Growin' Up
I stood stonelike at midnight suspended in my masquerade I combed my hair till it was just right and commanded the night brigade I was open to pain and crossed by the rain and I walked on a crooked crutch I strode all alone through a fallout zone and came out with my soul untouched I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd but when they said "sit down" I stood up Ooh... growin' up The flag of piracy flew from my mast, my sails were set wing-to-wing I had a jukebox graduate for first mate, she couldn't sail but she sure could sing I pushed B-52 and bombed 'em with the blues with my gears set stubborn on standing We broke all the rules, I strafed my old high school and never once gave thought to landing I hid in the clouded warmth of the crowd but when they said "come down" I threw up Ooh... growin' up I took month-long vacations in the stratosphere and you know it's really hard to hold your breath I lost everything I ever loved or feared, I was the cosmic kid in full costume dress Well my feet they finally took root in the earth but I got me a nice little place in the stars I swear I found the key to the universe in the engine of an old parked car I hid in the mother breast of the crowd but when they said "pull down" I pulled up Ooh... growin' up Ooh... growin' upSeaside Bar Song
Well Billy bought a Chevy '40 coupe deluxe Chrome wheels, stick shift, give her gas, pop the clutch Girls on the corner like a diamond they shine Someday Billy I'm gonna make 'em all mine Hey girl, you wanna ride in Daddy's Cadillac 'Cause I love the way your long hair falls down your back Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley's at the Seaside Bar We'll run barefoot in the sand and listen to his guitar You say your mama's gonna meet you when the morning comes Yeah, papa's gonna beat you 'cause he knows you're out on the run I'm gonna live a life of love and tonight you're the one The highway is alive tonight so baby do not be frightened There's something about a pretty girl on a sweet summer night That gets this boy excited The radio man finally understands and plays you something you can move to You lay back, cut loose your drive power Your girl leans over says, "Daddy can you turn that radio up any louder?" The juke joint's hummin', everybody came down Little Willie and the Soul Brooms layin' all his stuff now Well don't let that daylight steal your soul Get in your wheels and roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll Oh that's alright now Oh go on, go on, go on Oh mama's gonna meet you when the morning comes And your daddy's gonna beat you 'cause he knows you're out on the run But I don't care, I wanna live a life of love while the night's still youngRendezvous
I had a dream our love would last forever I had a dream tonight my dream comes true Well if you'll hold me tight We'll be riders, girl, on the night Ooh, I want a rendezvous Haven't I told you, girl, how much I like you I got a feeling that you like me too Well if you hold me tight We'll be riders, girl, on the night Ooh, I want a rendezvous You deserve so much more than this, girl Well I'm ridin' on the power and livin' on the promise in your last kiss Because I had a dream our love would last forever I had a dream tonight my dream comes true And if you'll hold me tight We'll be riders, girl, on the night Ooh, ooh, rendezvous I want a rendezvous I want a rendezvousHearts Of Stone
You stare in the mirror at the lines in your face And you try to see, girl The way things were when we were at your place In the days it was just you and me, girl And you cry because things ain't like before Well don't you know they can't be that way anymore But don't worry baby CHORUS: I can't talk now, I'm not alone So put your ear close to the phone 'Cause this is the last dance This is the last chance for hearts of stone If there was something, baby, that I could do Something that would last, honey, I would But we all know, girl, especially you do How you can't return to your past, no So girl close your eyes and I'll be there Hold me once more and we can go anywhere Ah, we could... (CHORUS) And you cry because things ain't like before Well don't you know they can't be like that anymore Well I know it, baby (CHORUS)Where The Bands Are
I hear the guitars ringin' out Ringin' out down Union Street I hear the lead singer shoutin' out, girl I wanna be a slave to the beat Yeah, tonight I wanna break my chains Somebody break my heart Somebody shake my brains Downtown there's something that I wanna hear There's a sound, little girl, keeps ringing in my ear CHORUS: I wanna be where the bands are I wanna be where the bands are Where the bands are I wanna be where the bands are I get off from work and I grab something to eat I turn the corner and I drive down your street Little gray houses darling looks like nowhere But hey I know you're hiding in there Come on out for just a little while You know that heart of stone, girl, it just ain't your style Tonight I wanna feel the beat of the crowd And when I tell you that I love you I wanna have to shout it out loud Shout it out loud (CHORUS) I hear the guitars ringin' out again Ringin' on down Union Street I hear the lead singer shoutin' out and girl I wanna be a slave to the beat And I want something that'll break my chains Something to break my heart Something to shake my brains There's a rocker's special on tonight So meet me on down 'Neath the neon lightsLoose End
We met out on open streets when we had no place to go I remember how my heart beat when you said I love you so Then little by little we choked out all the life that our love could hold Oh no CHORUS: It's like we had a noose and baby without check We pulled until it grew tighter around our necks Each one waiting for the other, darlin', to say when Well baby you can meet me tonight on the loose end We didn't count tomorrows, we took what we could and baby we ran There was no time for sorrow, every place we went I held your hand And when the night closed in I was sure your kisses told me all I had to know But oh no (CHORUS) Our love has fallen around us like we said it never could We saw it happen to all the others but to us it never would Well how could something so bad, darling, come from something that was so good I don't know (CHORUS)I Wanna Be With You
Let the frozen cities crumble, crumble and fall That's alright, I don't mind at all Let 'em all tumble right into the sea Well that's just fine, that's alright with me Since you came down the line I can't sleep at night, I got one thing on my mind That's every day, every night I wanna be with you I wanna be with you, that's what I wanna do 'Cause you're just so out of sight I wanna be with you, that's what I wanna do Now I lost my job at the Texaco station 'Cause instead of pumping gas I'd dream of you I got thrown out of my house, I got such a bad reputation 'Cause all I wanna do is be seen with you They gave me my pay and said walk I don't care what they say, go ahead let 'em all talk Till the world falls apart I wanna be with you I wanna be with you That's what I wanna do Until they will rip out my heart I wanna be with you, I wanna be with you Well that's all I wanna do Hold tight, love me just a little bit Alright, a little bit more Tonight, tonight give me just a little kiss No, I don't know, I don't know, I don't I just can't understand it, you're not pretty at all But I come when you whisper, I run when you call When I see you on the streets I fall on my face I drop to my knees, I plead my case Oh, oh, I wanna be with you I wanna be with you, that's what I wanna do Oh, oh, I wanna be with you I wanna be with you, that's all I wanna do Oh, oh, I wanna be with you I wanna be with you, darlin', don't you know Oh, oh, I wanna be with you I wanna be with you because I love you soBorn In The U.S.A.
Born down in a dead man's town The first kick I took was when I hit the ground You end up like a dog that's been beat too much Till you spend half your life just covering up CHORUS: Born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. I got in a little hometown jam And so they put a rifle in my hands Sent me off to Vietnam To go and kill the yellow man (CHORUS) Come back home to the refinery Hiring man says "Son if it was up to me" I go down to see the V.A. man He said "Son don't you understand " (CHORUS) I had a buddy at Khe Sahn Fighting off the Viet Cong They're still there, he's all gone He had a little girl in Saigon I got a picture of him in her arms Down in the shadow of the penitentiary Out by the gas fires of the refinery I'm ten years down the road Nowhere to run, ain't got nowhere to go I'm a long gone daddy in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. I'm a cool rocking daddy in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A.My Love Will Not Let You Dow
At night I go to bed but I just can't sleep I got something running around my head That just won't keep In the silence I hear my heart beating, time slippin' away I got a time bomb ticking deep inside of me I gotta tell you what I wanna say I keep searching for you, darling Searching everywhere I go And when I find you there's gonna be Just one thing you gotta know My love will not let you down My love will not let you down At night I walk the streets looking for romance But I always end up stumbling in a half-trance I search for connection in some new eyes But they're hard for protection from too many dreams passed by I see you standing across the room watching me without a sound Well I'm gonna push my way through that crowd, I'm gonna tear all your walls down Tear all your walls down My love will not let you down My love will not let you down Well hold still now darling, hold still for God's sake 'Cause I got me a promise I ain't afraid to make My love will not let you down My love will not let you downLion's Den
You broke my heart, tore it apart Thought it was cute, thought it was smart But now I'm back and I've got the strength of ten So I got a message for you my friend CHORUS: I'm Daniel waitin' in the lion's den Daniel waitin' for that lion to come Daniel waitin' in the lion's den Dum dum dee dum dum dee dee dum dum That old lion's mean and long in the tooth And like you, baby, he's out on the loose Messin' hearts up time and time again Well it's time for that messin' to end (CHORUS) At night I hear you out prowling around Tearing guys up, scaring 'em down Now all that growling's gonna come to no end 'Cause I m just biding my time, my little friend (CHORUS)Pink Cadillac
You may think I'm foolish For the foolish things I do You may wonder how come I love you When you get on my nerves like you do Well baby you know you bug me There ain't no secret 'bout that Well come on over here and hug me Baby I'll spill the facts Well honey it ain't your money 'Cause baby I got plenty of that I love you for your pink Cadillac Crushed velvet seats Riding in the back Oozing down the street Waving to the girls Feeling out of sight Spending all my money On a Saturday night Honey I just wonder what you do there in the back Of your pink Cadillac Pink Cadillac Well now way back in the Bible Temptations always come along There's always somebody tempting Somebody into doing something they know is wrong Well they tempt you, man, with silver And they tempt you, sir, with gold And they tempt you with the pleasure That the flesh does surely hold They say Eve tempted Adam with an apple But man I ain't going for that I know it was her pink Cadillac Crushed velvet seats Riding in the back Oozing down the street Waving to the girls Feeling out of sight Spending all my money On a Saturday night Honey I just wonder what it feels like in the back Of your pink Cadillac Now some folks say it's too big And uses too much gas Some folks say it's too old And that it goes too fast But my love is bigger than a Honda It's bigger than a Subaru Hey man there's only one thing And one car that will do Anyway we don't have to drive it Honey we can park it out in back And have a party in your pink CadillacJaney Don't You Lose Hear
You got your book with all your fears Let me, honey, and I'll catch your tears I'll take your sorrow if you want me to Come tomorrow that's what I'll do Listen to me CHORUS: Janey don't you lose heart Janey don't you lose heart Janey don't you lose heart Janey don't you lose heart Well you say you got no new dreams to touch You feel like a stranger who knows too much Well you come home late and get undressed You lie in bed, feel this emptiness Well listen to me (CHORUS) Till every river runs dry Until the sun honey's torn from the sky Till every fear you've felt burst free And's gone tumblin' down into the sea Listen to me (CHORUS)Sad Eyes
Every day here you come walking I hold my tongue, I don't do much talking You say you're happy and you're doin' fine Well go ahead, baby, I got plenty of time Sad eyes never lie Sad eyes never lie Well for a while I've been watching you steady Ain't gonna move 'til you're good and ready You show up and then you shy away But I know pretty soon you'll be walkin' this way Sad eyes never lie Sad eyes never lie Baby don't you know I don't care Don't you know that I've been there Well if something in the air feels a little unkind Don't worry darling, it'll slip your mind I know you think you'd never be mine Well that's okay, baby, I don't mind That shy smile's sweet, that's a fact Go ahead, I don't mind the act Here you come all dressed up for a date Well one more step and it'll be too late Blue blue ribbon in your hair Like you're so sure I'll be standing herePart Man, Part Monkey
They prosecuted some poor sucker in these United States For teaching that man descended from the apes They coulda settled that case without a fuss or fight If they'd seen me chasin' you, sugar, through the jungle last night They'da called in that jury and a one two three said Part man, part monkey, definitely Well the church bell rings from the corner steeple Man in a monkey suit swears he'll do no evil Offers his lover's prayer but his soul lies Dark and driftin' and unsatisfied Well hey bartender, tell me whaddaya see Part man, part monkey, looks like to me Well the night is dark, the moon is full The flowers of romance exert their pull We talk awhile, my fingers slip I'm hard and crackling like a whip Well did God make man in a breath of holy fire Or did he crawl on up out of the muck and mire Well the man on the street believes what the Bible tells him so Well you can ask me, mister, because I know Tell them soul-suckin' preachers to come on down and see Part man, part monkey, baby that's meTrouble River
There's a river runs through this valley Cold and deep and black Comin' like a tombstone shadow across my back CHORUS Trouble river, six foot high and risin Trouble river, I can't keep from cryin' I woke up last night shakin' Shakin' from a dream That all I seen was smiling faces staring back at me CHORUS Snakes crawling in the hi house I'm stuck in muddy ground Tonight I'm gonna shed this skin And I'll be breathin' free air now CHORUSBrothers Under The Bridges
Saigon, it was all gone The same Coke machines As the streets I grew on Down a mesquite canyon We come walking along the ridge Me and the brothers under the bridge Campsite's an hour's walk from the nearest road to town Up here there's too much brush and canyon For the CHP choppers to touch down Ain't lookin' for nothin', just wanna live Me and the brothers under the bridge Come the Santa Ana's, man, that dry brush'll light Billy Devon got burned up in his own campfire one winter night We buried his body in the white stone high up along the ridge Me and the brothers under the bridge Had enough of town and the street life Over nothing you end up on the wrong end of someone's knife Now I don't want no trouble And I ain't got none to give Me and the brothers under the bridge I come home in '72 You were just a beautiful light In your mama's dark eyes of blue I stood down on the tarmac, I was just a kid Me and the brothers under the bridge Come Veteran's Day I sat in the stands in my dress blues I held your mother's hand When they passed with the red, white and blue One minute you're right there... then something slips...The Fever
When I get home from my job I turn on my T.V. But I can't keep my mind on the show When I lay down at night, oh I can't get no sleep So I turn on my radio But the only sound I hear is you whisperin' in my ear The words that you used to say Now my days grow longer 'Cause my love grows stronger And the fever gets worse And I've got the fever for this girl CHORUS Got the fever, oh I've got the fever Nothing that a po' boy can do When he's got the fever for this girl Got the fever, oh I've got the fever Left this little boy blue I can remember comin' home See you standin' at the stove With the dishes on the table Dinner ready to go We'll maybe go out to a movie show Something that you like to see Well now you are my sun in the morning And my moon at night I think about you baby I feel alright Now my days grow longer 'Cause my love grows stronger And the fever gets worse And I've got the fever for this girlThe Promise
Johnny works in a factory and Billy works downtown Terry works in a rock and roll band Lookin' for that million-dollar sound I got a little job down in Darlington But some nights I don't go Some nights I go to the drive-in, or some nights I stay home I followed that dream just like those guys do up on the screen And I drive a Challenger down Route 9 through the dead ends and all the bad scenes And when the promise was broken, I cashed in a few of my dream Well now I built that Challenger by myself But I needed money and so I sold it I lived a secret I should'a kept to myself But I got drunk one night and I told it All my life I fought this fight The fight that no man can never win Every day it just gets harder to live This dream I'm believing in Thunder Road, oh baby you were so right Thunder Road there's something dyin' on the highway tonight I won big once and I hit the coast But somehow I paid the big cost Inside I felt like I was carryin' the broken spirits Of all the other ones who lost When the promise is broken you go on living But it steals something from down in your soul Like when the truth is spoken and it don't make no difference Something in your heart goes cold I followed that dream through the southwestern flats That dead ends in two-bit bars And when the promise was broken I was far away from home Sleepin' in the back seat of a borrowed car Thunder Road, for the lost lovers and all the fixed games Thunder Road, for the tires rushing by in the rain Thunder Road, Billy and me we'd always say Thunder Road, we were gonna take it all and throw it all away CHORUS
NOTES
Produced By
Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Plotkin
1 - Growin' up
- Recorded at CBS Studios (NY), 5/3/72. Recorded and Mixed by Phil Giambalvo. Assistant: S. Tonkel Bruce Springsteen - Guitar, Vocals Produced By John Hammond
2 - Seaside Bar Song
- Recorded at 914 Sound Recording, 6/28/73 Recorded by Louis Lehav Mixed by Ed Thacker Bruce Springsteen - Guitar, Vocals Danny Federici - Organ, Glockenspiel, Accordion Garry Tallent - Bass Vini Lopez - Drums David Sancious - Piano, Organ Clarence Clemons - Saxophone Produced By Mike Appel, Jim Cretecos
3 - Rendezvous
- Recorded at the Record Plant (LA Remote) (Live) Recorded by Toby Scott Mixed bi Ed Thacker Bruce Springsteen - Lead Guitar, Vocals Danny Federici - Organ, Glockenspiel, Accordion Garry Tallent - Bass Clarence Clemons - Percussion Stevie Van Zandt - Guitar Roy Bittan - Piano Max Weinberg - Drums Produced By Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Mike Appel
4 - Hearts of Stone
- Recorded at the Record Plant (NY), 10/14/77, Recorded by Jimmy Iovine Mixed by Bob Clearmountain Bruce Springsteen - Lead Guitar, Vocals Danny Federici - Organ, Glockenspiel, Accordion Garry Tallent - Bass Clarence Clemons - Percussion Stevie Van Zandt - Guitar Roy Bittan - Piano Max Weinberg - Drums Additional Musicians: Mario Cruz (Tenor Sax),
Ed Manion (Baritone Sax), Mark "The Lover Man" Pender (Trumpet),
Richie "LA Bamba" Rosemberg (Trombone), Mike Spengler (Trumpet). Produced By Jon Landau, Bruce Springsteen5 - Where the Bands Are
- Recorded at the Power Station, 10/9/79, Recorded by Neil Dorfsman Mixed by Ed Thacker Bruce Springsteen - Lead Guitar, Vocals Stevie Van Zandt - Guitar Garry Tallent - Bass Max Weinberg - Drums Clarence Clemons - Saxophone Produced By Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Stevie Van Zandt
6 - Loose Ends
- Recorded at the Power Station, 7/18/79, Recorded by Neil Dorfsman Mixed by Ed Thacker Bruce Springsteen - Lead Guitar, Vocals Roy Bittan - Piano Danny Federici - Organ, Glockenspiel, Garry Tallent - Bass Max Weinberg - Drums Clarence Clemons - Saxophone Produced By Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Stevie Van Zandt
7 - I Wanna Be With You
- Recorded at the Power Station, 5/31/79, Recorded by Neil Dorfsman Mixed by Ed Thacker Bruce Springsteen - Lead Guitar, Vocals Stevie Van Zandt - Guitar Roy Bittan - Piano Danny Federici - Organ Garry Tallent - Bass Max Weinberg - Drums Clarence Clemons - Saxophone Produced By Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Stevie Van Zandt
8 - Born in the U.S.A.
- Recorded at the Thrill Hill Recording 1/82, Recorded by Mike Batlan Bruce Springsteen - Guitar, Vocals Produced By Bruce Springsteen
9 - My Love Will Not Let You Down
- Recorded at the Hit Factory, 5/5/82, Recorded by Toby Scott Mixed by Ed Thacker Bruce Springsteen - Lead Guitar, Vocals Garry Tallent - Bass Max Weinberg - Drums Roy Bittan - Keyboards, Piano Danny Federici - Organ, Glockenspiel Stevie Van Zandt - Guitar Produced By Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin, Stevie Van Zandt
10 - Lion's Den
- Additional Musician: Mario Cruz (Tenor Sax), Ed Manion (Baritone Sax), Mark "The Lover Man" Pender (Trumpet), Richie "La Bamba" Rosemberg (Trombone), Mike Spengler (Trumpet) Recorded at the Hit Factory, 1/25/82, Recorded by Neil Dorfsman Mixed by Ed Thacker Bruce Springsteen - Lead Guitar, Vocals Garry Tallent - Bass Max Weinberg - Drums Roy Bittan - Piano Danny Federici - Organ Produced By Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin, Stevie Van Zandt
11 - Pink Cadillac
- Recorded at the Hit Factory, 5/31/83, Recorded by Toby Scott Mixed by Bob Clearmountain Bruce Springsteen - Lead Guitar, Vocals Garry Tallent - Bass Max Weinberg - Drums Clarence Clemons - Saxophone Produced By Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin, Stevie Van Zandt
12 - Janey Don't You Lose Heart
- Recorded at the Hit Factory, 6/16/83, Recorded by Toby Scott Mixed by Bob Clearmountain Bruce Springsteen - Lead Guitar, Vocals Garry Tallent - Bass Max Weinberg - Drums Stevie Van Zandt - Guitar Additional Musician: Nils Lofgren (Vocals), Produced By Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin, Stevie Van Zandt
13 - Sad Eyes
- Recorded at Soundworks West (LA), 1/25/90, Recorded by Toby Scott Mixed by Bob Clearmountain Bruce Springsteen - Guitar, Vocals Roy Bittan - Keyboards Additional Musicians: Danny Federici (Organ), Michael Fisher (Percussion), Randy Jackson (Bass), Jeff Porcaro (Drums), David Sancious (Keyboards) Produced By Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin, Roy Bittan
14 - Part Man, Part Monkey
- Recorded at Soundworks West (LA), 1/90, Recorded by Toby Scott Mixed by Bob Clearmountain Bruce Springsteen - Guitar, Vocals Roy Bittan - Piano Additional Musicians: Omar Hakim (Drums), Randy Jackson (Bass), David Sancious (Keyboards) Produced By Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin, Roy Bittan
15 - Trouble River
- Recorded at Soundworks West (LA), 4/6/90, Recorded by Toby Scott Mixed by Bob Clearmountain Bruce Springsteen - Guitar, Vocals Roy Bittan - Piano Randy Jackson - Bass Jeff Porcaro - Drums Produced By Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin
16 - Brothers Under the Bridge
- Recorded at Thrill Hill Recording, 5/22/95, Recorded by Toby Scott Mixed by Bob Clearmountain Bruce Springsteen - Guitar, Vocals Additional Musicians: Danny Federici (Keyboards), Gary Mallaber (Drums), Marty Rifkin (Pedal Steel Guitar, Dobro), Garry Tallent (Bass), Soozie Tyrrel (Violin) Produced By Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Plotkin
17 - The Fever
- Recorded ah the Record Plant (NY), 5/16/73 Recorded By Jimmy Jovine Mixed By Tom Panunzio Bruce Springsteen - Vocals, Piano Vini Lopez - Drums Garry Tallent - Bass Dany Federici - Organ Clarence Clemons - Saxophone, Background Vocals Produced By Mike Appel, Jim Cretecos
18 - The Promise
- Recorder at Thrill Hill Recording, 2/12/99 Recorded and Mixed By Toby Scott Bruce Springsteen - Piano, Vocals Produced By Bruce Springsteen