Nights In Harlem

Luther Vandross · Ultra Selection [2004]

There's a party in harlem- come on



I like to reminisce about that night we kissed

It was somewhere one night in harlem

The nights were hot and bright

'Cause sylvia's would burn all night

The people there were really something (you know that's right)

The music always kept us jumpin'

And it used to knock me down when Smokey came to town (and the Miracles, please)

My favorite song was "Tears of the Clown" oh yeah



There ain't nothing like them nights in Harlem

They really shake the funk up there

Tonight I'm gonna stomp in Harlem

And I'm gonna take my baby back to the heart of Harlem



Big sister had a group and they'd sit out on the stoop

And lordy could they harmanize (oh yeah)

My cousin Joe could blow, just like the radio

And he used to drive them b girls wild

But when grandma started happy dancin' (ooh she gon' break somthin')

She really turned the mother out

I like the way they do it up in Harlem

When there's a party up in Harlem

That's what it's all about



Ain't nothin like them nights in Harlem

They never fake the funk up there

I met my Cherie Amour in Harlem

And tonight I'm gonna take her, back to the 'pollo[Apollo]



there's a party in harlem

they say all the stars will be there

harlem is a party and everybody's going there



(Rap by Precise)