It's a season of firsts
John Glenn is the first American to orbit the Earth
We go out on our first cross-country tour
The label's raking it in, so they send over some girls
When we hit Chicago at Christmas
That night I rack up a personal first
Oh, what a night
Late December back in '63
What a very special time for me
'Cause I remember, what a night
Oh, what a night
You know I didn't even know her name
But I was never gonna be the same
What a lady, what a night
Oh, I
I got a funny feeling when she walked in the room
Yeah, oh my
As I recall it ended much to soon
Oh, what night
Hypnotized and mesmerizing me
She was everything I dreamed she'd be
Sweet surrender, what a night
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Oh, what a night
Why'd it take so long to see the light?
It seemed so wrong but now it seems so right
Sweet surrender, what a night
(I felt the rush like a rolling ball of thunder)
Spinning my head around and taking my heart under
(Oh, what a night)
Yeah
Oh, what a night
Oh, what a night
Oh, what a night
Oh, what a night!