17th Street (Remastered)

It's just another way of saying good evening
And welcoming you here and saying that we're glad to see you
We are the Midnight Band of course
We call ourselves that because midnight is the first minute of a new day
We'd like to take you into the reasons that it's your world
One of the songs is a song that really derived around an experience I had
Because I used to live on west 17th Street round here on Manhattan

And of course people who know that neighbourhood
Know that it is full of salsa, and latin vibrations, and latin rhythms
So that has naturally become a part of what I am and a part of what we do
'Cause we like to bring you rhythms and good vibrations
Here's a song for you we got from west 17th Street, it says:
"The brothers from 17th Street love to get down
And if you do, come on and join us"

Doctor, bring me hands on rhythm, if you don't mind
Got to have jambalaya man
Can't have salsa and no jambalaya
We can add a little bass, a little drums
A little flute, and if we can get you to help us
We got everybody

I've done a lot of travellin', I've seen a lot of pretty faces
I've sung my way out blues songs in extraordinary places

I come from 17th Street and that's on the other side of town
But if you see me wit' my brothers
Don'cha dare go no further
You know we gonna get down, down, down, yeah
Down, down, down, yeah

Some people think I'm crazy, they say, "Man
It must be in yo' mind," they tell me:
"There just ain't no sane reason the way
We get down every time"
I try to tell them that

"I come from 17th Street and
That's where the brothers don't mess around"
And if you lookin' for the music and we find out you can use it
You know we gonna get down, down, down, yeah
Down, down, down, yeah

If you lookin' for excitement you may need only look next door
Because the brothers from 17th Street
They don't all live there anymore, it seems like
Some done moved to Harlem
And some moved way uptown, but if you
Thinkin' 'bout the Spirit and you want to get near it
C'mon, c'mon and get down, down, down, down, down
Down, down, down, yeah

We're the 17th Street band
And the evening time just around sundown
We would come out with the bells and the drums
And the instruments and the vino and whatever
It's rightfully in this time

Some people think I'm crazy, they say, "Yeah
It must be in yo' mind," they tell me:
"There just ain't no sane reason the way
Y'all get down every time"
I try to tell them that

"I come from 17th Street and
That's where the brothers don't mess around"
And if you lookin' for the music and we find out you can use it
You know we gonna get down

You see me with my brothers
Don't you dare go no further, yeah
You know you're gonna get down
Looking for the spirit and you want to get near it
You know you're gonna get down
You're thinkin' about the music if we find out you can use it
You know we're gonna get down, down, down

Thank you very much