Songwriter: Mitchell Bottler Norma Helms

Producer: John Morales Hal Davis

[Intro]
Ooh, Saturday night is shining
Saturday night is shining
On my Sunday morning face, oh yeah
Well, well, eh-hey, yeah
Make me feel so happy
Eh-hey, yeah, baby

[Verse 1]
We're fooled by first impressions
They're not always true
You thought that I was made out of ice
But I caught on fire with you
And I sparkled for a moment
Then I flickered out
I couldn't feel the flame any more
But darlin', I'm feelin' it now

[Pre-Chorus]
It took such a long time to convince me
You could fill that empty space

[Chorus]
Ooh, but Saturday night is shining
On my Sunday morning face, oo-wee baby
Saturday night is shining
On my Sunday morning face... hey-yeah, baby
Saturday night is shining
On my Sunday morning face, oo-wee baby
Saturday night is shining
On my Sunday morning face... hey-yeah, baby
Make me feel so happy

[Verse 2]
When I'm lying here beside you
In the afterglow
I feel you moving into my life
And this time I won't let you go, no baby
Sunlight is streamin'
Through the open window
While you're dreamin' in my arms...

[Pre-Chorus]
Yeah, took such a long time to convince me
You could fill that empty space, he-he-hey

[Chorus]
But Saturday night keeps on shining
On my Sunday morning face, oo-wee baby
Saturday night keeps on shining
On my Sunday morning face, let me tell ya
Saturday night, Saturday night
Keeps on shining, baby
On my Sunday morning, Sunday morning
Sunday morning face, baby
Early early morning, early early morning
Keeps on shining on my Sunday morning face, baby

[Bridge]
Hey, yeah... well... well well well, baby
Sunday morning, Sunday morning
Sunday morning face
On my Sunday morning, Sunday morning
Sunday morning face
My Sunday morning, Sunday morning
Sunday morning face
On my Sunday morning, Sunday morning
Sunday morning face, ooh my baby...
Face, baby...
Sunday morning, Sunday morning
Sunday morning face
On my Sunday morning, Sunday morning
Sunday morning face
Sunday morning, Sunday morning
Sunday morning face
On my Sunday morning, Sunday morning
Sunday morning face
Sunday morning, Sunday morning
Sunday morning face
On my Sunday morning, Sunday morning
Sunday morning face, baby

(Saturday night) well... (Saturday night)
(Saturday night, Saturday night)
(Saturday night) well well, baby...
(Saturday night)
(Saturday night, Saturday night)
(Saturday night) got to tell you all about it, yeah...
(Saturday night)
(Saturday night, Saturday night)

Saturday night is shining
On my Sunday morning face
(Shine, shining...) Saturday night is shining
(Shine, shining...) on my Sunday morning face, baby
(Shine, shining...) early early morning, early Sunday morning
(On my Sunday morning face)
Early early morning, early Sunday morning, baby
(Shine, shining...)
Saturday night is shining, Saturday night is shining
(Shine, shining...) on my Sunday morning, Sunday morning
Early Sunday morning face

[Chorus]
Saturday night keeps on shining
On the early early, Sunday morning
Early Sunday morning face
Saturday night keeps on shining
On my Sunday morning, Sunday morning
Sunday morning face, baby
Early early morning, early Sunday morning
Keeps on shining, keeps on shining
On my Sunday morning face
Early early morning, early Sunday morning
Keeps on shining, keeps on shining
On my Sunday morning face

Feel so happy, baby, feel so happy
Feels so good, woo-hoo baby...
Feel so happy, feel so happy, baby (Saturday night is shining)
Feels so good, woo-hoo baby...
Saturday night, Saturday night (Saturday night is shining)
Saturday night is shining on my
(On my Sunday morning face) Sunday morning face
Oh, yeah (Saturday night is shining)
(On my Sunday morning face)

Keeps on shining on my face, baby
Shine-shine-shine
Shine-shine-shine
Shine-shine-shine
Shine-shine-shine
Shine-shine-shine
Saturday night is shining
On my Sunday morning face, eh-hey, yeah

Saturday night, Saturday night
Saturday night, Saturday night
Saturday night, Saturday night
Saturday night, Saturday night
Let me tell ya

Shine, shining...
Shine, shining...
Shine, shining... on my Sunday morning face
Shine, shining... (hey, yeah)
Shine, shining... (face, baby)
Shine, shining... on my Sunday morning face

[Outro]
Saturday night, Saturday night keeps on shining, baby
On my Sunday morning, Sunday morning
Sunday morning face, baby

(Shine, shining...) ooh, Saturday night is shining
(Shine, shining...) on my Sunday morning face
Oo-wee, baby
(Shine, shining...) Saturday night is shining
(On my Sunday morning face) on my Sunday morning face
Keeps on shining on my face, baby

Thelma Houston

An American singer known for her work in the Motown genre as well as R&B. Her most successful song, the US #1 ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’ 1977, saw her move more towards R&B and helped develop her style.