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'''"Nightwatchman"''' is the 5th song on [[start|American Music Club]]'s second album, 1987’s | '''"Nightwatchman"''' is the 5th song on [[start|American Music Club]]'s second album, 1987’s ''[[Engine]]''. [[Mark Eitzel]] told ''Contrast'' that the song came to him one night sitting on the steps of his house in Ohio. "There was a stormy sky - the sky was beautiful. You look down from the sky and everything is stupid. Everything is a waste; everything is asleep and dead. And I looked up at the sky and it seemed like the sky was trying to say something to me. If nobody could hear the pain up there ,if there was nobody to witness, then the world is completely and utterly desolate."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.geocities.ws/rsjbraz/amccontrast1988.html | work=Contrast | date=Winter 1988 | author= | title=American Music Club | accessdate=June 16, 2017}}</ref> | ||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
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*[[Danny Pearson]] - bass guitar, backing vocals, mandolin, guitar | *[[Danny Pearson]] - bass guitar, backing vocals, mandolin, guitar | ||
*[[Tom Mallon]] - guitar, backing vocals, percussion, producer | *[[Tom Mallon]] - guitar, backing vocals, percussion, producer | ||
*[[Dave Scheff]] - drums | *[[Dave Scheff]] - drums | ||
*[[Carla Fabrizio]] - cello | *[[Carla Fabrizio]] - cello | ||
==Also appears on== | ==Also appears on== | ||
* ''[[Over And Done]]'' promo | * ''[[Over And Done]]'' promo | ||
* ''[[Johnny Mathis' Feet]]'' promo <small>Live version</small> | * ''[[Johnny Mathis' Feet]]'' promo <small>Live version</small> | ||
* ''[[1984-1995]]'' | * ''[[1984-1995]]'' | ||
* ''[[The Ugly American]]'' <small>Alternate version</small> | * ''[[The Ugly American]]'' <small>Alternate version</small> | ||
* ''[[Our First Trip to Nottingham]]'' <small>Live version</small> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist|2}} | {{reflist|2}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:AMC songs]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:05, 7 March 2021
"Nightwatchman" is the 5th song on American Music Club's second album, 1987’s Engine. Mark Eitzel told Contrast that the song came to him one night sitting on the steps of his house in Ohio. "There was a stormy sky - the sky was beautiful. You look down from the sky and everything is stupid. Everything is a waste; everything is asleep and dead. And I looked up at the sky and it seemed like the sky was trying to say something to me. If nobody could hear the pain up there ,if there was nobody to witness, then the world is completely and utterly desolate."[1]
| "Nightwatchman" | |
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| Song by American Music Club from the album Engine | |
| Released | 1987 |
| Format | LP / CS / CD |
| Length | 4:49 |
| Label | Grifter Records/Frontier Records |
| Writer(s) | Mark Eitzel |
| Producer(s) | Tom Mallon |
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Lyrics
I remember how I let you down
Everything you say reminds me of the pain
How you lost your dignity
Passing in and out of a dream
Is there some secret I'm supposed to know
Is there some secret I'd always miss
'Cause there's no dignity when you have to live
Within the boundaries of a kiss
And the nightwatchman
Yeah he's asleep
Nightwatchman
Oh come on tell me what's wrong
Nightwatchman
Is the night too long
Is the same lie you gave me before
I don't care anything you say is just fine
I'll just sit and watch the traffic passing by outside
The will in the world it's the prevailing tide
You're supposed to watch the night as it passes by
You're never supposed to need anyone
'Cause once I knew the secret to happiness
I knew it once, oh but now it's gone
And the nightwatchman
Yeah he's asleep
Nightwatchman
I can't wake him up
Watchman
C'mon tell me what's wrong
Nightwatchman
Is the night too long
Video
Mark Eitzel performing "Nightwatchman" on July 24, 2010 at Heliogàbal in Barcelona, Spain.
Personnel
- Mark Eitzel - vocals, guitar
- Vudi - Lead guitar, backing vocals, accordion, keyboard
- Danny Pearson - bass guitar, backing vocals, mandolin, guitar
- Tom Mallon - guitar, backing vocals, percussion, producer
- Dave Scheff - drums
- Carla Fabrizio - cello
Also appears on
- Over And Done promo
- Johnny Mathis' Feet promo Live version
- 1984-1995
- The Ugly American Alternate version
- Our First Trip to Nottingham Live version
References
- ↑ "American Music Club". Contrast. Winter 1988. Retrieved June 16, 2017.