Nite Owl - Original - Gene Chandler

Ten o’clock, ten-thirty

Eleven o’clock, eleven-thirty

Curfew time

Nite owl strolling down the

Street about the break of day

Oh, nite owl, listen, boy

What you think your mama gonna say

Hey, hey, hey

Wait til you get in the door

Mama told you once before

Whoa, whoa, nite owl

Nite owl strolling with his

Keys swinging in his hand

Oh, owl, the nite owl strutting

Up the stairs like a natural man

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Boy, you must be out your mind

Ain’t you heard of curfew time

Whoa, whoa, nite owl

Your daddy told you long ago

Not to come in late no more

Running over town just like a clown

But you think that he’s a square

And you feel you’ve been everywhere

Wait til tomorrow, you’ll sit down

Oh, nite owl strolling with

His dark glasses on his eyes

Oh, owl, nite owl, listen, boy

Don’t you dare tell daddy no lie

Hey, hey, hey

I said that you were such a silly jerk

Your daddy ought to make you work

Whoa, whoa, nite owl

Your daddy told you long ago

Not to come in late no more

Running over town just like a clown

But you think that he’s a square

And you feel you’ve been everywhere

Wait til tomorrow, you’ll sit down

Oh, nite owl strolling with

His dark glasses on his eyes

Oh, owl, nite owl, listen, boy

Don’t you dare tell daddy no lie

Hey, hey, hey

I said that you were such a silly jerk

Your daddy ought to make you work

Whoa, whoa, nite owl

Whoa, nite owl

You better come in, boy

It’s getting late, i told you

Bout staying out all times of night

Hey, hey, hey