Outtakes


Aggiornato al 06-03-2001
Sono qui raccolti i testi di oltre sessanta canzoni inedite, reperibili unicamente su bootlegs. La lista e il file del download vengono aggiornati ogni qualvolta vengono aggiunte nuove canzoni o qualora vengano apportate modifiche. La maggior parte dei testi qui riportati sono stati rintracciati sulla rete o trascritti ascoltando la canzone. Per cui gli eventuali errori e le imprecisioni, nonchè i vuoti, vanno perdonati. Come sempre, se qualcuno di voi ha modo di completare o di correggere i testi, non esiti a farsi avanti.
- Action in the Street
- After the Thunder
- All Night Long
- A Love So Fine
- American Skin (41 Shots)
- Angel Eyes
- Arabian Night **
- Baby I
- Blood Brothers (01-07-2000)
- Chevrolet Deluxe
- Child Bride
- Cindy
- City of Ruins (17-12-2000)
- Code of Silence
- Dedication
- Drop on Down and Cover Me
- Endless Nights (English Sons)
- Fade Away (Intro, 31-12-1980)
- Follow That Dream (Wise, Wiseman) *
- Freehold
- From Small Things (Big Things Come)
- Further on up the Road
- Get That Feeling
- Henry Boy
- I'm a Coward (When it Comes to Love) (G.Washington, B.Springsteen/B. Springsteen)
- In Michigan
- Jazz Musician **
- Jeannie Needs a Shooter
- Land of Hope and Dreams
- Little Things That Count
- Long Time Comin'
- Looking for No. 1 (Mr. Outside)
- Losin' Kind
- New Jersey is My Home
- None But the Brave
- No Need
- On the Prowl
- Outside Looking In
- Pilgrim in the Temple of Love (Santa Gets a Blowjob)
- Preacher's Daughter
- Protection
- Saga of the Architect Angel
- Sell it and They Will Come
- She's Leaving
- She's so Fine
- Song to the Orphans **
- Spanish Eyes
- Street Queen
- Sugarland
- Talk To Me
- Taxi Cab (City at Night)
- That's What You Get
- The Ballad of Self-Loading Pistol
- The Ballad of the Architect Angel
- The Fast Song
- The Hitter
- The Klansman
- The Price You Pay (Alt Lyrics)
- There Will Never Be Anyone For Me But You
- The Way
- The Word
- Tiger Rose
- Tonight
- Vibes Man
- Vietnam
- Visitation at Fort Horn **
- Waitin' on the End of the World
- Walking Through Midnight
- White Town
- Wild Kisses (I'm Gonna Treat You Right)
- Wings For Wheels (Thunder Road)
- Winter Song
- You Mean so Much to Me
- Your Love
* Questa canzone è in realtà una cover, ma visto il grande lavoro di rielaborazione sia a livello musicale che di testo, la si può considerare alla stregua di una contaminazione, di un rifacimento. Springsteen ha fatto sua questa canzone a suo tempo cantata da Elvis Presley, ed è per questo che, l'ho inserita in questa sezione, oltre che in quella dedicata alle
Cover.
** Le canzoni contrassegnate col doppio asterisco sono reperibili unicamrnte sul bootleg
Prodigal Son. I testi relativi alle canzoni di quest' album sono interamente riportati in
questa pagina.. Sono disponibili anche le relative traduzioni, sia per la consultazione che per il download.
Action in the Streets
Well don't move
Why don't you listen to what I'm saying
And hey you
You better get up if you plan to be staying
Get loose
You got to listen to what the band is playing
Oh tonight
There's action in the street all night
We're boppin' to the big beat - go
Get up off your seat and roll
At school
The girls you know their dancing, mister's, just my speed
And hey cool
If action is the thing you need
Well don't fool
The kid's satisfaction guaranteed
Oh tonight
There's action in the street all night
We're boppin' to the big beat - go
Get up off your seat and roll
Well hey man
Yeah don't let the little girl sigh
Understand
If you just move your body side to side
Raise your hand
Shout until you're satisfied
Oh tonight
There's action in the street all night
We're boppin' to the big beat - go
Get up off your seat and roll
After the Thunder
An echo fades of sounds once heard
By thousands brought together for
His ringing voice, a soul that stirred
The faithful to a mighty roar.
For twenty years upon the stage
For twenty years upon the stage
The passion deep within his soul
Brought forth the anger and the rage
His vision locked upon one goal.
The promises of rock and roll could
Break the chains upon his life,
Guitar in hand he vowed he would
Be free from pain and inner strife.
He shook the rafters in the halls
And brought the faithful to their feet,
His river coursed through mighty walls
Across this land, down every street.
With flag unfurled he took the word
Across the seas to hungry youth
Who raised their hands when e'er they heard
His cries for faith, and hope, and truth.
Today he stands with inner peace
A man content with home and health,
Upon his brow a jagged crease
A symbol of success and wealth.
The thunder of his younger days
Has passed, and now his words reveal
A calmer soul in many ways
Fulfilled with satisfactions real.
His arms upraised against the light
He stands alone, his eyes look toward
The ground below, a bird in flight
Still searching for his true reward.
His mission done, he finds retreat
With children and a loving wife,
His body tired from the heat
The price he pays for touring life.
But deep within the longings stir
The music runs within him still,
His passions for the times that were
Are stronger than his iron will.
And all of us who know the man
Will come together when he cries
The message we all understand
The thunder in us never dies.
All Night Long
I was born saved in heaven
It was nothing like the promised land
Raised in a good Christian house
Underneath a good Christian hand
I was schooled down and dirty
Signed a note back to town
It was there that the workers slaved all week
Waiting for payday to come around
Break out, come on if you're coming
Cause baby I just can't stay
I want to take out the walls of this joint
I want to blow this town away
Now I ain't into fast livin'
I ain't into dying young
And I ain't looking to be forgiven
For any of the stupid things that I've done
For the ones who once had a notion
A notion it was good to be alive
Feel the spark, the rush of emotion
I want to break out baby tonight
I want to dream, that I got a place
I want to scream in somebody's face
Make it seem, get out of this muddy race
All night long
Well all little kings lose their thrones tonight
All you little pretty things better learn to sleep alone tonight
It was down in the cool dirty living
With the man with the master plan
Some girl who can beg forgiveness
And a ticket to the promised land
Down where they'll tear your guts out
Making out what you're all about
making while we were blasting like a ??
I want out I want out I want out
Want out to the outside
Well I'm a small fool
I want to shout I'm bound for nothing
I want to shout about something too
For the ones who once had a notion
It ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
I feel the heat, the rush of devotion
I want to tear out baby tonight
I wanna do what ain't ever been done
I wanna win what ain't ever been won
I wanna lose blow it all away
I wanna lose what I've always won
Prove it all night long
I wanna know that I got a place
I wanna go where I can see your face
I wanna rock the roof off this place
I want you to know
I wanna live
A Love So Fine
Well there's sparklin' angels on your fire-escape tonight
They line them up for you trying to keep you safe
But with them fire alley burglars on a midnight vamp
You lost your heart on Main Street to a beautiful tramp
That's all right, I don;t mind
`Cause I got (you got) a love so fine
A love so fine, me and my baby
A love so fine, me and my baby
A love so fine
The rat's traps are filled with soul crusaders
Everybody's popping and hopping and jumping
At Little Melvin and The Invaders
You're out on the floor and you can't get up
Your baby's out there dancing and struttin' that Continental Strut
She looks so good, she looks so fine (she blows your mind)
Oh we (you) got a love so fine
A love so fine
A love so fine
A love so fine
Everybody's reeling when the band hits the ceiling
Don't you know you just wanna go
The boys start (joint gets) rockin', your knees start knockin'
Everybody party, go
Let's go
The bar's closed down (It's 3 o'clock and the bar's closed)
You walk to the shady side of town all alone (Well you walk along with your)
Papa's screaming at you, he wants some cash (baby to the dirty side of town)
Mama's chewing you (me) off about hanging out with (alley) trash
That's allm right, oh you don't mind
'Cause you've got a love so fine, oh me and my baby
A love so fine
A love so fine
A love so fine
American Skin (41 Shots) 
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots and we'll take that ride
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
Lena gets her son ready for school
She says now on these streets charles
You got to understand the rules
Promise me if an officer stops you'll always be polite
Never ever run away and promise momma
You'll keep your hands in sight
Cause is it a gun?
Is it a knife?
Is it a wallet?
This is your life
It ain't no secret
It ain't no secret
The secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in your american skin
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
Across this bloody river to the other side
41 shots they cut through the night
You're kneeling over his body in the vestibule
Praying for his life
Is it a gun?
Is it a knife?
Is it a wallet?
This is your life
It ain't no secret
It ain't no secret
Ain't no secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in your american skin
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
Lena gets her son ready for school
She says now on these streets charles
You got to understand the rules
Promise me if an officer stops you'll always be polite
Never ever run away and promise momma
You'll keep your hands in sight
Cause is it a gun?
Is it a knife?
Is it a wallet?
This is your life
It ain't no secret get killed just for living in your american skin
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
Is it a gun?
Is it a knife?
Is it a wallet?
This is your life
It ain't no secret
It ain't no secret
It ain't no secret
41 shots and we'll take that ride
Across this bloody river to the other side
41 shots my boots caked in mud
We're baptized in these waters and in each other's blood
It ain't no secret
Is it a knife?
Is it a wallet?
This is your life
It ain't no secret
It ain't no secret
The secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in your american skin
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
Angel Eyes
Hey drink up all you people
Order anything you see
And have fun you happy people
The laugh and the drinks on me
Try to think that love's not around
Still it's uncomfortably near
My poor old heart ain't gaining any ground
Because my angel eyes ain't here
Angel eyes, that old Devil sent
They glow unbearably bright
Need I say that my love's mispent
Mispent with angel eyes tonight
So drink up all of you people
Order anything you see
And have fun you happy people
The drink and the laughs on me
Pardon me but I got to run
The fact's uncommonly clear
I got to find who's now the number one
And why my angel eyes ain't here
Excuse me while I disappear
Shrieks of Sheiks
as they run across the movie screen
A thousand sand dune soldiers
led by an Arabian Queen
And the harem girls move like fancy dancers
In my dirty dreams
And I wake up on the floor
Holding on the bed lamp
And Mama comes in, she screams
Hey, you've been out with that tramp again last night
You know that silver sequined ivory black bitch
The one that Mama don't like
But Mama, she sings me them moon time melodies
With this great top-forty hook
She shrugs her shoulders, she don't care
Papa just stares and says Mary, look
The girl's all right
The girl's all right
And there's a tenseness in the air
Don't you know, can't you feel
'Cause there's something hanging there
Pull back the mist and reveal
And even if you fear what you hear
Don't conceal
Cause if what Mama feels is too real
She just claims she don't feel it
So, come out from behind your bunkers
'Cause the lift-off's been a bust
Oh, Papa's gone and Mama's dead
And parade in my rocket thrust
You're alone now for the first time
Well, that's all right
'Cause the fear will completely disappear
Come the Arabian Night
The soundman smiles and turns the dials
to set the meter reading rising
He pulls the singer's voice from out of his pocket
To see if the audience likes it
Oh, and in the very first row sits sweet Jenny Roo
With a bell on her shoe and she wants him to mike it
He flicks a switch, but Jenny moves too fast
And the audience sways to the sound of her shotgun blast
The manager comes from running out behind stage
Check the band's arms for bullet holes, make them roll up their sleeves
The drummer shots himself with cyanide, then asks to be relieved
And me, I said well it's, hey it's crazy in here
Which is the stage door out of here, I got to get up tomorrow morning for work
The promoter says 'Man, once you're in, they all lead out
What's the matter man, ain't you heard
There's a war going on on the outside
And I'm paying you to sing like a bird
So get in and get tough
Or get up and get out
Because things are too tight
I told him don't worry, everything's going to loosen up
Come the Arabian Night
Come the Arabian Night
So, I get back in my bed
But outside my window I hear another gang fight
It's Duke and the boys against the Devil's best men
And both sides have drawn their knives
But Duke, he's a well known knife fighter
And with on quick jab, he brings the devil down
He smiles because he knows there's a high bounty on devils
In any good God fearing town
Well, they say Duke sold the devil to some preacher in Pennsylvania
To exhibit on his alter Christmas night
Now, the devil's eyes, they're still red with fire
As long as Duke walks up right
And the devil swears there's going to be a showdown come sundown
On the Arabian night
Oh, the Arabian, the Arabian Night
Baby I - Don't need you loving no more
Baby I - Don't need your kisses no more
Baby I - Don't need your tender touch
Baby I
Baby I - Don't need your tender kiss
Baby I - You'll never miss
Baby I - Don't want you round me no more
Baby I
'Cause I got someone new
Somebody better than you
Somebody who'll be true
Somebody better than you
We played king of the mountain out on the end
The world come chargin' up the hill, and we were women and men
Now there's so much that time, time and memory fade away
We got our own roads to ride and chances we gotta take
We stood side by side each one fightin' for the other
We said until we died we'd always be blood brothers
Now the hardness of this world slowly grinds your dreams away
Makin' a fool's joke out of the promises we make
And what once seemed black and white turns to so many shades of gray
We lose ourselves in work to do and bills to pay
And it's a ride, ride, ride, and there ain't much cover
With no one runnin' by your side my blood brother
On through the houses of the dead past those fallen in their tracks
Always movin' ahead and never lookin' back
Now I'm out here on this road
Alone on this road tonight
I close my eyes and feel so many friends around me
In the early evening light
And the miles we have come
And the battles won and lost
Are just so many roads traveled
So many rivers crossed
And I ask God for the strength
And faith in one another
'Cause it's a good night for a ride
'Cross this river to the other side
My blood brothers
* Last song of the 2000 World Tour with some different words
I had a wife and kid, and I tried to settle down
I just wanted to live an honest life on the edge of an honest town.
But in the end they left me danglin' danglin (in the night?)
And I went crazy tryin', tryin' to walk that thin line.
Oh Chevrolet Deluxe, I bought you with all your accessories,
But mister, I can't keep my payments up
I lie awake at night and wonder if I'm tough enough
To win back the hand of Chevrolet Deluxe.
They shut the power off down at the mill (the count the third time?)
And these days when you ride down Main Street
It's just whitewashed windows and vacancy signs
Did you ever think til the end your kids you would never believe
That if you would leave this old town, that it would leave me.
My brother's down in Ft Bragg, been there for half a year
Man he just got into too much trouble around here.
Chevrolet Deluxe, I bought her with all the accessories,
But mister, I can't keep those payments up
Chevrolet Deluxe, I lost my heart, I lost my guts...
She was sittin' down at Highway Chevrolet out on Route 3
She was lookin'g like she was waitin' just for me
I worked all summer long and I saved my money up
And I went down and I put that money down
In the fall, Billy, (...?)
I drove him down rode down together down to Fort Bragg
In the years that he was gone (...?)
(...?) in the refinery (...?) go along
Chevrolet Deluxe, I bought her with all the accessories,
(...?)
Another year end gone, and Billy he came home
(...?)
But it was like all of a sudden there was a curse
Things got band and things got worse
Hmmm... went the power there down at the mill
Hmmm... the thrill when they shut the power down at the mill
(...?)
Chevrolet Deluxe, I bought her with all the accessories,
But I can't keep those payments up
Chevrolet Deluxe
(...?) you were so clear to see
Now when I wake in the mornging I don't know what's happening to me
Chevrolet Deluxe, I bought her with all the accessories,
Mister I can't keep those payments up
Chevrolet Deluxe you let me down took the heart right out of me
I saw her when I was 17 down at Hansen's Chevrolet
I made up my mind to get her any how, any way.
That whole summer I worked until I had enough
Then I went and put my money down on that Chevrolet Deluxe.
Chevrolet Deluxe, I bought her with all the accessories,
But mister, I can't keep those payments up
Chevrolet Deluxe, I lost my heart, she took my gut...
It don't matter what you want, it don't matter what you say,
Are you tough enough not to play the way they play.
Well, sometimes I dream of gettin' outta here,
Headin' down towards them old tracks
I swore I'd come and get her
But I know I ain't never goin' back
There's nights I can't sleep
No matter how hard I try
So from my window I watch the moonlight
Fall on the far hillside
I imagine I put on my jacket,
Go down to this little roadside bar
Pick a stranger and spin around the dance floor
To a Mexican guitar
I pick you up with flowers
When you get off from work
It's like you don't even care
It's like I'm some kind of jerk
I take you out on a date
And then you won't even kiss me
Boy when I ain't around
I'll bet you don't even miss me
I don't know why
I love you like I do
I try and try
You treat me like a fool
It makes me want to cry
It makes me feel so blue
But I just do, baby, I just do
I call you up
Just to pass the time
Soon as you hear my voice
You disconnect the line
And when I call you back
Your mother says you ain't home
Cindy I know that's you on the other end of this phone
Oh in this world
There ain't another like you
My little candy girl
So hard-hearted and cruel
I think that's what
Keeps me coming back
I'm a fool for you Cindy and I like it like that
I came to get you last night
Cindy, at quarter to six
Your daddy came to the door
He said Cindy got sick
She got sent home from work
With a note from the nurse
And my very presence
Would make your condition worse
But it ain't your health
'Cause well you sure look fine
Little girl it's something else
That's on my mind
Well you can give it to me
'Cause if it's good enough for you
It's good enough for me
I don't know why
I love you like I do
You make me cry
And feel like such a fool
I guess I like it
When you hurt me this way
You dish it out and I just put it away
City of Ruins (17-12-2000) 
There's a blood red circle
On the cold dark ground
And the rain is falling down
The church doors blown open
I can hear the organ's song
But the congregation's gone
My city of ruins
My city of ruins
Now the sweet veils of mercy
Drift through the evening trees
Young men on the corner
Like scattered leaves
The bordered up windows
The hustlers and thieves
While my brother's down on his knees
My city of ruins
My city of ruins
Come on rise up!
Come on rise up!
Now there's tears on the pillow
Darling where we slept
And you took my heart when you left
Without your sweet kiss
My soul is lost, my friend
Now tell me how do I begin again?
My city's in ruins
My city's in ruins
Now with these hands
I pray Lord
With these hands
For the strength Lord
With these hands
For the faith Lord
With these hands
I pray Lord
With these hands
For the strength Lord
With these hands
For the faith Lord
With these hands
Come on rise up!
Come on rise up!
Rise up
Code of Silence 
See TooCommento a Code of Silence delle Inner Sisters
There's a code of silence,
that we don't dare speak
There's a wall between us
So high and so deep
You keep pretending that there's nothing wrong
There's a code of slience, and it can't go wrong
There's the truth that's set loose
Set loose you'll see
That it ain't enough baby,
To bridge the distance between you and me
There's a list of grievance a hundred miles long
There's a code of silence and it can't go wrong
Well you walk with your eyes open, but your lips remain sealed
All the promises we made are broken
feeling the truth, fearing the fear
Now, i didn't know what i thought, even though it was going on
So come on, come on, come on, come on
Well you walk with your eyes open, but your lips remain sealed
All the promises we made are broken
feeling the truth, fearing the fear
Now, i didn't know what i thought, even though it was going on
So come on, come on, come on, come on
There's a code of silence, that we don't dare speak
There's a wall between us, so high and so deep
You keep pretending that there's nothing wrong
There's a code of silence, and it can't go wrong
Dedication
Well way back in the Bible time
A cat named Noah built an ocean liner
Everybody laughed whent hey told him why
But when the rain came, Noah was high and dry
'Cause he had
Dedication baby through and through
Dedication like I give to you
Dedication girl every way
Dedication girl every day
Well Admiral Byrd and some eskimos
They took a little trip to the old North Pole
When they said it was a miracle they made it back
Well they said that wasn't any miracle, Jack
Dedication baby through and through
Dedication like I give to you
Dedication girl every way
Dedication girl every day
Well now there was a movie star out in Hollywood
He met a little girl, they got along real good
He tried to split but the chick said "Buddy, not so fast
Ain't gonna wrap me on your arms, then wrap me in some cash"
Now it was on TV every word they said
If you didn't see it man, you must have been late
She got on the witness pedestal without care
She turned to the judge and this is what she said
Dedication judge every way
Dedication judge in every way
I need some
Dedication judge that can't be spent
A little dedication judge to pay the rent
Dedication baby through and through
Dedication like I give to you
Dedication girl every way
Dedication girl every day
D-E-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N
D-E-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N
D-E-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N
Times are tough there baby there
It's getting tougher now
This world is rough honey it's
Just getting rougher now
Their on top there baby
Just tryin' to score-well
Seen enough, honey I don't
Wanna see no more
Drop on down and cover me
On down and cover me
Sometimes girl I just wanna
Leave it all behind us, yeah
Hold me in your arms tonight let's
Let our love blind us, yeah
Inside I feel the pain that
The hatred and the sorrow
I wanna shut the light, baby
C'mon and shut the door
Drop on down and cover me
On down and cover
I just wanna close my eyes and
Let your love surround me
I wanna close my heart to
To this world around me
The anger and the heartlessness
All the good things guilty
Come closer baby
Now-closer still now
Drop on down and cover me
On down and cover me
Girl, on the edge flippin' off the lamp
There'll be an end darling to your endless night
On the other side of the street.
Yea, the light on your portrait and the light in your face
And you'll be looking for another pretty place
Baby, this side of the street.
Well, keep dreaming baby that your desire brings and girl
I know the sadness that you find in things, it's true
Well, baby if you can't take the heat, what can I do?
Well, you and your poetry and your boku (?!) world
Behind the face you hide the face of a modern girl
On the other side of the street.
Yea, you've got the look as if you owe the world
Therefore, you go out there and say what you can earn
On the wrong side of the street.
Well, you tire of every day bringing the same and so you
Go out looking for some strange new games
Well, pretty soon you don't know the score anymore.
I know the danger that your desire brings
And I know the strangeness that you'll find
Wait and it will seem straighter for you and for me.
Well, turn on the end and baby turn off the lamps
There'll be an end darling to this endless night
On the other side of the street.
Yea, and everyday - well- it just brings the same
You started looking for some very strange new games
On the wrong side of the street.
Well, you and your desires lead to confusion
Well, walk away as I don't follow your illusions
And see, open your eyes and see, girl.
Now my babe
My little darlin'
Come back baby
I just wanna come back into your arms again
Iwanna come back
I wanna come back darlin'
I wanna come back to you heart again
I wanna walk down a street
I wanna walk up to our house
I wanna knock upon a door
I wanna knock upon a door, girl
And callin' "open up and let me in
Open up your heart and let me in
Open up little girl and let me in
Open up your heart and let me in
I just wanna hold you
I just wanna squeeze you
I just wanna kiss you
And I wanna love you all night long
I wanna love you all night long
I wanna love you all night long
I wanna love you all night long
Listen to me baby
Listen to me baby
And open up your heart
If your heart is restless, from waiting so long
If you're tired and weary, and you can't go on
If a distant dream is callin' you
Then there's just one thing you can do
Follow that dream, wherever it may lead
Come on follow that dream, to find the love you need
Come on follow that dream
Now I've been searching for a heart that's free
Searching for someone, to search with me
'Cause I need a love, a love I can trust
Together we' ll search for the things that come to us
In dreams, wherever they may be
Come on follow that dream to find the love you need
Come on follow that dream
Now every man has the right to live
The right to a chance, to give what he has to give
The right to fight for the things he believes
For the things that come to him in dreams
Yeah, follow that dream, wherever it may lead
Come on follow that dream, to find the love you need
Follow that dream, wherever it may lead
Come on follow that dream, to find the love you need
Come on follow that dream
Well follow that dream
Yeah come on and follow that dream
Come on follow that dream, to find the love you need
I was born right here on Randolph street in Freehold
Here right behind that big red maple in Freehold
Well, I went to school right here
Got laid and had my first beer, in Freehold
Well, my folks always lived and worked right here in Freehold
I remember running up the street
Past the condo to the church here in Freehold
I chased my daddy down in these bars
First fell in love with this guitar, here in Freehold
Well, I had my first kiss at the YMCA canteen on a friday night
Maria Espinosa tell me, where are you tonight?
You were 13 but way ahead of your time
I walked home with a limb but I felt fine
That night in Freehold
Well, the girls at Freehold regional they looked pretty fine
And my heart broke at least half a dozen times
I wonder if they miss me, they still get the itch
Would they have dumped me if they knew I'd strike a bridge
Straight out of Freehold
Well, Tex, rest in peace, and Marion gave us kids a hand in Freehold
George and me started up a little rock and roll band in Freehold
Well, we learned pretty quick how to rock
I'll never forget the feeling of that first 5 bucks in my pocket
That I earned in Freehold
Well, I got outta here really hard and fast in Freehold
Everybody wanted to kick my ass back here in Freehold
Well, if you were different, black or brown
It was a bit redneck town
Back then in Freehold
Well, something broke my daddy's back in Freehold
In 69' he left and he never come back to Freehold
'Cept once he drove from California, 3000 miles in 3 days
Called my relatives some dirty names
And pulled straight out of Freehold
My sister had hers first little baby at 17 in Freehold
Well people they can be pretty mean
Honey you had a rough road to go,
But you ain't made of nothin' but soul
I love you more than you'll ever know
We both survived Freehold
Well, my buddy Mike, he's the mayor now in Freehold
I remember when we used to have a lot more hair in Freehold
Well I left and swore I'd never walk these streets again, Jack
Tonight all I can say is "Holy shit, I'm back!"
Back in Freehold
Well, this summer everything was green in Freehold
Rode my kids on the fire engine through the streets of Freehold
I showed 'em where their dad was born and raised
And first felt the sun on his face
There in Freehold
Well, I still got a lot of good friends right here in town
I can usually find me a free beer somewhere
With offers of free meals I am blessed
Should I go crazy, blow all my money and ruin my life, well, at least I'll
Never go hungry I guess, here in Freehold
Well, I got a good catholic education here in Freehold
Led to an awful lot of masturbations here in Freehold
Father, it was just something I did for a smile
Hell, I still get a good one off once in a while
And dedicate it to Freehold
Don't get me wrong, I ain't puttin' anybody down
Hell, in the end it all just goes and comes around
It's one hell of a town, Freehold!
At sixteen she quit high school
To make a fortune in the Promised Land
She got a job behind the counter
In an all-night hamburger stand
She rode faithfully home to Mama
Now, Mama don't you worry none
From small things, Mama, big things one day come
It was late one Friday
He pulled in out of the dark
He was tall and handsome
First she took his order, then she took his heart
They bought a house up on the hillside
Where little feet soon would run
From small things, Mama, big things one day come
Oh, but love is bleeding
It's sad but it's true
When your heart is beating
You don't want to hear the news
She packed her bags
And with a Wyoming County Interstate map
She drove down to Tampa
In an Eldorado Grand
She wrote back, Dear Mama
Life is just heaven in the sun
From small things, Mama, big things one day come
Well, she shot him dead on a sunny Florida road
When they caught her all she said
Was she couldn't stand the way he drove
Back home lonesome Johnny waits for his baby's parole
He waits high on the hillside
Where the Wyoming rivers roll
And his seed have almost grown now
To a daughter and a handsome son
From small things, Mama, big things one day come
Where the road is dark
And the seat is soaked
Where the gun is cocked
And the bullet's cold
Where the miles are marked in blood and gold
I'll meet you further on up the road
Got on my dead man's suit
And my smilin' skull ring
My lucky graveyard boots
And a song to sing
I got a song to sing, keep me out of the cold
And i'll meet you further on up the road
Further on up the road
Further on up the road
Where the way is dark
And the night is cold
But one sunny morning we'll rise, I know
And i'll meet you further on up the road
Well I been out in the desert
Was doin' my time
Searching through the dust
Looking for a sign
If there's a light up ahead
Well, buddy, I don't know
But I got this fever
Burning in my soul
So let's take the good times as they come
And i'll meet you further on up the road
Further on up the road
Further on up the road
Where the way is dark
And the night is cold
One sunny morning we'll rise, I know
And i'll meet you further on up the road
One sunny morning we'll rise, I know
And i'll meet you further on up the road
Yeah i'll meet you further on up the road
Well i'll meet you further on up the road
Get That Feeling
Yeah girl
Now won't you come on out tonight
Girl, where the stars will shine real bright
Well I gotta get that feeling
Yeah I wanna get that feeling
Woargh* back again
Yeah, back again tonight
There's something in the air
Tonight
Ain't got money but I don't care
I gotta get that feeling
I wanna get that feeling
And before the night is through
You're gonna get that feeling too
Hold me in your arms and baby take everything
Let the light shine, and if we (dare to ??)...
yeah,yeah,yeah Tonight
Well there's something in the air,
And tonight, yeah, we ain't got money but I don't care
We gotta get that feeling
Yeah, we gotta get that feeling
Woargh* back again
Wooooaaaaarrrrggghh
(di-di-di-di-da-woooahs to fade)
Henry Boy
They broke your toys this morning
Henry, rode your ford right into dust
Surrounded you with strangers
Who you could not trust
Then they have the gall
To write your name upon the girls' room wall
And send you out to Maria
Who spoke of babies and all
And wanted to shoot your joy
It's a hard world when you're the new kid in town
Ain't it, Henry boy?
Well, the North side is for diamond studded women
Subtly selling their wares
And the West side is for debutants
And would-be millionaires
Oh, the East side is for lost boys
Who know their moves too well
The Southside is for gamblers
Henry, the train stops once for hell
It's a hard world when they're forcing you to live your life out on Broadway
But Henry, I'm sure you're going to like it well
Well the constellation, she points to gate eleven
That's where you've got your connections
Let me take a look inside my magic book
I don't think you're beyond my inventions
Oh, these doctor's appendages I'm giving you for wings,
I'm sure they'll meet the occasion
I'm going to mix you some magic
You'll be spitting sparks, and ready for the invasion
Well, the Milky Way's a trip for dippers
They saw you coming a mile away
In the amusement park you'll get clipped by rippers
Hiding behind candy canes
In the alleyway, you'll get ripped by strippers
All who know your name
In the stalls, sit soldier boy kissers
On leave for just a day
And Henry couldn't take it
He's going to be submariner
Riding underground for the Pope
Gonna stand on the corner of Broadway
And scream 'Up scope!'
(G.Washington, B.Springsteen/B. Springsteen)
I ain't afraid of no lions
I ain't afraid of no grizzly bear
I got in a wrestlin' match with old King Kong
He didn't even muss my hair
There's just one thing in the whole wide world
That make me doubt my stuff
I'm a coward when it comes to love
Now bring down old Hulk Hogan
King Kong Bundy too
Bring down old Big Mike Tyson
I'll show them what a real man can do
They say the tougher' get goin'
Now baby that's when the goin' get tough
But I'm a coward when it comes to love
I'm a coward when it comes to love
I'm a coward when it comes to love
You can bring on a different sexy girl
At every night of the week
Buddy that's okay
But I start tremblin', my knees get weak
Whenever I hear her say
"Do you love me baby?"
"Do you love me baby?"
"Do you love me baby?"
I got a muscle of iron
I got another muscle made of steel
But when we start kissin' 'n' huggin'
You may be the bravest man in the whole wide world
But Buddy, that ain't enough
I'm a coward when it comes to love
I'm a coward when it comes to love
I'm a coward when it comes to love
Well my mother rolled over and died in Michigan
My dog got hit by a truck and I cried in Michigan
I got drunk and puked up my guts in Michigan
But I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm alright
And man I'm riding here tonight in Michigan
I ran a race and came in dead last in Michigan
Yeah, I shot myself in the ass in Michigan
I was lookin' for someplace to feel free But they busted my for just
being me
In Michigan
But alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
And baby I'm riding high tonight in Michigan
I ran into a little bad luck in Michigan
I met a woman ???
Baby I'm running late but you got here one hell of a state
In Michigan
Oh Michigan
Well, it's Saturday night in New Jersey
and you're feeling kind of wet
The summer heat is getting you worried
So you look as innocent as you can as you sweat
You got a woman on the other side of the law
But it ain't cool to go see her yet
Because her ex-old man's a city cop
Thinks he's auditioning on Dragnet
So you stand on the corner looking kind of torn
And in the Blue Light Lounge where death was born
The jazz musician blows his horn
You pop a letter to your baby in Richmond
Cause you're feeling pretty down
She's kind of small, but at least she's a rich one
She needs you real bad, and sometimes that's all that counts
You had a teenage band and flying hands
And oh, you was pretty big in the south
But you passed out on stage and flew into a rage
When someone tried to revive you mouth to mouth
You felt a pain in your chest as you passed the crowd
And in the Blue Light Lounge, the lights went down
And the audience slipped silently out of town
Well, the Atheist, he burns you for laughing out loud
'Cause he can't understand what you're saying
And the word's out, everybody knows
When they threw him in the hole, oh, he went out praying
But man, that's your record he's playing
And the park is dark, but the sidewalk's bright
and lined with the light of the living
No, and Mama won't you let me walk you home tonight
Because it's a big bad city, and this boy's got a lot for the giving
I was stranded in the jungle
First state's witness at a company killing
I'm clutching my high school diploma, shuffling my feet
They promised sixty bucks a week and top billing
Oh, you can live a life of love in New York
But only if you don't love living
I met this taxi driver who rides me around town
He revels in telling tales of his backseat women
But now, out on the corner, there's no room to move
'Cause everyone's trying so hard to groove
And in the Blue Light Lounge, the jazz musician plays it blue
Jeannie Needs a Shooter
I was born down by the river
Where the dirty river flows
And the cool wind cut through me
It cut right through my clothes
And the anger and the yearning
Like fever in my veins
Set the fire burning
She came down from Knightstown
With her hands hard from the line
From the first time I laid eyes on her
I knew that she's be mine
Her father was a lawman
He swore he'd shoot me dead
'Cause he knew I wanted Jeannie
And I'd have her like I'd said
Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter like me
Jeannie needs a shooter
Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter on her side
Jeannie needs a shooter
Jeannie needs a shooter
Jeannie needs a shooter
We met down by the river
On the final day in May
And when I leaned down to kiss her
She did not turn away
I drew out all my money
And together we did vow
To meet that very evening
And to get away somehow
Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter like me
Jeannie needs a shooter
Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter on her side
Jeannie needs a shooter
Jeannie needs a shooter
Jeannie needs a shooter
The night was cold and rainy
Down by the borderline
I was riding hard to meet her
When a shot rang out behind
As I lay there in the darkness
With a pistol by my side
Jeannie and her father
Rode off into the night
Jeannie needs a shooter
Land of Hope and Dreams 
Grab your ticket and your suitcase
Thunder's rolling down the tracks
Don't know where you're goin'
Sky is turnin' black
Well darlin' if you're weary
Lay your head upon my chest
We'll take what we can carry
And we'll leave behind the rest
Big Wheels rolling through fields
Where sunlight streams
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams
Well, I will provide for you
Yeah, and I will stand by your side
You'll need a good companion, darlin'
For this part of the ride
You leave behind your sorrows
Yeah, this day at last
Tomorrow they'll be sunny skies
And all this darkness past
Big Wheels rolling through fields
Where sunlight streams
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams
This train
Carries saints and sinners
This train
Carries losers and winners
This Train
Carries whores and gamblers
This Train
Carries midnight ramblers
This Train
Carries broken-hearted
This Train
Carries souls departed
This Train
Dreams will not be thwarted
This Train
Faith will be rewarded
This Train
Carries fools and kings
This Train
Hear the big wheels singing
This Train
Bells of freedom ringing
She said we could just sleep together
There'd be nothing wrong
We could just hold each other with our clothes on
I went to answer, I don't think we should
Then I heard a voice say, Yeah, I guess we could
She kissed me slightly and said you know sometimes when you're down
It's the little things that count
It's the little things that count
It's the little things
She said it was too late, and I shouldn't try to drive
She unbuttoned my shirt and whispered just close your eyes
Let me take your boots off, you know sometimes when your luck's run out
It's the little things that count
It's the little things that count
It's the little things
Her dress rode slightly as she walked
Then she pulled the covers down
I was so dry, she held a water glass to my lips
Well the polsih on her nail was chipped
She said she had a boyfriend I reminded her of
His hair was the same muddy brown,
she stuck her tongue in my mouth
Where the creek runs shallow and sandy
The moon swoops over the stars
?? straight into my arms
I'm going to get birth naked and bury my old soul
And dance on it's grave
Dance on his grave
It's a long time coming
A long time coming my dear
But now it's here
My daddy was a stranger
Lived in a hotel downtown
When I was a kid
He was just somebody I'd see around
Somebody I'd see around
It's a long time coming
A long time coming my dear
But now it's here
Down below and pulling on my shirt
I got some kids of my own
But if I had one wish kids
That your mistakes would be your own
Your sins would be your own
It's a long time coming
A long time coming my dear
But now it's here
I am laying under the arms of Cassiopeia
The sword of Orion sweeps
It's me and you Rosie
Crackling like crossed wires
I listen to you breathing in your sleep
The sparks of the fire are left burning
Lie two kids in sleeping bags
I reach under your shirt and feel your belly
There's another one kicking inside
I promise I ain't going to fuck it up this time
They call him Mr. Outside
Cause he don't care
Mr. Outside
He's just havin' his fun
Mr. Outside
He's just looking out for No. 1
Well Mr. Outside
All your money and your power
Won't help you come the dark hour
Well kingdoms crumble
Unto your feet
You're lest another thief out on the street
Mr. Outside
Yeah he don't care
Mr. Outside
He's just having his fun
Mr. Outside
Oh looking out for No. 1
Dark glasses and money for hire
He got (?) and hight tension wire (?)
He got dark,dark cadillac
He got pretty little little girl in back
Mr. Outside
Oh yeah he don't care
Mr. Outside
He's just having his fun
Mr. Outside
Just looking out for No. 1
Oh little baby got no diamond ring
You cry cause you ain't got no pretty things
Them pretty things babe just look dumb
You gotta take 'em when they come
Mr. Outside
Oh lord he don't care
Mr. Outside
Oh has his fun
Mr. Outside
He's just looking out for No. 1
Mr. Outside
Oh yeah he don't care
Mr. Outside
He's just having his fun
Mr. Outside
He's just looking out for No. 1
My name is Frank Davis, drive a Dixie 109
I was out on Highway 17, just south of Camden Line
It was down there in the heart of Wilsonville where I met my fate
She was standing outside the bar room said she was waiting for a date
But I knew that that was just a line
And I knew I was messin' with a Losin' Kind
Well I knew we were both foolin'(?) and I knew that you can't win
But when the light turned green, I reached across the seat, popped the lock and she slid in
She said she liked Mexican music, she knew a place if I had the time
Well we had a few drinks and we danced a while
I pulled her close, she didn't mind
And what I knew kinda slipped my mind
And I couldn't resist her messin with a Losin' Kind
Well we drove around in my Buick, getting drunk and having fun
Well we ended up at this Best Western out on Highway 101
It was around 3 a.m. we went out to this empty little road side bar
It was there that the cash register was open
It was there I hit that guy real hard
But I knew when I hit him for the second time
That one attracts the other when you're the Losin' Kind
Well I grabbed her hand to get out of there
And I felt like I was gonna get sick
And a half hour later the sleet started come down and that highway got pretty slick
I seen some lights in my rearview mirror I guess I panicked and gave her a gun
Well then I wrapped us around a telephone pole south on Highway 101
Well she just stumbled out on to the banks
And sat down in a pout
I kicked out the driver side window but buddy when I got out
Well all I had to greet me was a Highway Patrolman's 45
He looked at the wreak and then he said "Son you're lucky to be alive"
"Well Sir I'll think that one over if you don't mind
Luck ain't much good to you when you're the Losin' Kind"
I'm proud New Jersey is my home
Yeah said I'm proud now New Jersey is my home
Well they're breaking out the tractors to build more interstates
They're moving out my neighbors all across the Garden State
I'm proud New Jersey is my home
Yeah said I'm proud now New Jersey is my home
They're closing all the factories making people lose their jobs
While the fat cats get rich living high upon the hog
I'm proud New Jersey is my home
Yeah said I'm proud now New Jersey is my home
Yeah they're grooving down at Freehold this bird's left in line (?)
? ain't what the people had in mind
I'm proud New Jersey is my home
Yeah said I'm proud now New Jersey is my home
I'm proud New Jersey is my home
Yeah so proud that New Jersey is my home
Yes we're not gonna take it gonna make that final stand
'Cuz you know we ain't ever gonna let them destroy the promised land
Yeah, yeah, yeah
New Jersey is my home
New Jersey is my home
New Jersey is my home and I like it
Yeah I'm going down the Garden State Parkway I'm passing my hometowns
I'm going here to get my friends gonna mess around this town
Yeah, yeah
Testo Fornito da Sara Gentile.
Tonight down on Union Street
I'm thinkin' back, baby, to you and me
To the way you used to be
And your words come back to me
From passing cars
Their voices sing out
In empy bars where guitars ring out
We'd be the lucky one to get out
You said, none baby but the brave
No one baby but the brave
Oh strong enough to save something
From what they gave
None baby but the brave
No one baby but the brave
Now in dreams these nights I see you my friend
The way you were back then
Ah, on a night like this
I know that girl no longer exists
Except for a moment in some stranger's eyes
Or in a nameless girl
In cars rushin' by
That's where I find you tonight
And in my heart it still survives
To none, baby, but the brave
No one baby but the brave
Oh strong enough to save
Something from the love they gave
Yeah, none baby but the brave
No one baby but the brave
Now tonight once more I search
Every face on that crowded floor
Looking for I don't know what for
Something that ain't there no more
There's a girl standin' by the band
She reminds me of you
And I asked her to danceas the drummer counts his play
I take her hand and we move away
And tonight, now i'll see old friends
Caught in things they got no chance to win
Just gettin' beaten, and then playin' again
'Till their strength gives out
Or their hearts give in
Who's that man who thinks
He can decide whose dreams will live
And who(se) shall be pushed aside
Did he ever walk down this streets at night
And looked into the eyes
Baby, of none, baby, but the brave
No one baby but the brave
No, none baby but the brave
No one baby but the brave
No one baby, no one but the brave
No Need
She's a broken winged angel, refugee from things her mama knew
And she's done everything the bible said not to
I don't know if she believes in Jesus, the good book or even Satan, you see
I'm just trying to get her to believe in me
Cause when I see her face
No matter where I am, I'm in the right place
And the girls I left behind, they never satisfied me as so true
But baby, baby, you do
She the belle of eighth street, high society's midnight vamp
Oh, she's my queen, and I'm her tramp
Yes, she's a free-falling flier and she flows whichever way that the wind blows
And she's the only woman I ever knew
Could teach me more about me by me in chains
And still let me be free
Oh and my heart swells up inside, starts beating like I'm gonna die
My body breaks in pain as she falls down on me like the rain
It's only her and my songs that keep me from going insane
And I guess I'm one of those people who measures love in pain
You see, I never had much personal success
And to me, there's nothing sweeter than a teardrop of rain
I just love that feeling of sadness, and it worries me so
She's my west side angel, she looks so funky in her Hollywood wings
And she knows I stumble when I talk, so she says don't talk at all
Babe, just sing
And I have seen her body in candle glow in the deep heart of the night when you
Finally let loose of everything
Oh, and she loves me like such a good woman, and still, Lord, she's just a
Sweet young thing
And I know this might sound crazy or unsure, or maybe just the words of a young fool
But I swear I'd be on the floor if she ever walked out the door
What's more, I wish she'd shoot me first
And I know that sounds insane, but sometimes I believe it's true
And that's what scares me worst
Because I've danced with her, taken a chance with her
And I pray for her, lord, god knows, I play for her
And I need for her, and I bleed for her
'The news? That's not news, it's rumors with sponsors.'
On The Prowl
Well night after lonely night
My head don't touch the bed
I'm on a two-lane black-top
Cruisin' in my rocket sled
I'm on the prowl
Yeah I'm on the prowl
Well I'm looking for a gal, gal, gal
Hey, hey, hey, I'm on the prowl
There's only one thing that I'm certain
Every mile, mile, mile
Keep a-searchin', serachin', serachin'
For a wild, wild, child
I'm on the prowl
I'm on the prowl
I'm looking for a gal, gal, gal
Hey, hey, hey, I'm on the prowl
They got a name for Dracula
And Frankenstein's son
They ain't got no name now (Mister)
For this monster (thing that) I've become
I'm on the prowl
I'm on the prowl
I'm looking for a gal, gal, gal
Hey, hey, hey, I'm on the prowl
I keep lookin'
I keep searchin'
I keep searchin'
I keep searchin'
Only one thing that I'm certain
Every mile, mile, mile
I keep searchin', searchin', searchin', searchin', searchin'
In the morning I check my mirror
And I hang my head and cry
But at night I get a burning, burning, burning deep inside
I'm on the prowl
I'm on the prowl
I'm looking for a gal, gal, gal
Hey, hey, hey, I'm on the prowl
In the morning I check my mirror
And I hang my head and cry
But at night I get a burning, burning, burning, burning, burning. burning
There's only one thing that I'm certain
Every while, while, while
While my heart is hurtin', hurtin'
Every mile, mile, mile
I gotta keep searchin', searchin', searchin', searchin', searchin'
Outside Looking In
It's over now, the thing we had
I ain't sorry, babe, I just feel mad
You walk real pretty and you talk real fine
Night after night you wrote the lines
My life's the same story
Again and again
I' m on the outside looking in
On the outside looking in
Hey, make-believe ain't real
I don't doubt the way I feel
You walk real pretty and you talk real sweet
Well babe I was born in the driving seat
My life's the same story
Again and again
I' m on the outside looking in
On the outside looking in
Yes I' m on the outside looking in
It's over now, the thing we had
I ain't sorry, babe, I just feel mad
You walk real pretty and you talk real fine
Night after night you wrote the lines
My life's the same story
Beginning to end
Beginning to end
I' m on the outside looking in
On the outside looking in
Yes I' m on the outside looking in
Yes I am
Yes I guess I am
Baby I' m on the outside looking in
Pilgrim in the Temple of Love (Santa Gets a Blowjob)
It was Christmas eve, I was standing in the parking lot of "Fabulous Girls - Nude, Nude, Nude"
In the car next to me there was a young lady givin' a blow job to a man in a Santa Claus suit
His beard was crooked, his hat askew embarrassed, I turned to go
When from the back seat of the mazda I heard somebody shout "oh, baby, don't stop"
And a merry "ho ho ho"
Well I walked inside, I ordered a beer and a double shot of whiskey and in three minutes I
had fallen in love
The DJ announced, "Ladies and gentlemen, from Fort Worth, Texas - lady Godiva" and I sat
and worshipped 'neath the angel above
At the end of her set she brushed her hair came and sat on the stool to my right and said "will
you buy me a drink?"
My heart beat fast, my trousers grew tight and wittily I replied "uhh...."
She showed me a picture of her kid, said during the day she's an art student
She dances six nights a week for slobs and idiots like this, of course, present company excluded
On Donner, on Dancer, on Comet, on Blitzen
I'm lost in the valley of the Supervixens
Worshippin' at the feet of the goddess above
I'm a pilgrim in the temple of love,
Ma just a pilgrim in the temple of love
Well, then Santa came stumblin' in
and somebody shouted "hey Santa, where're your elves?"
He sat down on the stool to my left and the bartender took a vodka bottle off the shelf
He asked if mrs. Claus had called, to tell her he worked the late shift at the mall and he was
sorry, but he just got through
I turned and I asked him "how's the kids this year, Santa?"
Beneath his breath he whispered "a merry fuck you"
Well, then the owner came over and
he was a short fat ugly guy with a
funny kind of pushed-in face
He shook my hand and said it was the
first time they ever had a superstar in this place
Lady Godiva bought me a few drinks and words came out
of my mouth what they were I
couldn't guess
But it was something about showgirls, lapdancing,
Motley Crew, you can guess the rest
On Donner, on Dancer, on Comet, on Blitzen
I'm lost in the valley of the Supervixens
Worshippin' at the feet of the goddess above
I'm a pilgrim in the temple of love,
Ma just a pilgrim in the temple of love
Well, I walked outside, snow was fallin',
I had some toys to put together, it was Christmas time
Santa followed me into the parking lot and threw up
on the hood of the car next to mine
I gave him my hankerchief, pulled out onto the highway and as I sat at the light
I swear I saw a sleigh with a dozen reindeer pull out of the parking lot
And cut across to the mall and a voice shouted,
"Merry Christmas to all, you assholes, and a good fuckin' night"
On Donner, on Dancer, on Comet, on Blitzen
I'm lost in the valley of the Supervixens
Worshippin' at the feet of the goddess above
I'm a pilgrim in the temple of love,
Ma just a pilgrim in the temple of love
Preacher's Daughter
I got a date with the preacher's daughter
She give me life she bring me water.
Every Sunday I watch her work
Pretty little (siff?) in a pretty little church
Daddy gives her nod she takes collection
Daddy gives her nod she kneels by her side.
Well I'd sell my soul for just one touch
The Lord would too if he loved her half as much.
Well I got a date with the preacher's daughter.
Her Daddy say that the boy's no good
Just want to raise some (coons?) out through the back woods
Well baby better believe what your Daddy say
Just wanna ramrod baby my life away.
It's a long walk to heaven and a road filled with sin
And they better open up the freeway to let me in.
'Cuz I got a date with the preacher's daughter
Well now I don't care what the preacher say
Haaaaayyyy
Well now I don't care what the preacher do
Haaaaayyyy
I don't care what the preacher like
Haaaaayyyy
I don't care what the preacher think
Haaaaayyyy
Leads me to water but won't let me drink.
He leads me to water but won't let me drink.
And now it's (whole little world?) on Saturday night
Two boys fighting in a halo of light
Car door flung open and a radio loud
And everybody shouting and running around.
Two guys bloody and one I don't know
And all little girls shouting "Go Billy go"
Go Billy go.
Well just as I got the preacher's daughter ready for a light
And (missed a VH fire?) and something ain't right.
And like a she-devil howlin' from the gates of hell
Goddam here come the preacher in his Coupe DeVille
Burnin' up the backroad kicking in the dirt
And oh baby preacher thinks he is church
Well now your lips they shine in the willow mist
And I swear I'd take you down (young croft?) for just one kiss
I got a date with the preacher's daughter
I got a date with the preacher's daughter
And it's haaaaayyyyoooo
I got a date with the preacher's daughter
hmmmmm...
Protection
Night after night
I keep holding on
You say you love me
Then you leave me so lonely
Baby I don't believe a word you're sayin'
I think it's all some evil game you're playin'
Still all day long all I do is think about you
You got me believin' that I can't live without you
Well if you want it, here's my confession
Baby I can't help it, you're my obsession
Protection, that's what I need
I need protection, baby, from your love
Protection, that's what I need
I need protection, baby, from your love
I wait at home by the telephone
When I call your house, baby, you're not there
Knock on the door and I rush down the stairs
When I open up, baby, you're not there
When we're together
When we're together and you put your arms around me
You keep my mind
Forever, ever in doubt
You want me believin'
That, baby, I can't live without
Protection, that's what I need
I need protection, baby, from your love
Protection, that's what I need
I need protection, baby, from your love
We stand alone, at my window
And stare out, at the shadows down below
I mfeel your fingers on my face
I want to stay, I want to run away
Protection, that's what I need
I need protection, baby, from your love
Protection, that's what I need
I need protection, baby, from your love
Saga of the Architect Angel
The Architect angel held the straight Judah ranch
Just a dirty mile down on the border line
Where your master blasting and hustled young cattle for slaughter
And dated Judah's daughter
From the cellar ways to the attics
And all across the plains
Broke electric static
Oh, of a religious strain
And though he was not an addict
He wore scars upon his veins
Like a young girl holds her first pimp
He held his Bible limp
Oh, from desert bars and church bazaars
The hungry slowly came
With vulgar faces
From vulgar places
Looking for a game
With ivory gun handles and chamber grease
And souped-up hydroplanes
With bullets burned from TV silver
Bearing great cowboys' names
Fourteen inches of gun barrel
And he was smoking from the lid
Spurs on straight black boot heels
He said "Uptown they call me the Brooklyn Kid"
And in his lonely Zenith nightmares
That's just what they did
With a holster slung low
Like a hot kid sister
Tied tight to his leg
Like he was going to do
He was stomping a step
He called the Brooklyn twister
With six-guns pumping, he was coming through
And his tongue hung low in the saw dust
Scrapping across the plains
He crawled up outside the Judah ranch
And started calling the angel names
Now the architect angel stood, in one hand a staff
And in the other, a gun
He held the staff high in the wind
The gun was like a piece in the sun
He started howling like a monsoon wind
Drew fast and the job was done
That night, the moon stretched tight light down on the plains
As real cowboys sat around real campfires
And the county wolf called as if to explain to his son
The way the west was won
The way the west was won
Sell it and They Will Come
I fell asleep on the couch last night, woke up with the TV on.
There was a woman in tight cotton exercise shorts
And a big plastic machine she was climbing on.
She said "The Abacycle guarantees ten inches off your waist,
And 50 pounds in just 3 minutes a day."
I went to bed knowing the revolution had been postponed
And everything was OK.
You can buy it, you can try it, go right ahead.
But don't be fooled folks, there's only one.
I forget the guy's name but I know somebody must have said
Sell it and they will come boys, sell it and they will come.
I switched the channels and there was Evel Knievel, I thought that he was
dead.
I found myself sitting there quietly, hanging on every word he said.
"Now folks, the Stimulator removes all pain from your life.
And the best day of your life will be when you try this little thing out."
The camera moved in as he said, "Now let me tell you ladies and gentlemen,
Pain is something old Evel knows a little about"
You can buy it, you can try it, that's what I said.
But don't be fooled folks, there's only one.
I forget that guy's name but I know somebody must have said
Sell it and they will come boys, sell it and they will come.
And a fellow comes on shouting "Free haircuts for life!",
somehow you cut your hair with a vacuum cleaner.
And then I switched the channels and there was Dionne Warwick, communing
with her psychic friends.
I watched for hours, taking warmth, comfort,
and pleasure in the things that I despise.
Touched by how much they needed me, and that gleeful desperation in their
eyes.
You can buy it, you can try it, it'll help you in bed.
But don't be fooled folks, there's only one.
I forget that guy's name but I know somebody said
Sell it and they will come boys, sell it and they will come.
So Dionne, Cher, and all my late-night friends, I drink to your health.
And Tony Little, America's personal trainer, please kill yourself.
Now I've sold a few things myself in my time, and by the way folks,
there's some t-shirts on your way outside.
Well last night I dreamed of lipstick and tight little cotton shorts
"Harder, faster", she breathed.
"One, two, three, four, five"
Ride, Sally ride, girl, ride Sally ride.
You can buy it, you can try it, it'll help you in bed.
But don't be fooled folks, there's only one.
I forget that guy's name but somebody said
Sell it and they will come boys, sell it and they will come.
She's Leaving
She's leaving, She's leaving
Everybody knows
She's leaving, she's leaving
And I feel like such a fool
She left me standing here
Just two foot tall
I don't see how she could do it
In front of our friends and all
She had better things to do
And bigger plans
I thought we could make it with just us two
But I guess we can't
'Cause she can't
And I'm only one man
But I love her
It's winter, Suddenly it's winter
And I'm feeling cold inside
It's different, it could've been so different
If only she didn't feel that need to lie
Did you really think I would not understand
If you said you had a thing to do
For a night or two
With another man
And how could you believe
That I would not know
When you came up to say good bye
Looked me in the eye
You let it all show
Oh, and baby yes, you hurt me
Ooh, you hurt me deep inside
Yes, darling, and you hurt me
Cause I'm just a foolish boy
With this foolish pride
I ask you, I ask you
Baby, you think I'll be enough
And what you told me
Then what you showed me
Now you want me to believe you love me
But you don't you think you make that kind of tough
When you didn't even think that I was that strong
That you could really tell me
What was going on
The truth hurts, girl, yes I believe that but still
If the truth hurts, honey, the lies
They kill me
Hey baby
Well she's vicious as a razor
Resting on your mainline
She's brutal as an ace
Laid on the table at just the right time
She's like a devil-woman
But she's locked in over-drive
Her eyes are cold stone
But she's backed by a power-glide
She's sweet, she's educated
She knows about history, geometry
She's so fine
Oh she says I ain't got the love
I ain't got the time
Ain't gonna give you no kiss
Ain't gonna hand ya
All I want's a ride, Sweet William
All I want's a ride
And it's oh baby, oh baby
Won't you come, don't you wanna go for a ride?
I'll get in my car and burn it up
Now switch on the radio and turn it up
And we're gonna be burning down a straight load
I want some love and I got to truck along
Well she's vicious as a razor
Resting on your mainline
She's brutal as an ace
Laid on the table at just the right time
She's like a devil-woman
But she's locked in over-drive
Her eyes are cold stone
But she's backed by a power-glide
She's so educated
She's got a nice mama, she got a nice pop
She's so fine
Oh and the boys say she swings a silver rod
The kids call her angel
Some kids call her god down on Lover's Lane
Be my baby
Won't you be my lover
Come on baby
I said hey baby
The multitude assembled
And tried to make the noise
Them blank blind poet generals
And restless loud white boys
But times grew thin and the axis
Was left somehow incomplete
Where instead of child lions
Was left aging junkie sheep
And how many wasted have I seen
Signed Hollywood or bust
Whoa, left to ride those ever ghostly
Arizona gusts
Oh, cheerleader tramps
And kids with big amps
Sounding helpless in the void
High society vamps
and ex-heavyweight champs
Mistaking soot for soil
So, break me now big mama
As Old Faithful breaks the day
Believe me, my good Linda
Let the aurora shine the way
Oh, the confederacy's, she's in my name now
And the hounds are held at bay
Oh, the axis needs a stronger arm
Do you feel your muscle play
The door step blanket weaver
Oh, Madonna pushes bells
From house to house, I see her
Giving last kisses and wishing well
To every gypsy mystic and hero
That all the babies might find a place
Who've been lost to true fathers and mothers
On their time travels deep in space
Now the sons return for fathers
But the fathers are all gone
And the lost souls search for saviors
But saviors don't last long
Those aimless, quest less renegade brats
Who live their lives in song
Run the length of a candle
And in a good night whisper
And a puff are gone
So, break me now big mama
As Old Faithful breaks the day
Believe me, my good Linda
Help is on the way
Oh, the confederacy's, she's in my name now
And the hounds are held at bay
Oh, the axis needs a stronger arm
I can feel my muscles play
The missions are filled with hermits
looking for a friend
The terraces are filled with cat men
looking for a way in
And orphans abandoned on silver mountains
Or junked in celestial alleyways
Wait for that old tramp dog man Moses
'Cause he takes in all the strays
He told me don't grow on empty legends, boy
Or lonely cradle songs
'Cause Billy the Kid was just a bowery boy
who made a living twirling his gun
And this night, she'll be long and lanky
And she'll speak in a mother tongue
And then he lullabyed the refugees
With an amplifier's hum
So, break me now big mama
As Old Faithful breaks the day
Believe me, my good Linda
Help is on the way
Oh, the confederacy's, she's in our name now
And the hounds are held at bay
The axis needs a stronger arm
Do you feel your muscles play
Do you feel your muscles play?
Spanish Eyes
Little Christine
We're takin' one more run
Secret heart, when the time has begun
Come to part
And hey, you're the one
And now we know
My heart is sold
And though we tried
You took me with your spanish eyes
Hey badlands
Realise
That someone else is yearning
Special sunday night
And baby there's time
Time enough to cry
With all our sad stories
And all the bad that we've done
And all the times
we've rode on for glory
And ...
And you took me with your spanish eyes
Stretch out baby
And call your daddy home
'Cause I'm runnin' tonight
Couldn't be all alone
Yes I know how something died
But baby it was just for kicks
It was just for fun
Even with all the bad that we done
They can't say we didn't try
And I fell for your Spanish eyes
Saturday night special
Waitin' in the sheets
Oh come on
Talk to me, my sweet
And I'll try to make it complete this time
Come close and let me dry your eyes
Let me try to turn the lies
And let me kiss your spanish eyes
Let me kiss your spanish eyes
Let me kiss your spanish eyes
Let me kiss your spanish eyes
Come here, baby
Street Queen
She's got high class, she rides around in a cut-down Shelby machine
She's got eyes of certified plate glass and legs just like a limousine
She come stocked with class, and to ride her you better be mean
Oh, she's the baddest thing this town's ever seen
Yeah, street queen
Well, she got a turbine engine with maximum thrust
She's got Cadillac hips, she's the best on the strip, she knows how to use clutch
She comes on shiny and black, and to hit her you've got to be in touch
Lord, she's the slickest thing this town's ever seen
Oh, Street queen
Now you can always tell when she's in town
You can hear that engine roaring
Everybody knows I wanted a queen to ride
Says get in, and she takes you soaring
Now the boys jump back as that engine unwinds
And I'm glued to my seat as I watch the speedometer climb
She moves so fast, she's almost obscene
Street Queen
Well, if you're going to come streaking down my street like an angel with
Shelby wings
If you're going to come streaking down my street, baby, like an angel with
Shelby wings
Well, you better watch out street queen, you're messing the king
Sugarland
They're grazin' the field
Covered with tar
Can't get a price
To see my way clear
I'm sitting down
At the Sugarland Bar
It might as well bury
My body right here
Tractors and combines
Out in the cold
Sheds piled high
With the wheat we ain't sold
Silos filled with
Last year's crops
If something don't break me
We'll gonna drop
Well my wife got another
Coming in july
She's just laid up in bed
All she does is cries, cries, cries
Tommy, oh Tommy
I'm so alone
Tommy, oh Tommy
Oh! Won't you stay home
Pa' don't say nothing
Except when it rains
He sits by the window
Listening to the sound of passing trains
Roaring out of the night
Carrying an empty load
We got a whole lot of grain
That ain't got nowhere to go
Well, if prices
Don't get no higher
I'll fill this dustbin with gas
And set these fields on fire
Sit out on a ridge
Where the bluebirds fly
And watch the flame rise up
Against this sugarland sky
Talk To Me
Well every night I see a light up in your window
But every night you won't answer your door
But although you won't ever let me in
From the street I can see your silhouette sittin' close to him
What must I do
What does it take
To get you to
Talk to me
Until the night is over
Talk to me
Well until the night is over, yeah yeah yeah
I got a full week's pay
And baby I've been working hard each day
I'm not asking for the world you see
I'm just asking girl
Talk to me
Well late at night I hear the music that you're playing soft and low
Yes and late at night I see the two of you swayin', so close
I don't understand darling what was my sin
Why am I down here below while you're up there with him
What did I do
What did I say
What must I pay
To get you to
Talk to me
Until the night is over
Talk to me
Well until the night is over, yeah yeah yeah
I got a full week's pay
And baby I've been working hard each day
I'm not asking for the world you see
I'm just asking girl
Talk to me
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I don't understand darling what was my sin
Why am I down here below while you're up there with him
What did I do
What did I say
What must I pay
To get you to
Talk to me
Until the night is over
Talk to me
Well until the night is over, yeah yeah yeah
I got a full week's pay
And baby I've been working hard each day
I'm not asking for the world you see
I'm down on my bended knees
I'm just asking darling please won't you
Talk to me
Taxi Cab (City at Night)
Taxicab, taxicab at the light
Won't you take me on a ride
Through this city at night
I got some money and I'm feelin' fine
I ain't no hurry so just take your time
Some people wanna die young and gloriously
Well taxicab driver, hey that ain't me
I got a cute little baby
Down at 12th and Vine
And she opens for business just about closin' time
Ah hey hey, ah hey hey
City at night, city at night
I don't believe what I see in this street
I don't know how they can take the heat
Well baby I'm a liar, I'm a cheat
And I don't care
I got my money, I can't take my fare
I'm ridin' tonight, I'm on my way
C'mon baby...
I can take it or live it, when it comes
Got my baby by the light of the sun
You know she brings it with her and then she comes
Hey, hey, city at night
Hey, hey, city at night
Ride on
That's What You Get
The moonlight dances on her face
I got my lips ????
I'm living the life of a lie
It was for me, for me that she died
That's what you get for loving me
That's what you get for loving me
That's what you get for loving me
That's what you get for loving me
????
True Love, unhappiness
I fall down on my knees and I cry
It's my way of saying goodbye
That's what you get for loving me
That's what you get for loving me
That's what you get for loving me
That's what you get for loving me
That's what you get for loving me
The moonlight is ?? on the ??
As I ?? (into my ??) head
And I, I'm gonna cry
It's my way of saying goodbye
That's what you get for loving me
That's what you get for loving me
That's what you get for loving me...
The Ballad of Self-Loading Pistol
Father, I have come.
To tell you about somethin' I done.
Well as the night reared its light head
Into a baby's sun,
We rolled down into the town
From where the Black Throats come.
And you know there was a robb'ry.
There was a hold-up.
Ooh, there was a shoot-out.
And there was a killin'.
And there's blood on my hands.
Today I killed a man.
Well now, sister, you know me well.
And you ask me well, how it was I felt.
Well, she had an appetite for lovin'
Only a fadin' beauty could posses.
She knew just what she wanted
And she wouldn't take less.
I figured it was a small town.
It was at sundown.
It was just a small crowd of people around.
Oh! But he wouldn't put his guns down.
No, he wouldn't put his guns down.
Oh, he wouldn't put his guns down.
Now his blood's on my hands.
Today I killed a man.
And, papa, you showed me the beauty of buckshot.
Well, that song a bullet sings as she whistles.
And showed me the story of the self-loading pistol.
Well now, father, I have come.
To tell you about somethin' I done.
He had a widow, runnin' through town screamin'.
He had a brother, and his tears were streamin'.
Now I'm movin' on the border
With a rifle on my shoulder.
'Cuz, daddy, you showed me the beauty of buckshot.
The love song a bullet sings as she whistles.
And showed me the glory of the self-loading pistol.
And I just come to tell ya,
That it don't hurt no more.
No, it don't hurt no more,
'Cuz your son, he's an outlaw.
Oh, your son, he's an outlaw.
Yes, your son, he's an outlaw.
Oh, your son, he's an outlaw.
Now, your son, he's an outlaw.
Oh, your son, he's an outlaw.
And this blood feels good on my hands.
Today I killed a man.
The architect angel held the Juda ranch.
Just a dirty mile down on the borderline.
Where he mastered blastin' and hustled young cattle for slaughter
And dated Juda's daughter.
From the cellar aways to the attics and all across the plains
Broke electric static of religious strain,
And though he was never an addict, he wore scars on his veins.
Like a young girl holds her first pimp, he held his Bible in.
From desert bars and church bazaars, the hunger slowly came
With vulgar faces from vulgar places lookin' for a game.
Well, ivory gun handles and chamber grease
And souped-up hydroplanes.
The bullets burn from TV silver, bearin' great cowboys' names.
Now with 14 inches of gun barrel, smokin' from the lid,
Spurs on straight black bootheels, he said "They call me the Brooklyn Kid."
And in his lonely Zenith nightmares, well that's just what they did.
Oh, how he played out his scenes, loaded on dreams.
Well, his holster slung low like a hot kid-sister
Tied back to his leg like he gonna do.
He was stompin' the step he called the Quickman Twister.
His six-guns were pumpin' through.
His tongue hung low like sawdust scrapin' across the plains.
He crawled up outside the Juda Ranch.
And started callin' the angel names.
And now the architect angel stood, in one hand a staff, the other a gun.
He held the staff high in the wind. The gun was like a piece in the sun.
He started howlin' like a monsoon wind. Drew fast. The job was done.
At night the moon stretched tight light 'cross the plains,
As real cowboys sat around real campfire flames,
And the county wolf called as if to explain to his son
The way the West was won.
The West was finally won.
The way the West was won.
The night rushes in through the door
Kids running across the floor
Those guys aim it'll tear this town down
And blow it into the sea
Man that's alright with me
'Cause I don't care anymore
She, she who is everything
The fever that she brings
She's got everything
And I've got caught
Wasting my life so bad
Just looking for the facts
Sometimes I
Feel like I'm walking dazed
The blood rushes in my veins
I can hear it flow
She lives in a world of dreams come true
But she don't know like I do
Not like I do
'Cause I was nothing
Over and over again
Alone when the nights roll in, without her
She's a miracle in diamond rings
She has men who bring her anything she wants
But they don't see
That what she wants is me
Oh and I want her so
I'll never let her go
Me, walking in the room
Alone when the nights roll in
Without her, without her, without her
You make up your mind, you choose the
chance you take
You ride to where the highway ends and
the desert breaks
Out on to an open road you ride until the
day
You learn to sleep at nigth with the price
you pay
Now with their hands held high, they
reached out for the open skies
And in one last breath they built the roads
they'd ride to their death
Driving on through the night, unable to
break away
From the restless pull of the price you pay
(Chorus)
Oh, the price you pay, oh, the price you
pay
Now you can't walk away from the price
you pay
Some say forget the past
Some say dont't look back
But for every breath you take
You leave a track
And though it don't seem fair
For every smile that breaks
A tear must fall somewhere
Oh the price you pay
(Chorus)
Little girl down on the strand
With that pretty little baby in your hands
Do you remember the story of the
promised land
How he crossed the desert sands
And could not enter the chosen land
On the banks of the river he stayed
To face the price you pay
So let the game start, you better run you
little wild heart
You can run through all the nights and all
the days
But just across the county line, a stranger
passing through put up a sign
That counts the man fallen away to the
price you pay, and girl before the end of
the day,
I'm gonna tear it down and throw it away
* La strofa tradotta in corsivo è diffrente da quella comparsa su
The River. Questa versione alternativa è stata usata durante i
concerti del River Tour 1980. E' stata anche registrata in studio, ma
le è stata preferita la versione ufficiale.
Come to the door ma and unlock the chain.
Well I was just passin' through and got caught in the rain.
There's nothing that I want, nothin' that you need say.
Just let me lie down a while and I'll be on my way.
I was no more than a kid when you put me on the Southern Queen.
With the police on my back I fled to New Orleans.
Well I fought in the dockyards for the the money that I made.
And the fight was my home and any blood was my trade.
Baton Rouge, Ponchatoula, and Lafayette town.
They payed me the moon, ma, to knock the man down.
Well I did what I did, yeah it come easily.
For as know ma, restraint and mercy were always strangers to me.
I fought champion Jack Thompson in a field full of mud.
Rain poured through the tent canvas and mixed with our blood.
In the twelfth, slipped my tounge over my broken jaw.
And I pounded his body into the floor.
Well the bell rang and rang and still I kept on.
'Til I felt my glove leather slip 'tween his skin and bone.
And the women and the money came fast and the days I lost track.
The women red, the money green, but the numbers were black.
I fought for the men in their silk suits to lay down their bets.
Well I took my good share, ma, I have no regrets.
I took the fixed staid hombre with Big Diamond Don.
Well from high in the rafters I watched myself fall.
He raised his arms, stomach twisted, and the sky it went black.
I stuffed my bag with their good money, ma, and never looked back.
Understand me and my, every man plays the game.
Well if you know anyone
There Never will be anyone for me but you
Princess Di did find another man
Prince Charles may want to live
In another woman's underpants
I know what he feels like
I'v been there too
But there will never be any other for me but you
Will Elizabeth Taylor get married again? buddy that's the question
Poor Larry Fertenski busted on his harly for illegal weapons possession
I'v been that down, I'v been that crazy I'v been that much of a fool
But there will never be any other for me but you
Man a love that's real
Is a love that's hard
Like a pit bull on your ass
In a very small backyard
A love that's hard
Can be a love that's true
But there will never be any other for me but you
Elvis and Priscilla
Jim Baker and Tammy Fay
Donald and Ivana once swore their love forever and a day
I said those words
Ya I meant 'em too
But I swear there will never be any other for me but you no,
Baby there will never be any other for me but you
Testo Fornito da Andrea Boido.
Word of the trouble spread around
One day a man came to my town
I was in the kitchen when my Pa let him in
He shook my hand, said, "The Klan's your friend"
Was a meetin' at Lyle Stanton's house
On the Jefferson Highway
Some, they did not listen
Some did not turn away
Said, "When the holy rain of fire
Comes tumblin' from above
It'll be a Klansman
Who stands for the land he loves"
Look away, look away now
I was ten years old when my Pa said,
Son, some day you will see
When you grow to wear the robes
Like your brother and me
When the war between the races
Leaves us in a fiery [dream]
It'll be a Klansman
Who will wipe this country clean
This, son, is my dream"
Princess Di did find another man
Prince Charles may want to live
in another woman's underpants
I know what he feels like
I'v been there too
but there will never be any other for me but you
Will Elizabeth Taylor get married again? buddy that's the question
Poor Larry Fertenski busted on his harly for illegal weapons possession
I'v been that down, I'v been that crazy I'v been that much of a fool
But there will never be any other for me but you
Man a love that's real
is a love that's hard
like a pit bull on your ass
in a very small backyard
a love that's hard
can be a love that's true
but there will never be any other for me but you
Elvis and Priscilla
Jim Baker and Tammy Fay
Donald and Ivana once swore their love forever and a day
I said those words
ya I meant 'em too
but I swear there will never be any other for me but you no,
baby there will never be any other for me but you
The way your heart beats when I hold you tight
The way you sigh when we kiss goodnight
The way the wind blows through the trees
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me
The way you warm me baby when I'm cold
The way you make me want you body and soul
The way the rivers run to the sea
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me
The way you soothe me when I'm in pain
The way you make the blood rush in my veins
The way the winds rush through the trees
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me
When I lose faith you take my hand
The way you make me feel like I'm a man
The way the sun belongs to the sea
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me
The way you make me feel like I belong
And if I could girl though I know it'd be wrong
I'd lock you deep inside
'till the last rains fall
And hide you from the emptiness of it all
Sometimes at night I lie awake
I pull you close and feel each breath you take
The way the rivers belong to the seas
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me
The Word
Well you flash your tongue like diamonds
You tied me to your wildcat schemes
And you forced me into a power dive
And left your mark on my jeans
And I hear the word on your soldiers
And I hear the word on Jesus too
I heard the word on the country
But I never heard the word on you
Your love was like a machine gun
I wore your bugle in my belt
And I was your kid glove lover
All the cards were yours
You always dealt
And I stood before your soapbox
Noiseless and shoeless
Playing my pantry boy's games
You had your hands raised up to the sky
Shouting Oh Sunday deity
Oh Big Daddy Longlegs
Come down and bless your sister please
You were shoutin' orders about the construction
Going on down the highway
You were namin' names, blamin' blames
And you blamed me
You wore your heart like a challenge
Far and apart for anyone who came
Open and wide like the river
With rocks on both sides to keep the water tame
But I heard the word on your high tides
And I felt the pain when I tried
To rip your flood gates wide
And pull your body on over to my side
Where we both could hide
But you heard about the freedom ride
And you heard about the Highway Crew
Who could cut the light a little bit faster than you
So you left me just your shoes
And I hear the word on Jesus
And I hear the word on his marching troop
And I hear the word on the country
But I never heard the word on you
Tiger Rose
Tiger Rose let me read some prose to you
just as long as it shows my love any verse will do
Honey, I could make you happy if you'd only let me, heaven knows
My my Tiger Rose
I went to work this morning on the local commuter train (or maybe locomotive train)
Stopped back early and I peeked through the window pane
There was a man eating from my refrigerator dressed up in my clothes
Why why Tiger Rose?
Called out your name and I kicked down the front door
I grabbed him by my robe and I wrastled him across the floor
I told you you weren't any better than all those other so and so's
Said he wasn't any different than a thousand other Joe Blows
Love disappears so quickly, when it goes it goes
Why why Tiger Rose?
Bye Bye Tiger Rose
So long Tiger, I'm out of here baby
Tonight
Every day I [can't believe] I wanna be around you
Gotta gotta gotta gotta be, I wanna be with you
What I want ... baby, ...
But god, I just can't stop and let you go
And I can't leave you
Tonight!
All I wanna do is kiss your lips
Tonight!
All I ...fingertips
Tonight!
...
Tonight tonight tonight tonight tonight
Woah, tonight.
...
Come on come on come on come back, baby, ...
And I've got ...
Well I ...
When I ...
And I...
Tonight!
Tonight!
All I wanna do is kiss your lips
Tonight!
Tonight!
Tonight tonight tonight tonight tonight
Woah, tonight
Vibes Man
Vibes man in the alley, play me your spitball serenade
Any deeper blue, and you'll be playing in your grave
Save your notes, spend 'em on your blues boy
Help your darling, yearling blues boy
Hit the church note ringing
Vibes man sting a trash man
Hear your junk man singing
Fish Lady, don't you bake them tenement walls
Don't take corner boys because they're too easy
You were born black and blue
You didn't have to wait for somebody to hit you
Take my arm, I'll move with you down Broadway
Take my arm, oh honey, I'll walk with you down Broadway
I'm a young man, and I'll be proud
And I can talk real loud
And I'm from out of town, too
Won't you come home with me
Won't you come home with me
But no, cause she won't take a train
No, she won't take that train
She won't take a train
No, she won't take that train
Cause she's afraid those tracks are going to slow her down
And when she turns around, I'm going to be gone
Like the notes in any man's song
Vietnam
The runway rushed up at me, I felt the wheels touch down
Stood out on the blacktop, and took a taxi into town
Got off down on Main Street, to see what I recognized
All I seen was strange faces, watchin' a stranger passin' by
Vietnam, Vietnam, I don't man
Back in Vietnam
Went for my job back at the factory... down at the factory
The only thing I heard from the man at the desk
Is, "Son, understand if it was up to me."
'Bout half the town's out of work
Ain't nothin' for you here
From the assembly line to the front-line
But I guess you didn't hear
You died in Vietnam, you died in Vietnam
Now don't you understand, you died in Vietnam
Drive down me neighborhood
See the flags out on the porch
So I went to see my old baby
Down at First and Grand
Her mama told me she ran off
With a singer in a rock 'n' roll band
I can see me passin' by
You died in Vietnam, you died in Vietnam
Boy, don't you understand, you died in Vietnam
Take 2
The runway rushed up at me, I felt the wheels hit down
I stood out on the blacktop, and took a taxi into town
Got off down on Main Street, to see what I could see
All I seen was strangers, watchin' a stranger pass by
And no-one was stranger than me
All I seen was strangers, watchin' a stranger pass by
And that stranger was me
Vietnam, Vietnam, oh-no man
Vietnam
Went to see my baby, down on First and Grand
To tell her I'd come home from away in Vietnam
Her mama came to the door and told me...
Her mama told me she ran away
With a singer in a rock 'n' roll band
She said, "I'm sorry son, but we understand..."
You died in Vietnam, you died in Vietnam
Now don't you understand, you died in Vietnam
Behind the walls, where heat lightning falls
On five-starred map-faced princes
The buffalo man shoots at tin cans
Turns and shouts 'Children, blow your bridges'
In death row halls, where dust men stall
For time's an enemy and a friend
At night, jackals crawl from the cracks in the walls
The salvation is never spoken
Morning sickness breaks the garrison gates
The cavalry cries for treason
The soldier strokes his pony
And goes to shine the Captain's sword
In this young boy's eyes lie reason
But then the Sergeant burst in, says
"Captain, I caught a prisoner, Captain. A prisoner, what ho?
The Captain looks up and says, 'Let her go."
'But Captain, she commands the lightships that patrol the sea around the
rainbow tips
Whose bagpipes wail unbroken
She haunts the night and the dawn and the light
On her sounds and words, your cavalry's choking'
The Captain says, 'Have no fear, boys, for what you hear
Because danger can't be spoken'
The war wind crackles and I hear the rustle of shackles
From the stockade door bursts Merlin
His eyes red and swollen, like they've been pushed into the sun
His robe's aflame and burning
He jumps a horse, tries to get away, but gets caught in his irons,
Tangled in his irons, and he falls to the ground, his neck was broken
His spirit rises high into the western sky
The magician lies an empty token
The sergeant walks over and kicks his body and says
"Captain, he's dead, uh, I think he's dead, uh, what should we do with him?'
The Captain says, 'Hang him.'
For those live moments on this earth are well-spent
And I can see his body sure well-bent
It's his magic that must be broken
And now night cradles low
The penniless weed plays raw filth in the Captain's corner
With anvils spread wide, the Captain glides
Each blow to scare her, not hurt her
She spits with truth at the Captain's boots
But he holds his rage suspended
The Sergeant comes stinking of soldiers' gin
And cries 'Captain, the storm, she blows unending'
Whoa, and the lightning cracked
And the sky was hacked by dagger rain
It was torn, and the yard was charged into a raging sea
And the Captain ran crazily
For the first time in his life, in the Captain's heart, fear was born
So the Captain storms out on the stoop
Panics when he sees Merlin's hung body stretched by the neck
Silhouetted on his door
The sergeant screams 'Captain, look high, look to the sky
Some whirling, swirling emission'
The Captain falls to his knees, crying silent pleas
Because he knows, he knows,
And he thinks to himself,
'A magician'
For one deadly love like a disease
I came to you crawlin' on my knees
Your eyes filled with rain
I can feel poison runnin' through my veins
I'm waitin'
I'm waitin'
I'm waitin'
Waitin' on the end of the world
For one deadly kiss what would we give
Your skin tremblin' neath my fingertips
All I know is someday
For love, baby, everybody pays
I'm waitin'
We hide from the truth in our hearts
Like one look and everythin' falls apart
Here in your arms, soft decay
I can feel myself wastin' away
Will you meet me in the hall
Where light scatters and darkness falls
Here in this feast of friends
To break and begin again
I'm waitin'
Well I've been walking through midnight
And there's no trace of dawn
I'm stuck in this moonlight
It's leading me on
My body's on fire
And I can't stand the pain
This burning desire
I feel once again
Now I'm fighting with madness
As I move down the street
Surrounded by sadness
I can't take this heat
The streetlamps are glowing
Like coals in the mist
Their lights keep me moving
I just can't resist
Now there's peace in this valley
But none in my mind
Like a drunk in an alley
I'm stumbling blind
With no destination
At an unholy speed
I must keep on moving
Try to walk off this need
It's midnight down in sector two
Little girl walkin' dressed in innocence and cool
Only fourteen and dressed up for the score
Hold that breath now boy, he(?)
She dances, baby, to the beat
Of breaking glass and running feet
Down in White Town
Down in White Town
Down in White Town
Oh, she comes home from work and grabs something to eat
Turn the corner and walks down her street
In a row of houses, chic, shiny and dirty and grey
Disappears like the scenery in another man's play
And as she dances, oh, to the beat
Oh the trooper stickin' dresses for the number on the sheet
Down in White Town
Down in White Town
Down in White Town
Down in White Town
Yeah, Mr. Outside, you're walkin' so free
If you turn your eyes so you don't see
You act like you're the hand turns the key
And you become the hand that turns the key
And no matter how I try I cannot understand
The way that they will turn a man
Into a stranger in his own land
Down in White Town
(repeat to fade)
Well, mister, you see that girl walking down the street
That little girl, she used to turn 'em on
Wild kisses and a heart that's oh-so-sweet
In the middle of the night.
And now, wild kisses [wouldn't] seem to settle down
Afraid to get my feet back on the ground
...
I'm gonna meet her tonight
And now my wild world's tumblin' and dancin'???
true romancin'
...
Listen to me, baby
I wanna celebrate my dream, girl
I don' wan' no lonely dream, babe
I wanna give everything to my little baby tonight
I gotta... on the track
What she gives me -my god- she break my back
Wild kisses in the morning
[Wendy] gives me a ... to go on?
And now... like dancin'
...true romancin'
Why won't you... heart.. to try?
Listen to me, baby
I want to ..., girl
I want to...
I want to...
[bridge]
I don't want...
Listen to my heart, girl
I know...
Mister, see that girl walkin' down the street
Well that girl, she used to drive me wild
Wild kisses...
...meet her tonight
Wild kisses and
The screen door slams, Christine's (Angelina's) dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
(Hey) that's me (babe) and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone (in that mirror) again tonight
Don't run back inside, you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking
That maybe you (we) ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith (well woman) there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty but hey (baby, ah) you're alright
And that's alright with me
This 4/4 she's gonna overheat
Make up your mind girl I gotta get her back out on the street
I know you're lonely like me so baby don't try and fake it
I'm no prince and I can't lay the stars at your feet
But I got this old car and she's pretty tough to beat
There's plenty of room in my front seat, baby if you wanna take it
Oh roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
It's like the rushing touch, the dirty wings them highway Angels wear
Well tonight we're gonna find out how it feels
I'm gonna trade in your wings - for wheels
Climb in back, heaven's waiting down on the tracks
Ah, mama, come take my hand (Well now try hard Chrissie to understand)
We're gonna ride all the way to the promised land
Oh I'm gonna dance all the way, dance all the way
(Babe if you're born with nothing in your hands
Hey it's your only chance)
Well I don't know but baby I've been told
There's something waiting for us, down that dirty road
Oh take a chance, take a chance, take a chance
(Oh I wish you would come
So leave what you've lost, leave what's grown old on Thunder Road)
Well now I bought this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
I got my car parked out back if you're ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
Well I think we could take it all babe, just you and me
Climb in back baby, the ride's for free
Oh come take my hand, we're gonna ride all the way to the promised land
We'll dance all the way
Oh baby I don't know but I've been told
There's something waiting for us, down that dirty road
If we take our chance, take our chance
Now the season's over and I feel it getting cold
I wish I could take you to some sandy beach where we'd never grow old
Ah but baby you know that's just jive
But tonight's bustin' open and I'm alive
Oh do (baby) whay you can to make me feel like a man
But this 4/4/2's gonna overheat
Make up your mind girl, I gotta get her back out on the street
I know you're lonely like me, oh so don't fake it
And maybe I can't lay the stars at your feet
But I got this old car and she's pretty tough to beat
There's plenty of room in my front seat
Oh if you think you can make it, climb in (So Christine climb in)
This is town full of losers and baby I was born to win
From their northeast source the sour wind roars
Bear gifts fresh from the valley waters.
Hallow echoes strip Pennsylvania mountain walls
With their corsets and their old Betsy ruffle
And their slips with pearly white.
They stand bulging up against the screen door,
A banshee "Good night."
Summer's sweet and she brings me water,
But give me Winter, that old icy whore.
While Summer lies meek and follows orders,
Winter cries "Me!" and pulls you through the door.
The limp milk tramp cries metal-flake tears.
They drip like honey down momma's leg.
You lay watchin' them off. Eat a hole in his cloth.
He'll ask, but he don't beg.
Said I'd like to the mademoiselle
Who holds the keys to all these doors around the waist
And rings the bell.
Summer's sweet and she brings me water,
But give me Winter, that old icy whore.
Summer lies meek and follows orders,
Winter cries "Me!" and pulls you through the door.
With scufflin' sound, the knot-voiced matron makes her rounds,
Knockin' on each and every door.
With a look like white heat, she sways, salty, sweet
And leads me 'cross her Persian floor.
She squeeze' my hand and before her I stood.
I was scared. It was dark, but it was good.
Summer's sweet and she brings me water,
But give me Winter, that old icy whore.
While Summer lies meek and follows orders,
Winter cries "Me!" and pulls me through her door.
Well, she comes to me like a childhood soul
Or an old time friend I ain't seen so long
When she sings to me, it's like a loving song
She can be so sweet, she don't do me no wrong
You mean so much to me, baby
You know you drive me crazy
You mean so much to me, baby
I want you for my girl
Well, sometimes she's like a baby playing with a toy,
Then she's so much woman she makes me feel like a little boy
And when she comes to me, and she's all alone,
And she cries: "Oh daddy, oh Daddy make me strong!"
That's when she means so much to me baby,
You know you drive me crazy
You mean so much to me, baby
I want you for my girl
She promises to be yours forever and always
And you're too young to know it don't work out that way
When she kisses you and your heart skips
And you're ten feet off the ground
Soon you'll be crying and that when you'll have found
That
Your love is gonna let you down, boy
Your love is gonna let you down
Your love is gonna let you down, boy
Your love is gonna let you down
Well it's kisses and sweet talk
When she first starts coming round
But soon tears start falling down
You say every day she makes your dreams come true
But soon those very dreams will be the death of you
Well
Your love is gonna let you down, boy
Your love is gonna let you down
Your love is gonna let you down, boy
Your love is gonna let you down
No cold denials, no-one really lied
It was time spent, promise implied
And suddenly you see something new in her eyes
And in that moment you realize
Lately you've been walking the streets at night
Like an empty shadow in the morning light
Like an empty shadow that's suddenly found
That your love is gonna let you down
Your love is gonna let you down, boy
Your love is gonna let you down
Your love is gonna let you down, boy
Your love is gonna let you down
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