Artist: Dar Williams
Intro
[G] [C]
[VERSE 1]
[G]Hey, Mr. Lifeguard, Up in the big chair
[C]Turn up the radio, You're looking good, yeah
[Am]Dancing at the snack bar, singing to each other
[C]We know the words from a [D]record back cover
[G]We got Crawdaddy
[C]We know what's going on, Sonny and Cher split, What took 'em so long?
[Am]The boys are strutting like a foxy lady
[C]So sing it loud in your [Dm]hairbrush, baby
[CHORUS]
[G]It's FM radio
Everywhere I go
[C]FM radio
Call of the [Em]night [D] [G]
[G]FM radio
Everywhere I go
[C]FM radio
Call of the [Em]night [D] [G]
[VERSE 2]
[G]Lou Reed says he's
A bisexual
[C]Jackson Browne is
An intellectual
[Am]Stevie Wonder bought a house for his mother
[C]DJ telling us we're [D]sister and brother
[G]We are the cosmos
We are the glam kids
[C]Putting stardust
On our eyelids
[Am]Nightbird's calling for a group meditation
[C]Sending Patty Hearst a [D]positive vibration
[CHORUS]
[G]FM radio
Everywhere I go
[C]FM radio
Call of the [Em]night
[G]FM radio
Everywhere I go
[C]FM radio
Call of the [Em]night
[VERSE 3]
[G]It's in my pocket
When I'm sledding
[C]My cousin's smoking pot
Before her wedding
[G]Talking Cold War
And rocket launches
[C]I'm talking disco
With my orthodontist
[G]Who cranked Zeppelin?
The driver ed guy
[C]Yelled "Barracuda"
Off the high dive
[G]On a date with
A guy from band, he
[C]Played a trumpet solo
It was Brandy!
[Am]Every night I do stuff with my hair
[C]Maybe Queen needs a clarinet player
And the sailors say:
[CHORUS]
[G]FM radio
Everywhere I go
[C]FM radio
Call of the [Em]night
[G]FM radio
Everywhere I go
[C]FM radio
Call of the [Em]night
[VERSE 4]
[G]Hey, little sister
Take off the headphones
[C]Don't try to scrutinize
That's just a dead zone
[Am]Wake up the neighbors, tell me, how do you [Em]feel?
[C]And live the fantasy that [D]makes your life real
[G]So if you wanna play
Follow your glory
[C]And if some guy says
That's not your story
[Am]Take a lesson from the FM that I knew [C]then
It's like a public pool; you decide where to jump [A]in
[BRIDGE]
[A]To feel the sexiness, the passion, and the fusion and the fission
[C]Remember Bruce Springsteen divorced a model and
[D]Married a musician! [A] [D]
[CHORUS]
[G]FM radio
Everywhere I go
[C]FM radio
Call of the [Em]night
[G]FM radio
Everywhere I go
[C]FM radio
Call of the [Em]night
Breakdown
[G]FM radio
Everywhere I go
[C]FM radio
Call of the [Em]night
[G]FM radio
Everywhere I go
[C]FM radio
Call of the [Em]night
Back to full volume for last 2 choruses
[G]FM radio
Everywhere I go
[C]FM radio
Call of the [Em]night
[G]FM radio
Everywhere I go
[C]FM radio
Call of the [Em]night
[OUTRO]
(spoken)
N.C.
I'm Alison Steele, the Nightbird, and I'll fly again when 2 am rolls around. Join me
'Til then, love and peace. And a good day
[G] [C]
[VERSE 1]
[G]Hey, Mr. Lifeguard, Up in the big chair
[C]Turn up the radio, You're looking good, yeah
[Am]Dancing at the snack bar, singing to each other
[C]We know the words from a [D]record back cover
[G]We got Crawdaddy
[C]We know what's going on, Sonny and Cher split, What took 'em so long?
[Am]The boys are strutting like a foxy lady
[C]So sing it loud in your [Dm]hairbrush, baby
[CHORUS]
[G]It's FM radio
Everywhere I go
[C]FM radio
Call of the [Em]night [D] [G]
[G]FM radio
Everywhere I go
[C]FM radio
Call of the [Em]night [D] [G]
[VERSE 2]
[G]Lou Reed says he's
A bisexual
[C]Jackson Browne is
An intellectual
[Am]Stevie Wonder bought a house for his mother
[C]DJ telling us we're [D]sister and brother
[G]We are the cosmos
We are the glam kids
[C]Putting stardust
On our eyelids
[Am]Nightbird's calling for a group meditation
[C]Sending Patty Hearst a [D]positive vibration
[CHORUS]
[G]FM radio
Everywhere I go
[C]FM radio
Call of the [Em]night
[G]FM radio
Everywhere I go
[C]FM radio
Call of the [Em]night
[VERSE 3]
[G]It's in my pocket
When I'm sledding
[C]My cousin's smoking pot
Before her wedding
[G]Talking Cold War
And rocket launches
[C]I'm talking disco
With my orthodontist
[G]Who cranked Zeppelin?
The driver ed guy
[C]Yelled "Barracuda"
Off the high dive
[G]On a date with
A guy from band, he
[C]Played a trumpet solo
It was Brandy!
[Am]Every night I do stuff with my hair
[C]Maybe Queen needs a clarinet player
And the sailors say:
[CHORUS]
[G]FM radio
Everywhere I go
[C]FM radio
Call of the [Em]night
[G]FM radio
Everywhere I go
[C]FM radio
Call of the [Em]night
[VERSE 4]
[G]Hey, little sister
Take off the headphones
[C]Don't try to scrutinize
That's just a dead zone
[Am]Wake up the neighbors, tell me, how do you [Em]feel?
[C]And live the fantasy that [D]makes your life real
[G]So if you wanna play
Follow your glory
[C]And if some guy says
That's not your story
[Am]Take a lesson from the FM that I knew [C]then
It's like a public pool; you decide where to jump [A]in
[BRIDGE]
[A]To feel the sexiness, the passion, and the fusion and the fission
[C]Remember Bruce Springsteen divorced a model and
[D]Married a musician! [A] [D]
[CHORUS]
[G]FM radio
Everywhere I go
[C]FM radio
Call of the [Em]night
[G]FM radio
Everywhere I go
[C]FM radio
Call of the [Em]night
Breakdown
[G]FM radio
Everywhere I go
[C]FM radio
Call of the [Em]night
[G]FM radio
Everywhere I go
[C]FM radio
Call of the [Em]night
Back to full volume for last 2 choruses
[G]FM radio
Everywhere I go
[C]FM radio
Call of the [Em]night
[G]FM radio
Everywhere I go
[C]FM radio
Call of the [Em]night
[OUTRO]
(spoken)
N.C.
I'm Alison Steele, the Nightbird, and I'll fly again when 2 am rolls around. Join me
'Til then, love and peace. And a good day
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