It's a season of firsts John Glenn is the first American to orbit the Earth We go out on our first cross-country tour The label's raking it in, so they send over some girls When we hit Chicago at Christmas That night I rack up a personal first Oh, what a night Late December back in '63 What a very special time for me 'Cause I remember, what a night Oh, what a night You know I didn't even know her name But I was never gonna be the same What a lady, what a night Oh, I I got a funny feeling when she walked in the room Yeah, oh my As I recall it ended much to soon Oh, what night Hypnotized and mesmerizing me She was everything I dreamed she'd be Sweet surrender, what a night ♪ Oh, what a night Why'd it take so long to see the light? It seemed so wrong but now it seems so right Sweet surrender, what a night (I felt the rush like a rolling ball of thunder) Spinning my head around and taking my heart under (Oh, what a night) Yeah Oh, what a night Oh, what a night Oh, what a night Oh, what a night!