Restless Nights
Once we ran and lived as one In another world, my little one Where whispering trees and dark rivers run I told a dream to you Now outside the streets are gray And the childhood games we played Have faded away CHORUS: My baby, she has restless nights She has restless nights My baby, she has restless nights On late night movie screens Young lovers look so sure Lost in wide awake dreams That they can't afford Once I held you in my arms On a bed of stone Now we have grown (CHORUS) Once we ran and lived as one In a different world, my little one Where whispering trees and dark rivers run I told a dream to you Now I pray, darling, for the night We'll dance down these darkened halls Once again to fall Into a dream (CHORUS)A Good Man Is Hard To Find (Pittsburgh)
It's cloudy out in Pittsburgh It's rainin' in Saigon Snow's fallin' all across the Michigan line Well she sits by the light of her Christmas tree With the radio softly on Thinkin' how a good man is so hard to find Well once she had a fella Once she was somebody's girl And she gave all she had that one last time Now there's a little girl asleep in the back room She's gonna have to tell about the meanness in this world And how a good man is so hard to find Well there's pictures on the table by her bed Him in his dress greens and her in her wedding white She remembers how the world was the day he left And how that world is dead And a good man is so hard to find She got no time now for Casanovas Yeah those days are gone She don't want that anymore, she's made up her mind Just somebody to hold her As the night gets on When a good man is so hard to find Well she shuts off the TV And without a word into the bed she climbs Well she thinks how it all was so wasted And how expendable their dreams all were When a good man is so hard to find Well it's cloudy out in PittsburghRoulette
We left the toys out in the yard I took my wife and kids and I left my home unguarded We packed what we could into the car No one here knows how it started Suddenly everything was just so out of control Now I want some answers, mister I need to know I hear all the talk but I don't know what you're sayin' But I think I got a good idea of the game that you're playin' Roulette, that's the name Roulette, that's the game now Roulette, I don't believe what they're sayin' Roulette, everybody's playin' I grew up here on this street Where nothing moves, just a strange breeze In a town full of worthless memories There's a shadow in my backyard I got a house full of things that I can't touch Well all those things they won't do me much good now I was a fireman out at Biker'S, I did my job Mister I've been cheated, I feel like I've been robbed I'm the big expendable, my life's just canceled null and void Well what you gonna do about your new boy Roulette, you're playin' with my life Roulette, with my kids and my wife Roulette, every day the stakes get bigger Roulette, a different finger on the trigger Down by the river that talks The night speaks in searchlights And shortwave radios squawk The Police patrol the streets But I've left behind the man I used to be Everything he believed and all that belonged to me I tried to find my way out to somewhere where I thought it'd be safe They stopped me at the roadblock they put up on the interstate They put me in detention but I broke loose and then I ran They said they just want to ask me a few questions but I think they had other plans Now I don't know who to trust and I don't know what I can believe They say they want to help me but with the stuff they keep on sayin' I think those guys just wanna keep on playin Roulette, with my life Roulette, with my kids and my wife Roulette tile bullet's in the chamber Roulette, who's the unlucky stranger Roulette, surprise, you're dead Roulette, the gun's to your head Roulette, the bullet's spinning in the chamber Roulette, pull the trigger, feel the click No further dangerDollhouse
Well ever since you were a little girl You set the rules in your little world But girls grow up and throw their toys away You're a big girl now but you still wanna play (Girl we're living) You dress them up the way you want to (Girl we're living) You make them do just what you want them to (Girl we're living) Once I thought we had a love that was true But I'm just another doll in your dollhouse to you We're living in a dollhouse We're living in a dollhouse You may feel safe and sound But your dollhouse, girl is falling down It's all been neatly arranged in your mind Every detail fits your own design Every room is perfectly in place But I can see the sadness, baby, on your face You had a plan and darling like a child You thought it's down to fashion, down to style But your little dreamhouse is running wild Before your very eyes we're shrinking down to size We're living in a dollhouse We're living in a dollhouse Girl we're living in a dollhouse We may feel safe and sound But our dollhouse, girl, is falling down Everything's as you dreamed it would be But there's something wrong that you can't see Room by room you keep looking for some little flaw A crack somewhere in your dollhouse wall Something, girl, that you will explain away The hurt you feel, darling, when we play Your little dolls they got a grip on you Until you're just another doll in your dollhouse too We're living in a dollhouse Girl we're living in a dollhouse Oh we're living in a dollhouse We may feel safe and sound But our dollhouse, girl is falling down Oh, we're living in a dollhouse Girl, we're living in a dollhouse Yeah we're living in a dollhouseWhere The Bands Are
I hear the guitars ringin' out Ringin' out down Union Street I hear the lead singer shoutin' out, girl I wanna be a slave to the beat Yeah, tonight I wanna break my chains Somebody break my heart Somebody shake my brains Downtown there's something that I wanna hear There's a sound, little girl, keeps ringing in my ear CHORUS: I wanna be where the bands are I wanna be where the bands are Where the bands are I wanna be where the bands are I get off from work and I grab something to eat I turn the corner and I drive down your street Little gray houses darling looks like nowhere But hey I know you're hiding in there Come on out for just a little while You know that heart of stone, girl, it just ain't your style Tonight I wanna feel the beat of the crowd And when I tell you that I love you I wanna have to shout it out loud Shout it out loud (CHORUS) I hear the guitars ringin' out again Ringin' on down Union Street I hear the lead singer shoutin' out and girl I wanna be a slave to the beat And I want something that'll break my chains Something to break my heart Something to shake my brains There's a rocker's special on tonight So meet me on down 'Neath the neon lightsLoose Ends
We met out on open streets when we had no place to go I remember how my heart beat when you said I love you so Then little by little we choked out all the life that our love could hold Oh no CHORUS: It's like we had a noose and baby without check We pulled until it grew tighter around our necks Each one waiting for the other, darlin', to say when Well baby you can meet me tonight on the loose end We didn't count tomorrows, we took what we could and baby we ran There was no time for sorrow, every place we went I held your hand And when the night closed in I was sure your kisses told me all I had to know But oh no (CHORUS) Our love has fallen around us like we said it never could We saw it happen to all the others but to us it never would Well how could something so bad, darling, come from something that was so good I don't know (CHORUS)Living On The Edge Of The World
Early North Jersey industrial skyline I'm an all-set cobra jet creepin' through the night time Gotta find a gas station, gotta find a pay phone This turnpike sure is spooky at night when you're all alone I'm living on the edge of the world Tryin' to get my girl on the line Livin' on the edge of the world But I think it's just a waste of my time Some jerk keeps breaking my connection, girl 'Cause I'm living on the edge of the world Living on the edge of the world Radio, radio, hear my tale of heartbreak New Jersey in the morning like a lunar landscape Got a counter girl at the Exit 24 HoJo Down past the refinery towers where the great black river flows I'm living on the edge of the world Tryin' to get back to you, girl Living on the edge of the world Tryin' to get a message through I gotta make a connection, girl Because I'm living on the edge of the world Living on the edge of the world Radio's jammed with gospel stations Lost souls callin' long distance salvation Hey mister deejay gotta hear my last prayer It's a hey ho rock and roll, deliver me from nowhere I'm living on the edge of the world Tryin' to get back to you, girl Living on the edge of the world Tryin' to get a message through I gotta make some connection, girl Because I'm living on the edge of the world Living on the edge of the world Now my boss don't dig me 'cause he put me on the night shift It takes me two hours to get back to where my baby lives In the wee wee hours my mind gets hazy Relay towers, won't you lead me to my baby 'Neath the overpass the trooper hits his party lights switch Good night, good luck, one, two powershiftWages Of Sin
When we fight and I wanna talk it out You won't say nothing, nothing at all You just sit there, you won't open that pretty mouth I think you like keeping my back up against the wall Wages of sin, you keep me paying Wages of sin for wrongs that I've done Wages of sin, you keep me paying Wages of sin, one by one I walk in the apartment, there's clothes thrown all over the place You're crouched in the corner with makeup running down your face I don't wanna believe what my heart keeps saying You keep me on the line so you can keep me paying Wages of sin, we keep paying Wages of sin for the wrongs that we've done Wages of sin, we keep paying Wages of sin, that's how we have our fun I remember when I was a little boy out where the cottonwoods grow tall Trying to make it home through the forest before the darkness falls Baby all the sounds I heard, even if they weren't real I was running down that broken path with the devil snapping at my heels I tried so hard, so hard in every way Swore someday I'd grow up, just throw it all away Cried all the tears, baby, that I could cry Stomached all my fears till they came rushin' up inside Darlin' I'm losin' and it's a mean game Still I play on and on just the same Wages of sin, I keep paying Wages of sin for some wrong that I've done Wages of sin, well I keep paying Wages of sin, one by oneTake 'Em As They Come
Last night I dreamed we was running through the outlands Tears streaming, your pretty face all a wreck (I held your daddy's gun in my tremblin' hands) And down the highway another stranger comes You gotta take 'em baby when they come Little girl put on your best dress 'Cause we're goin' out on the town tonight (Better bring along your switchblade) 'Cause for sure some fool's gonna wanna fight You gotta take 'em baby as they come CHORUS: You gotta take 'em, take 'em as they come, girl Take 'em as they come, girl Take 'em as they come, girl Take 'em as they come God save the rider in the black night Save the man who taught that it was right To do what they have done To become what we have become You gotta take 'em when they come Little girl, gone are the days Faded away into a clear blue night And all the vows that we made Lie shattered and broken in the morning light You gotta take 'em when they come (CHORUS) I know your heart is breaking I can feel it too Though my finger on the trigger's shakin' Here I swear to you If I could take all your sorrow so that you'd never cry, girl, or be blue (Come tomorrow) That's what I'd do for you, pretty one I swear I'll take 'em baby when they come (CHORUS)Be True
Your scrapbook's filled with pictures of all your leading men Well baby don't put my picture in there with them Don't make us some little girl's dream that can't ever come true That only serves to hurt and make you cry like you do Well baby don't do it to me and I won't do it to you You see all the romantic movies, you dream and take the boys home But when the action fades you're left all aone You deserve better than this, little girl can't you see you do Do you need somebody to prove it to you Well you prove it to me and I'll prove it to you Now every night you go out looking for true love's satisfaction But in the morning you end up settling for just lights, camera, action And another cameo role with some bit player you're befriending You're gonna go broken-hearted looking for that happy ending Well girl you're gonna end up just another lonely ticket sold Cryin' alone in the theater as the credits roll You say I'll be like those other guys Who filled your head with pretty lies And dreams that can never come true Well baby you be true to me And I'll be true to youRicky Wants A Man Of Her Own
Well look out mama, your little girl she has changed She cut her baby curls and she's got her act rearranged Well look out daddy, what she needs now she can't find at home Oh Ricky wants a man of her She wants a man of her Ricky wants a man of her own Mama says her little girl won't talk to her anymore She just goes in her room, turns on the radio, and shuts the door She's got her own bathroom, TV, stereo, extension phone Oh but mama, Ricky wants a man of her She wants a man of her Ricky wants a man of her own Well daddy says when he drops her off Friday night at the gym She slides way down in the front seat so the kids won't see her with him She don't do no work, she don't tell nobody when she's coming home She makes poor daddy wait down on the corner at midnight all alone She used to like me to take her to a ball game or a movie show She used to make daddy take his little girl where she wanna go Now we're left peeking through the curtains every time that we hear a horn blow I guess Ricky wants a man of her own Well my folks say "Son, talk to her, she'll listen to you" Yeah, she listens real nice and she does what she wants to do Daddy says she wears her jeans so tight, "Well you change 'em or you're stayin' home" Oh but daddy, Ricky wants a man of her She wants a man of her Ricky wants a man of her own She's almost grown Ricky wants a man of her She wants a man of her Ricky wants a man of her ownI Wanna Be With You
Let the frozen cities crumble, crumble and fall That's alright, I don't mind at all Let 'em all tumble right into the sea Well that's just fine, that's alright with me Since you came down the line I can't sleep at night, I got one thing on my mind That's every day, every night I wanna be with you I wanna be with you, that's what I wanna do 'Cause you're just so out of sight I wanna be with you, that's what I wanna do Now I lost my job at the Texaco station 'Cause instead of pumping gas I'd dream of you I got thrown out of my house, I got such a bad reputation 'Cause all I wanna do is be seen with you They gave me my pay and said walk I don't care what they say, go ahead let 'em all talk Till the world falls apart I wanna be with you I wanna be with you That's what I wanna do Until they will rip out my heart I wanna be with you, I wanna be with you Well that's all I wanna do Hold tight, love me just a little bit Alright, a little bit more Tonight, tonight give me just a little kiss No, I don't know, I don't know, I don't I just can't understand it, you're not pretty at all But I come when you whisper, I run when you call When I see you on the streets I fall on my face I drop to my knees, I plead my case Oh, oh, I wanna be with you I wanna be with you, that's what I wanna do Oh, oh, I wanna be with you I wanna be with you, that's all I wanna do Oh, oh, I wanna be with you I wanna be with you, darlin', don't you know Oh, oh, I wanna be with you I wanna be with you because I love you soMary Lou
You're scrapbook's filled with pictures of all your leading men Well baby don't put my picture in there with them Don't make us some little girl's dream that can never come true Oh baby don't do it to me, I won't do it to you Mary Lou, I'm not like all those other guys Mary Lou, I won't fill your pretty head with their pretty lies Mary Lou, and dreams that never, never, never, ever will come true Mary Lou, that'd only serve to hurt and make you cry like you do You've seen all the romantic movies, you dream and take the boys home But when the action fades you're left all alone You deserve better than this, a real love that can grow And I ain't playin' outtakes, girl, from some late late show, no Mary Lou, you're not like all those other girls Mary Lou, so afraid to shake up that neat little world Every night you go out looking for true love's satisfaction But you always end up settling for just lights, camera, action And another cameo role with some bit player you're befriending You're gonna go broken-hearted looking for that happy ending Mary Lou, I've seen all those movies too Mary Lou, I know the hurt too much dreaming can do Mary Lou, you're gonna end up just another lonely ticket sold Mary Lou, crying alone in the theater as the credits roll Let's goStolen Car
Well I found me a girl and I settled down In a pretty little house in a pretty little town We got married and promised never to part Then little by little we drifted from each other's hearts Now I'm drivin' a stolen car on a pitch-black night And I'm doin' my best to make it through Well I'm just sittin' down here at the Stanton light I wanna get caught but I never do At first I thought it was just restlessness That would fade as time went by and our love grew deep But in the end it was something more, I guess That tore us apart and made us weep And I'm drivin' a stolen car waitin' on that little red light I keep tellin' myself everything's gonna be alright But I ride by night and I travel in fear That in this darkness I might just disappear She asked if I remembered the letters I wrote When our love was young and we were bold She said last night she read those letters And they made her feel a hundred years old There's a river runs by that little town Down into the sea It was there in the shade I lay my body down As she flowed on so effortlessly Now there's a party tonight out at County Line There'll be dancing down at Seven Trees From these banks I can see those party lights shine Maybe she's there, maybe she's looking for me Last night I dreamed I made the call I swore to return and stay forevermore Once again we stood on the wedding steps at Victory Hall And walked arm in arm through the chapel door I can remember how good I felt inside When the preacher said "Son, you may kiss the bride" But as I leaned over to touch her pretty lips I felt it all slip away through my fingertips And I'm drivin' a stolen car through a pitch-black night I keep tellin' myself everything's gonna be alright But I ride by night and I travel in fear No matter what I do or where I drive Nobody ever sees me when I ride byBorn In The U.S.A.
Born down in a dead man's town The first kick I took was when I hit the ground You end up like a dog that's been beat too much Till you spend half your life just covering up CHORUS: Born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. I got in a little hometown jam And so they put a rifle in my hands Sent me off to Vietnam To go and kill the yellow man (CHORUS) Come back home to the refinery Hiring man says "Son if it was up to me" I go down to see the V.A. man He said "Son don't you understand " (CHORUS) I had a buddy at Khe Sahn Fighting off the Viet Cong They're still there, he's all gone He had a little girl in Saigon I got a picture of him in her arms Down in the shadow of the penitentiary Out by the gas fires of the refinery I'm ten years down the road Nowhere to run, ain't got nowhere to go I'm a long gone daddy in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. I'm a cool rocking daddy in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A.Johnny Bye-Bye
(Chuck Berry & Bruce Springsteen) She drew out all her money from the Southern Trust And put her little boy on a Greyhound bus Leaving Memphis with a guitar in his hand On a one-way ticket to the promised land Hey little girl with the red dress on There's a party tonight down in Memphis town I'll be going down there if you need a ride The man on the radio says Elvis Presley's died We drove down into Memphis, the sky was hard and black Up over the ridge came a white Cadillac They'd drawn out all his money and they laid him in the back A woman cried from the roadside "Ah he's gone, he's gone" They found him slumped up against the drain With a whole lot of trouble running through his veins Bye-bye Johnny Johnny bye-bye You didn't have to die You didn't have to dieShut Out The Light
The runway rushed up at him as he felt the wheels touch down He stood out on the blacktop and took a taxi into town He got out down on Main Street and went into a local bar He bought a drink and he found a seat in a corner in the dark Well she called up her mama to make sure the kids were out of the house She checked herself out in the dining room mirror And undid an extra button on her blouse He felt her lying next to him, the clock said 4:00 a.m. He was staring at the ceiling He couldn't move his hands CHORUS: Oh mama mama mama come quick I've got the shakes and I'm gonna be sick Throw your arms around me in the cold dark night Hey now mama don't shut out the light Don't you shut out the light Don't you shut out the light Don't you shut out the light Don't you shut out the light Well on his porch they stretched a banner that said "Johnny welcome home" Bobby pulled his Ford out of the garage and they polished up the chrome His mama said "Johnny oh Johnny, I'm so glad to have you back with me" His pa said he was sure they'd give him his job back down at the factory (CHORUS) Well deep in the dark forest, a forest filled with rain Beyond a stretch of Maryland pines there's a river without a name In the cold black water now Johnson Leneir stands He stares across at the lights of the city and dreams of where he's been (CHORUS)
Notes
Bruce Springsteen Guitar, Vocals, Armonica All Tracks Stevie Van Zandt Guitar Tracks 1, 3 - 5, 7, 9 - 14 Roy Bittan Piano, Keyboards Tracks 1 - 4, 6 - 14 Danny Federici Organ, Glockenspiel, Tracks 1 - 4, 6 - 14 Garry Tallent Bass Tracks 1 - 14 Max Weinberg Drums Tracks 1 - 14, 16 Clarence Clemons Saxophone, Percussion Tracks 2 - 13,Produced By
Bruce Springsteen, John Landau, Stevie Van Zandt 1, 3 - 7, 9 - 14 Bruce Springsteen, John Landau, Cuck Plotkin, Stevie Van Zandt 2, 8 Bruce Springsteen 15 - 17
1 - Restless Nights
- Recorded at the Power Station, 4/11/80, Recorded by Neil Dorfsman Mixed by Ed Thacker
2 - A Good Man it's Hard to Find (Pittsburgh)
- Recorded at the Power Station, 5/5/82, Recorded by Toby Scott Mixed by Ed Thacker
3 - Roulette
- Recorded at the Power Station, 4/3/79, Recorded by Neil Dorfsman Mixed by Ed Thacker
4 - Dollhouse
- Recorded at the Power Station, 8/21/79, Recorded by Neil Dorfsman Mixed by Ed Thacker
5 - Where the Bands Are
- Recorded at the Power Station, 10/9/79, Recorded by Neil Dorfsman Mixed by Ed Thacker
6 - Loose Ends
- Recorded at the Power Station, 7/18/79, Recorded by Neil Dorfsman Mixed by Ed Thacker
7 - Living on the Edge of the World
- Recorded at the Power Station, 12/7/79, Recorded by Neil Dorfsman Mixed by Ed Thacker
8 - Wages of Sin
- Recorded at the Power Station, 5/10/82, Recorded by Toby Scott Mixed by Ed Thacker
9 - Take 'em as They Come
- Recorded at the Power Station, 4/10/80, Recorded by Neil Dorfsman Mixed by Ed Thacker
10 - Be True
- Recorded at the Power Station, 7/21/79, Recorded by Neil Dorfsman Mixed by Ed Thacker
11 - Ricky Wants a Man of Her Own
- Recorded at the Power Station, 7/16/77, Recorded by Neil Dorfsman Mixed by Ed Thacker
12 - I Wanna Be With You
- Recorded at the Power Station, 5/31/79, Recorded by Neil Dorfsman Mixed by Ed Thacker
13 - Mary Lou
- Recorded at the Power Station, 5/30/79, Recorded by Neil Dorfsman Mixed by Ed Thacker
14 - Stolen Car
- Recorded at the Power Station, 7/26/79, Recorded by Neil Dorfsman Mixed by Ed Thacker
15 - Born in the U.S.A.
- Recorded at the Thrill Hill Recording 1/82, Recorded by Mike Batlan
16 - Johnny Bye-Bye
- Recorded at the Thrill Hill Recording 1/83, Recorded by Mike Batlan Mixed by Ed Thacker
17 - Shut Out the Light
- Additional Musician: Soozie Tyrrel Recorded at the Thrill Hill Recording 1/83, Recorded by Mike Batlan, Toby Scott Mixed by Ed Thacker