Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Live performance of "Nighthawks" by Whitehorse.
Buy/Stream the full album, 'Panther In The Dollhouse': SixShooterRecords.lnk.to/PantherInTheDollhouseID
Release Date: July 7, 2017.

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Lyrics:

Come on down from the ledge
With your pretty wings spread
Fly me through the steel towered night
When the cold air bites
When the alleycats fight
All the normals are shutting off their lights
I'll hold tight to your Leia buns
Your pantyhose will start to run
But everybody's looking to the sky
Nighthawks coming alive

Let me in
Let me in
Let me underneath your skin
Or it will break my little heart
When the sun
Slowly comes
to the east side of the slum
It's gonna break, it's gonna break, it's gonna break, it's gonna break my little heart

Now the west side is dim
Retrace the places you have been
sing it out like a vampire's hymn
If he thinks it's a jinx
just a smile and a wink
will go a long, long way tonight
oh I know that your little girl
Is sleeping in the other room
but everybody looks the other way
Nighthawks coming out to play

Let me in
Let me in
Let me underneath your skin
Or it will break my little heart
When the sun
Slowly comes
to the east side of the slum
It's gonna break, it's gonna break, it's gonna break, it's gonna break my little heart

It's a quick buzz kill
So you pop another pill
Roll your eyes like it's so blasé
She's a stunner, you're a taker
She's amused, she's a faker
and you like it that way
baby, save me from myself
baby, save me from myself

Let me in
Let me in
Let me underneath your skin
Or it will break my little heart
When the sun
Slowly comes
to the east side of the slum
It's gonna break, it's gonna break, it's gonna break, it's gonna break my little heart

Songwriters: Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland
Producer: Gus Van Go and Werner F
Mastering Engineer: Bryan Martin

Video shot & edited by Light Echo Productions
Produced with the financial assistance of MuchFACT, a division of Bell Media Inc. muchfact.ca