We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.
/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

about

This is a whodunit of a song...Where were you on the night of the ninth?

lyrics

Drop dead gorgeous
Sensuous and sweet
One look at her will knock you right of your feet
Sit back baby everything will be fine
Where were you on the night of the ninth
Night of the ninth (X2)

Well she wears more diamonds than a french chandelier
A million dollars from ear to ear
Chances are that dame stole every dime
Where were you on the night of the ninth
Night of the ninth (X2)

Well on the 8th you were in Paris
And on the 10th you were in Spain
And as I stood out on the terrace
A little bird whispered your name

A stammerin' steward with somethin' to hide
Sings like a canary when he's drunk on red wine
A shaky story ...You say your train was on time?
Where were you on the night of the ninth
Night of the ninth (X2)

With one little pinky that dude could break your spine
But to your face he's so gentle and kind
A missin' knife from the table when the dinner bell chimes
Where were you on the night of the ninth

Night of the ninth (X2)

Was it a tugboat out in Athens
A train to Hungary
I'm afraid something bad might happen
When the wind starts to shake your tree

Sweaty hands a tight smile on frown lines
Chain smokin' I can hear your teeth grind
A phone call so perfectly timed
Where were you on the night of the ninth

Night of the ninth (x3)

credits

from Coming Home to You with Toilet Paper on My Shoe, track released June 23, 2012

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Ben Balivet Anchorage, Alaska

Ben Balivet learned to be musical by watching his older siblings and listening to a ton of vinyl while growing up on the East Coast and in Alaska. Ben settled on the guitar and piano after having taken lessons on the bagpipe (practice chanter), drums and the recorder. Song writing came naturally to Ben and he wrote songs at age 13 as soon as he learned guitar. Most of them sucked, but avail he did ... more

contact / help

Contact Ben Balivet

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Ben Balivet, you may also like: