Tonight's The Night (Parts I & II) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by willsall88 

Cover art for Tonight's The Night (Parts I & II) lyrics by Neil Young

The titular phrase is Neil saying "tonight's the night I heard the news that Bruce died." Simple as that. I'm sure Neil was aware that Berry had a serious drug problem and was shocked but not surprised to find out about his death. It's almost him saying, "So THIS is the night he passes away...I knew this was coming, and if it hadn't been tonight, then it would have been some other night."

makes sense to me