Pretenders, The - Night In My Veins Lyrics






I see him standing silhouetted
In the lamp-light
I cross the street
And I quicken my pace
He cups his hands and he
Lights a cigarette
I find myself in the bones of his face

It's just the night in my veins
Oh
Making me crawl in the dust again
It's just the night
Under my skin
Slipping it in

He's got his hands in my hair
And his lips everywhere
Oh yeah
It feels good
It's alright
Even if it's just
The night in my veins

He's got me up against the back of a
Pick-up truck
Out of sight of the neon and glare
We might as well be on a beach
Under the moonlight
Love's language reads the same
Anywhere yeah

It's just the night in my veins
Oh
Making me crawl in the dust again
It's just the night
Under my skin
Slipping it in

He's got his chest on my back
Across a new cadillac
Oh yeah
It feels good
It's alright
Even if it's just
The night in my veins
Even if it's just the night in my veins

I've got my head on the
Kerb and I can't produce
A word
Oh year
It feels good
It's alright
Even if it's just
The night in my veins

It feels good
It's alright
Even if it's just
The night in my veins

Even if it's just
The night in my veins
It feels good
It's alright





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  1. h.... w....

    He’s got his hands in my hair and his lips every where - oh yeah I remember

  2. P.... O....

    Chrissie is a beautiful badass ❤️

  3. t.... ....

    How cool is this woman?

  4. B.... ....

    Brilliance is too weak a word

  5. M.... ....

    25(!) years later, 900 likes and still rocking!

  6. D.... D....

    "Got his chest on my back across a new Cadillac"! I will always love you Chris, good to see that last performance in Poland and you still have those bangs! Roc on

  7. c.... ....

    The ultimate Alpha Female of rock and roll, period.

  8. B.... R....

    One of the greatest R&R lyrics...”I got my head on the curb and I can’t produce a word”...

  9. H.... j....

    Video is retarded...doesn't go with song

  10. T.... A....

    I've got my head on the kerb and I can't produce a word ...

  11. W.... a....

    I was driving with my husband (ex) and was playing this and loving it. He looked at me with a horrified face and said "do you know what this song is about?".

  12. M.... C....

    I've always loved when Chrissie says yeah (1:36), it's subtle but so sexy

  13. M.... K....

    Yeah, I'm gonna have to walk this one off.

  14. S.... S....

    Back in 1994 when this song was released MTV and Vh1 were all over it radios in certain markets played it more times then others if you were lucky still the song made it to the top 20 there next song i,ll stand by you went top 10 with all top 40 pop stations playing it

  15. E.... H....

    saw this for the first time at " CB GB's " in manhattan in 79.
    was so kool and so awesome.
    been a fan ever since.
    Chrissie was so freakin hot n sexy...
    still is.
    chicks in rock n roll!
    gotta love 'em

  16. O.... S....

    when i seen her a few years back she played this on her play list and the crowd went bananas :) it was great after the show she meet a few of us at the bus area :) i got to take a pic she was so nice :)

  17. H.... ....

    if you like this,.... https://www.facebook.com/HyndesightPretendersExperience/

  18. A.... F....

    did Hynde fuck her toy boy with the long hair ? is this guy an actor , any movies or whatever he's been in ?

  19. A.... F....

    chrissie is so bitchin lol

  20. J.... Z....

    Chrissie Hynde is so cool! I love how you can hardly see her eyes through those bangs and those raunchy lyrics! I love this song as much as I did when it came out.

  21. A.... F....

    song is good , the video is retarded

  22. A.... F....

    the flats in cleveland suck . its just bars and drunk college idiots and idiot adults . just a couple blocks away is downtown cleveland which is dead like all downtowns across the US . NYC don't count because it is an international city for the vampires of wall street . not many who work in manhattan can afford to live there

  23. R.... N....

    last of the independents ,an unsung classic!

  24. R.... H....

    One of my favorites!

  25. D.... F....

    one of their best songs, should of been bigger

  26. J.... K....

    Great overlooked and underplayed song by the Pretenders. Chrissie kicking ass as usual!

  27. K.... G....

    love her eyeliner

  28. U.... L....

    Why a robbery? When I listen to this song -- it's a lovely song about lust --- but larceny? I guess they thought that would be fun to film? All I really wanted from this video is a hot man... didn't get it. Oh well - at least it's a GREAT SONG!!!

    U.... L....

    Una LUZ-Jones : I agree. The video was irrelevant.
    But the song and the Band have always been great.

    U.... L....

    She singing about having a quickie with a bad boy. Then trivialize the experience as just minor part of the high of nightlife. The robber probably get an adrenalin high from robberies.

  29. C.... F....

    One of my fav's of hers!

  30. G.... Y....

    disliked chrissie's changing roles as a glamour symbol around 1990. the first two albums were her best, i mean the whole band's best. honeyman and the original bassist, have been in a better place since they left this bitter earth circa 1982

  31. P.... L....

    what memories...anytime, anywhere...

  32. D.... M....

    I love her in this video, so hot

  33. r.... ....

    great song kinda creepy though with her claim of being raped by bikers

    r.... ....

    rayzer369 tr

  34. T.... ....

    Hell of a band!

  35. a.... f....

    exelente modelo.

  36. J.... C....

    chrissy is so rock and roll...

  37. P.... A....

    Awesome Video.

  38. p.... m....

    que recuerdos me traen esta canción cuando aun estaba en el instituto. A todas las chicas las gustaba Alejandro Sanz, Back Street..., etc y yo toda orgullosa en mi carpeta con fotos de The Pretenders. Esta canción es todo un temazo, fresca, limpia, rockera.

  39. d.... ....

    Fantastic song - should have been a huge hit - instead of never getting any airplay ~~~ at least where I live ;(

    d.... ....

    Thankfully one of the stations I listened to in Philly back then (either 93.3 WMMR or 94 WYSP) played it regularly. As a matter of fact, this was the single that introduced me to The Pretenders. Had never seen this video until YouTube though.

    d.... ....

    Carol Magnus I agree, on so many levels. The 90s had a general, anti-establishment undercurrent in so much of the music. It had a new sound. Familiar, yet exhilarating and different.

    Now? Turn on 5 radio stations and they're playing the same, (many times) mindless, crap song.
    There are some great artists out there who do write their own music, but it's a shadow of the substance bands vocalized in their lyrics, awareness & image portrayal (which many gave no fucks about appearance-wise) during the 90s & other decades.

    RATM, AIC, Nirvana... The list is vast.

    Chrissie was a pioneer, look at the duration of their success... Love her, her attitude & what she stands for.
    You said it well, and, about many other points as well as the couple I commented on, so, I'll leave it there. :)

    d.... ....

    Carol Magnus Radio was monopolized after Bill Clinton signed the Telecommunications act of 1996. Big Record labels bought up all the radio play. Today's mainstream music craft is about producing sound even before writing the song lyrics.

    d.... ....

    No "The Damned" without Chrissie? You do know they were around nearly three years before The Pretenders, right? First single 'New Rose' 1976 (first Pretenders single 1979).

    d.... ....

    donovamj you are right great song received little or if any radio play next single I'll stand by you got all the attention

  40. J.... O....

    I love Chrissie but she looks totally "heroin-chic" here.

    J.... O....

    I do believe that's the point she's trying to make, no?

    J.... O....

    Jim Oberstadt Isn’t that what the song is about?

  41. K.... R....

    Oh yes, the summer of 94! Had a FANTASTIC summer that year!! That song was my song then.

    K.... R....

    Yeah i sure have to agree Great song and an awesome summer, she still so fuckin SEXY to me....

    K.... R....

    Wow too. 94 + 95! Hot music, weather, even hot! Then...work. ouch!

    K.... R....

    1994 was a pivotal year for me overall, I finished school, started music college, had a huge crush on a few girls that were totally unrequited of course lol

    K.... R....

    How could it Not be? Live, released 'Throwing Copper' /
    Nirvana, released 'Nevermind' and Pearl Jam, released
    'Ten'....bring me on back to the 90's !

  42. L.... L....

    Ultimate cool. love the record and Chrissy, lots of memories too!!

  43. w.... ....

    Love's language reads the same anywhere. Yeah!

  44. J.... ....

    THIS IS FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (AGAIN) FROM THE PRETENDERS!!, WHAT A GREAT BAND!!!!!!!!!, the dj

  45. w.... f....

    boy i would love to slip it in!

    w.... f....

    @willard ferguson I know. SO sexy, and that guy looks like such a douche!

  46. t.... m....

    I love Karen O!

  47. R.... Y....

    Chrissie at her best, awesome song

  48. M.... C....

    So rock! Amazing, go Chrissie, go!

  49. L.... ....

    Iron clad case for spending large amounts of federal dollars on time machine research.

  50. J.... D....

    look at your partner male or female  you are done 

  51. R.... L....

    First time I heard this peppy little tune, I was buying a pair of jeans in the Levi Store on 59th & Lex in Manhattan.  I asked one of the salespeople who that was--and scored the CD mucho pronto.  You rock!

  52. s.... ....

    :::..I remember 1st time I listened this song on the radio, great guitar intro, then her voice and I was wow!! :D

  53. T.... P....

    Slippin' it in

  54. L.... T....

    crissy rocks luv this

  55. A.... T....

    Youtube??? I own this music...Garth?

  56. C.... E....

    I want to use this for our wedding song.
    Cassius and Bruce 4eva

  57. K.... P....

    God I love her! Great song!

    K.... P....

    Karen Pumphrey I like turtles.

  58. M.... ....

    Giddy-UP! This is what its really all about,..all dusty and musty. When did crawlin' become out of STYLE?!!