[Intro]
It's a season of firsts
John Glenn is the first American to orbit the Earth
We go out on our first cross-country tour
The label's raking it in, so they send over some girls when we hit Chicago at Christmas
And that night, I rack up a personal first

[Verse 1]
Oh, what a night
Late December back in '63
What a very special time for me
As I remember, what a night

[Verse 2]
Oh, what a night
You know, I didn't even know her name
But I was never gonna be the same
What a lady, what a night

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, I
I got a funny feeling when she walked in the room
Yeah, my
As I recall, it ended much too soon

[Chorus]
(Oh, what a night)
Hypnotizing, mesmerizing me
She was everything I dreamed she'd be
Sweet surrender, what a night
[Chorus]
(Oh, what a night)
Why'd it take so long to see the light?
It seemed so wrong, but now it seems so right
Sweet surrender, what a night

[Bridge]
(I felt a rush like a rolling ball of thunder)
Spinnin' my head around and taking my body under
(What a night)
Yeah

[Outro]
Oh, what a night
Oh, what a night
Oh, what a night
Oh, what a night