If you haven't listened to the new song "Summertime' currently on Ellis' MySpace, I would encourage you to do so while it's still there! What a wonderful song. I love the line "like a song I'd like to crank you."
Summertime
Verse 1
That night on your roof
I had a sweet tooth
You brought chocolate
I brought strawberry wine
You’re waiting on the sky dusk
On the 4th of July
You kept my hands from crossing the line
And the fireworks exploded
That night it was recorded
Like a movie play in the back of my mind
And I‘d just like to thank you
Like a song I‘d like to crank you
When I think about summertime
Verse 2
At the drive-in we’d meet
In the Buick’s back seat
We’d find the Cracker Jack prize in the dark
Back home your father’d come out
And say “what was the movie about?”
I said “a ghost” – you said “a great white shark”
Did I dream you like some vision
I loved you like religion
Like a prophet – I said you’d be mine
Now I’m singing halleluia
Ain’t love so peculiar?
When spring turns into summertime
Bridge
Love couldn’t lose
How could you refuse
Had the whole world before us
Nobody saying “pay up your dues”
The sky [stars] was aflame
I carved our names
Beneath a magnolia
I told you my heart wouldn’t change
Holding the line
Like it’s summertime
[Repeat bridge with change noted in brackets]
KarenZ
I think it's something like "for a thousand nights that rang true". 
