she sleeps at night and she wakes at seven i take a nap around ten or eleven and before midnight i take a little rest so i ll be lookin sharp when ideas come best at night at night at night that s when i get my bright ideas well the stars they shine and the streetlights they grin and i invent the world again when the radio waves carry shore to shore well i invent the world once more at night at night at night that s when i get my bright ideas let s go let s go ah oh bomp an a bomp an a what dey wo ah oh bomp an a bomp an a what dey wo when the sun does not but the streetlights be the other world appears to me at night at night at night that s when i get my bright ideas well the fog comes in and it s a swirlin haze you know when the sea and the sky mix their separate ways i stand on the rocks and i uh stare at the sea and i see jumpin bumpin electric o ty at night at night at night that s when i get my bright ideas  well the stars they go with you while you walk and late at night you can hear em talk when the daylight ain t but the planets are the door to the arcane is thrust ajar at night at night at night that s when i get my bright ideas let s go let s go ah oh bomp an a bomp an a what dey wo ah oh bomp an a bomp an a what dey wo when the moon is high over lower falls when the cafe pompeii is wall to wall at night at night at night that s when i get my bright ideas well sometimes i leave a light on i admit it so i won t miss what might be happenin any minute at night at night at night that s when i get my bright ideas one more thing well sometimes i leave a light on way down low so my friends will know that i m ready to go at night at night at night that s when i get my bright ideas