side
Oh say you will sing
Your songs forevermore (evermore)
Gonna be some sweet sounds
Coming down on the nightshift
I bet you’re singing proud
Oh I bet you’ll pull a crowd
Gonna be a long night
It’s gonna be all right
On the nightshift
Oh you found another home
I know you’re not alone
On the nightshift
Gonna miss your sweet voice
That soulful voice
On the nightshift
We all remember you
Ooh the songs are coming through
At the end of a long day
It’s gonna be okay
On the nightshift
You found another home
I know you’re not alone
On the nightshift
Uitgelichte afbeelding: Door Carl Lender, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5927891
