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First Night

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The Hold Steady

First Night

Release date: 3rd October 2006

From A Positive Rage

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About This Track

"First Night" is a track by The Hold Steady, from the album A Positive Rage, released 3rd October 2006. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

First Night

Charlemagne shakes in the streets

Gideon makes love to the sweets

Holly's not invincible

In fact, she's in the hospital

Not far from that bar where we met

On that first night

Charlemagne pulls street corner scams

Gideon's got a pipe made from a Pringles can

Holly's insatiable

She still looks incredible

But she don't look like that same girl we met

On that first night

She was golden with bar light and beer

On that first night

She slept like she'd never been scared

And then last night

She said words alone never could save us

And then last night

She cried and she told us about Jesus

Holly's inconsolable

Unhinged and uncontrollable

'Cause we can't get as high as we got

On that first night

Boys and girls in America

Boys and girls in America

Boys and girls in America

Boys and girls in America

Don't bother talking to the guys with the hot soft eyes

You know they're already taken

Don't even speak to all those sequencers and beats boys

When they kiss, they spit white noise

When they kiss, they spit white noise

When they kiss, they spit white noise

When they kiss, they spit white noise

When they kiss, they spit white noise

Yeah, when they kiss, they spit white noise

Yeah, when they kiss, they spit white noise

When they kiss, they spit white noise

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Track details

From A Positive Rage

2006

Album

A Positive Rage

The Hold Steady

Release year

2006

—Girls Like Status
—Massive Nights
—40 Bucks
—Ask Her for Adderall
—Citrus
—Cheyenne Sunrise
—Barfruit Blues
—First Night
—Lord, I'm Discouraged
—South Town Girls '06
—Same Kooks
—Two-Handed Handshake
—You Gotta Dance (With Who You Came to the Dance With)
—The Swish
—You Can Make Him Like You
—Killer Parties

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Credits

Writer: Craig Finn, Franz Nicolay, Tad Kubler
Producer: John Agnello
Assistant Mixing Engineer: Ted Young
Assistant Recording Engineer: Ted Doherty
Credited: Craig Finn, Franz Nicolay, Greg Calbi, John Agnello, Steve Fallone, Tad Kubler, Ted Doherty, Ted Young
Mastering Engineer: Greg Calbi, Steve Fallone
Mixing Engineer: John Agnello
Recording Engineer: John Agnello