Patti Smith

Στις 19 Απριλίου 1978 κυκλοφορεί σε single το τραγούδι Because The Night, μια σύνθεση της Patti Smith με τη συνεργασία του Bruce Springsteen. Το τραγούδι αποτελεί μια από τις μεγάλες επιτυχίες της νεοϋορκέζας ποιήτριας και μουσικού, και περιέχεται στο άλμπουμ Easter που είχε κυκλοφορήσει τον Μάρτιο. Έφτασε στο Νο 13 στα US Charts και στο Νο 5 στα αντίστοιχα της Αγγλίας.

Because The Night
Take me now baby here as I am
Pull me close try an understand
I work all day out in the hot sun
Stay with me now till the mornin comes
Come on now try and understand
The way I feel when Im in your hands
Take me now as the sun descends
They can't hurt you now
They can't hurt you now
They can't hurt you now

Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us

What I got I have earned
What Im not I have learned
Desire and hunger is the fire I breathe
Just stay in my bed till the morning comes
Come on now try and understand
The way I feel when Im in your hands
Take me now as the sun descends
They can't hurt you now
They can't hurt you now
They can't hurt you now

Because the night...

Your love is here and now
The vicious circle turns and burns without
Though I cannot live forgive me now
The time has come to take this moment and
They can't hurt you now

Because the night...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoGdx3I3dPE