[Intro]
Night-O!

[Chorus]
Night-O, me say Night-O
Exploiters sleep, de worker play
Moonlight up an' de boss gwan' learn
Exploiters sleep, de worker play

[Verse 1]
Me load de boat from de dusk to de dawn
Fi wages dat a mon cyaan live upon
De exploiters sleep in de big white house
Tonight me creep in like a likkle mouse

[Verse 2]
Me switch him sugar wid de salt fi tea
An' load him Cadillac on de boat to sea
It nah revenge, it redistribution
Every bunch a likkle revolution

[Chorus]
Night-O, me say Night-O
Exploiters sleep, de worker play
Moonlight up an' de boss gwan' learn
Exploiters sleep, de worker play

[Verse 3]
Me sign him up fi Columbia Club
Calypso records fill him bathing tub
An' Arthur Murray teach him how fi dance
Now him cha-cha-cha in him khaki pants

[Verse 4]
Me give him likkle girl a Barbie doll
Wid no clothes, so him haffi buy dem all
Him boy get a Lionel wid one track
Him pay fi de rest till Christmas come back

[Chorus]
Night-O, me say Night-O
Exploiters sleep, de worker play
Moonlight up an' de boss gwan' learn
Exploiters sleep, de worker play

[Verse 5]
An' dat tarantula from long ago
Now sleep in de boss's bed, him nah know
De boss jump up an' him scream an' him shout
Dat is how we get de exploiters out

[Verse 6]
But gettin' even only last a night
So now we organize an' we unite
We strike, we bargain, an' we get fair pay
Now de boss work nights, an' we sleep all day

[Final Chorus - posh British male voice]
Night-O, I say Night-O
Exploiters work, the workers play
Do be a dear, may I please go home?

[Outro - group shout]
Night-O!

de exploiters out

[Verse 6]
But gettin' even only last a night
So now we organize an' we unite
We strike, we bargain, an' we get fair pay
Now de boss work nights, an' we sleep all day

[Final Chorus - posh British male voice]
Night-O, I say Night-O
Exploiters work, the workers play
Do be a dear, may I please go home?

[Outro - group shout]
Night-O!