Testi di The NIght the Lights Went Out - The Trammps

The NIght the Lights Went Out (originale)

Where were you when the lights went out
In New York City (I wanna know, I wanna know)
Where were you when the lights went out
In New York City
Don’t you know that I was making love
(She was making love)
I remember on the 13th of July
The only light was the light up in the sky
New York had black-out for 25 hours or more
And nobody really knows the reason why
Ooh, somebody called it love down on the socket (The socket)
It was safe to say I went the door to lock it (To lock it)
So I took my lady by the hand
And led her to love me, love me, love me!
Where were you when the lights went out
In New York City (All over the town, yeah)
Where were you when the lights went out
In New York City
Don’t you know that I was making love
(She was making love)
Ooh, sweet making love
(She was making love)
Central Park was jammed after dark
Innocent girl from love above the
What the nation’s gonna grow in nine months or so Where we all a little bit baby-boom
Politicians said it was a pity (A pity)
But that was the night they call it love city (Love city)
So I took my lady by the hand
And led her to love me, love me, love me!
Where were you when the lights went out
In New York City (I wanna know, yeah)
Where were you when the lights went out
In New York City
Don’t you know that I was making love
(She was making love)
Ooh, sweet making love
(She was making love)
Oh!
Oh!
Oh!
Oh, can you remember?
Where were you when the lights went out
In New York City (I wanna know, yeah)
Where were you when the lights went out (Where?)
In New York City
Don’t you know that I was making love
(She was making love)
Oh, sweet, sweet love, yeah
(She was making love)
I wanna know
(She was making love)
Have a baby by the hand
(She was making love)
Led her to love me, yes I did
Oh, where were you?

(traduzione)

Dov'eri quando le luci si sono spente
A New York City (voglio sapere, voglio sapere)
Dov'eri quando le luci si sono spente
A New York City
Non sai che stavo facendo l'amore
(Stava facendo l'amore)
Ricordo il 13 luglio
L'unica luce era la luce nel cielo
New York ha avuto un black-out per 25 ore o più
E nessuno sa davvero il motivo
Ooh, qualcuno l'ha chiamato amore sulla presa (la presa)
Era sicuro dire che sono andato dalla porta per chiuderla (per chiuderla)
Così ho preso per mano la mia signora
E l'ha portata ad amarmi, amami, amami!
Dov'eri quando le luci si sono spente
A New York City (in tutta la città, sì)
Dov'eri quando le luci si sono spente
A New York City
Non sai che stavo facendo l'amore
(Stava facendo l'amore)
Ooh, dolce fare l'amore
(Stava facendo l'amore)
Central Park era intasato dopo il tramonto
Ragazza innocente dall'amore al di sopra del
Cosa crescerà la nazione tra nove mesi o giù di lì Dove siamo tutti un po' baby-boom
I politici hanno detto che è stato un peccato (un peccato)
Ma quella è stata la notte in cui la chiamano città dell'amore (città dell'amore)
Così ho preso per mano la mia signora
E l'ha portata ad amarmi, amami, amami!
Dov'eri quando le luci si sono spente
A New York City (voglio saperlo, sì)
Dov'eri quando le luci si sono spente
A New York City
Non sai che stavo facendo l'amore
(Stava facendo l'amore)
Ooh, dolce fare l'amore
(Stava facendo l'amore)
Oh!
Oh!
Oh!
Oh, ti ricordi?
Dov'eri quando le luci si sono spente
A New York City (voglio saperlo, sì)
Dov'eri quando le luci si sono spente (dove?)
A New York City
Non sai che stavo facendo l'amore
(Stava facendo l'amore)
Oh, dolce, dolce amore, yeah
(Stava facendo l'amore)
Voglio sapere
(Stava facendo l'amore)
Avere un bambino per mano
(Stava facendo l'amore)
L'ho portata ad amarmi, sì, l'ho fatto
Oh, dov'eri?