Saturday Night Live Transcripts
Season 1: Episode 20
75t: Dyan Cannon / Leon & Mary Russell
Leon & Mary Russell perform “Daylight”
…..Leon Russell
…..Mary Russell
Joe Cocker…..John Belushi
Don Pardo V/O: Once again – Leon & Mary Russell.
Leon Russell:
“Five o’clock in the morning
The party’s still going, still going strong
There’s a conversation over in the corner
And it’s dancing on a lie.
Mary Russell:
When the music is moving
Everybody’s getting down, getting down in their stocking feet
Sleepy eyes are peeping
From the window, from across the street.
Leon & Mary Russell:
Oh, and it looks like daylight
Gonna catch me up
Gonna catch me up again
Some people are getting up
We’re just getting in.
Mary Russell:
It’s the only, only, only time
That me and my baby can unwind.
Leon Russell:
I said I swear to myself, yes I did
Time and time again
That I would give up a night life
And start laying in
But, wait a minute.
Backup Singers:
Ain’t easy!
Mary Russell:
Saying no, no to my friends
‘Cause it don’t get started
Until everyone else is in.
Leon & Mary Russell:
Oh, and it looks like daylight
Gonna catch me up
Gonna catch me up again
Some people are getting up
We’re just getting in
[ break ]
Leon & Mary Russell:
Daylight
Gonna catch me up again.
[ a spastic Joe Cocker enters the stage, clutching a can of beer that constantly jumps out of its can ]
Joe Cocker:
Daylight
Gonna catch me up
Gonna catch me up again
Daylight
Gonna catch me up
Gonna catch me up again
Again, again, again!
[ The Russells and their band stop playing ]
Joe Cocker:
Daylight!Gonna catch me up!Gonna —
[ Joe Cocker chugs beer all over himself and flails to the floor ]
[ The Russells and their band resume the final chords of the tune, to thunderous audience applause ]
