Leavin' Train
When I ask you if everything is alright You whisper "Don't worry" and you shut out the light Now black is black in this bed we're laying And I wanna believe the words that you're saying CHORUS: But your eyes look like a leavin' train They keep on dragging me down Your eyes look like a leavin' train They keep on draggin' They keep on draggin' They keep on draggin' me down Well I did anything just to try to get close to you I took it step by step like a man's supposed to Tell me now, is this my Is this my contrition To have the love that I longed for fill me with suspicion (CHORUS) Now it's tellin' time, oh my little sister Now can I believe the words, the words of love you whisper Is my train in vain, has my soul gone to waste Am I just a victim of, a victim of my lost faith (CHORUS)Seven Angels
Seven angels got my number Since I fell in love with you Seven angels got my number They're all telling me what to do First angel says "Go on and love her" Second angel says "Ain't you tired of being alone?" Third angel says "Do the right thing, meat" Fourth angel says "Check that other little angel walkin' on down the street" Seven angels got my number Since I fell in love with you Seven angels got my number They're all telling me what to do Fifth angel says, "Don't worry Love's waitin' 'round the corner for you, son" Sixth angel says "You better hurry It don't take long for the good to get gone" Walkin' on wings all sexy and blue Seventh angel says I'm a fool I got seven angels calling on my pride Seven devils crawling around inside Seven angels tellin' me which way to turn One kiss and my soul wanna burn Seven angels got my number Since I fell in love with you Seven angels got my number They're all telling me what to do The earth's so lonely, sad and blue And without love, your soul's dyin' Sixth angel says to believe you When you say you'll never leave me cryin' Seventh angel says you're lyin'Gave It A Name
In the fields of the lord Stood Abel and Cain Cain slew Abel 'neath the black rain At night he couldn't stand the guilt or the blame So he gave it a name So he gave it a name So he gave it a name Billy got drunk, angry at his wife He hit her once, he hit her twice At night he'd lie in bed, he couldn't stand the shame So he gave it a name So he gave it a name So he gave it a name Pa told me "Son, one thing I know is true Poison snake bites you, you're poison too"* At night I can feel that poison runnin' 'round my veins * Pete Dexter, Paris TroutSad Eyes
Every day here you come walking I hold my tongue, I don't do much talking You say you're happy and you're doin' fine Well go ahead, baby, I got plenty of time Sad eyes never lie Sad eyes never lie Well for a while I've been watching you steady Ain't gonna move 'til you're good and ready You show up and then you shy away But I know pretty soon you'll be walkin' this way Sad eyes never lie Sad eyes never lie Baby don't you know I don't care Don't you know that I've been there Well if something in the air feels a little unkind Don't worry darling, it'll slip your mind I know you think you'd never be mine Well that's okay, baby, I don't mind That shy smile's sweet, that's a fact Go ahead, I don't mind the act Here you come all dressed up for a date Well one more step and it'll be too late Blue blue ribbon in your hair Like you're so sure I'll be standing hereMy Lover Man
You treated me hard and made my heart ache I know you're only human, and men they make mistakes Your life with her turned to black And now you want our love back Well come into my arms and fall, my lover man Was it a gypsy's curse or a hex sign Or was it just that simple thing that led you from these arms of mine Oh yes, I've had the days To grow used to your foolish ways And what is it really, after all, my lover man I can see the change in your eyes There's no need to apologize We stood at the wishing well Our dreams like coins into the water fell The water so cold and black There was no going back I don't mean to cause you hurt or cause you pain Life is short and love's a dirty game Now there's no need for our game to end Come close and we'll begin To find our beautiful selves again, my loverman My loverman My lovermanOver The Rise
I walk along the levee to see the gypsy man The dirt 'neath my feet baby's turnin' to quicksand He looked into my palm, then looked me in the eye And told me you were gone, gone over the rise Once we stood together at the wishing well Our wishes like dreams, baby, into the water fell Oh then I kissed your lips but when I looked into your eyes They were gone, gone over the rise Tonight the blackbirds fly low on the water's edge Oh we walked this path not knowing where it led Now at the bottom of the river deep lies something shiny and golden Is a promise that love couldn't keep same as a promise broken* Well I woke last night to the sound of rain The wind rustling branches against the window pane I searched the pillow beside me for the tears we cried Baby they were gone, gone over the rise * Pauline Kael, I lost it at the moviesWhen The Lights Go Out
Now you say you have a best friend, you trust him with your life You trust him with your money, you trust him with your kids You'd even trust him with your wife You better watch what's goin' on when the lights are out When the night is dark, when there ain't nobody lookin' around Yeah when the lights are out, down in this dirty little town Well now the world is dark and funny, better listen up to what I say You ain't gonna know what's going on by what you see in the light of day You gotta watch what's goin' on when the lights are out When the night is dark, when there ain't nobody lookin' around Yeah when the lights are out down in this dirty little town Now you swear that she trusted you Within reason I understand But you kept slippin' in late at night And in the mornin' you had that smell on your hands Well now the world is turning, Rome is burning Me, I'm watching and I'm learning They say sure as God's hand and the tickin' of the clock The lord's light'll shine under every slimy rock Well last night I slept the sleep of fear And I heard God's voice whispering in my ear He said you better watch what's going on when the lights are out When the night is dark, when there ain't nobody lookin' around Yeah when the lights are out down in this dirty little, down in this dirty little townLoose Change
Met her at a friendly little bar down along the coast She said it was her birthday so we had us a nice little toast Drove around for a while, smoked a few cigarettes Took her back to my place, she slipped off her party dress She sat for a while on the edge of the bed just talkin' Loose change in my pocket Loose change in my pocket Pint of gin in my boot cuff, I'm drivin' for a drink and a dance Sittin' on the next stool, miss a little time on her hands Yeah I knew she was trouble, but trouble sure was lookin' fine And when I pulled her close what I knew kinda slipped my mind We lay in bed and watched the moon come up crawling Loose change in my pocket Loose change in my pocket I pour another drink, wait for the night to get through Stars are burning in that black void so far away and blue Now I'm sittin' at a red light I feel somethin' tickin' way down The night's moving like a slow train crawling through this shithole town Got my bags packed in the back and I'm tryin' to get going again But red just goes to green and green goes red and then Then all I hear's the clock on the dash tick-tocking Loose change in my pocket Loose change in my pocketTrouble In Paradise
(Bruce Springsteen & Roy Bittan) You do the drying, I'll do the dishes Who'll do the crying when all the wishes don't come true You do the washing, I'll do the folding Whose heart is breaking When whose arms are holding someone new Sittin' on a peaceful lake sunnin' Didn't hear the roar of the waterfall coming When it's all a storybook story When it's all so easy and nice Here comes trouble in paradise You did the dusting, I did the sweeping You did the driving oh and I did the sleeping a little too long On a picnic 'neath the sky so blue We didn't see the rain and heartache coming through When it's all an old black and white movie And you're sure you've seen the ending twice Here comes trouble in paradise You said everything was fine I'm sorry, baby, I didn't see the signs Oh so beautifully you read your lines But in a play where the hero has no vice And love comes without a price So does trouble in paradise Don't matter who did the dusting or who did the sweeping Who did the trusting or who did the cheating when it's all gone Laying in a field on a summer's day Waitin' for those gray skies to clear away Knowing all love's glory and beauty Can vanish before you think twice Leaving trouble in paradise Now we share the laughing, we share the joking We do the sleeping with one eye openHappy
Some need gold and some need diamond rings Or a drug to take away the pain that living brings A promise of a better world to come When whatever here is done I don't need that sky of blue All I know's since I found you, I'm happy when I'm in your arms Happy, darling, come the dark Happy when I taste your kiss I'm happy in a love like this There's a house upon a distant hill Where you can hear the laughter of children ring Guardian angels, they watch from above Watching over the love that they bring But at night I feel the darkness near, I awake and I find you near I'm happy with you in my arms I'm happy with you in my heart Happy when I taste your kiss I'm happy in love like this In a world of doubt and fear I wake at night and reach to find you near Lost in a dream, you caught me as I fell I want more than just a dream to tell We're born in this world, darling, with few days and trouble never far behind Man and woman circle each other in a cage A cage that's been handed down the line Lost and running 'neath a million dead stars Tonight let's shed our skins and slip these bars Happy in each other's arms Happy baby, come the dark Happy in each other's kiss I m happy in a love like thisPart Man Part Monkey
They prosecuted some poor sucker in these United States For teaching that man descended from the apes They coulda settled that case without a fuss or fight If they'd seen me chasin' you, sugar, through the jungle last night They'da called in that jury and a one two three said Part man, part monkey, definitely Well the church bell rings from the corner steeple Man in a monkey suit swears he'll do no evil Offers his lover's prayer but his soul lies Dark and driftin' and unsatisfied Well hey bartender, tell me whaddaya see Part man, part monkey, looks like to me Well the night is dark, the moon is full The flowers of romance exert their pull We talk awhile, my fingers slip I'm hard and crackling like a whip Well did God make man in a breath of holy fire Or did he crawl on up out of the muck and mire Well the man on the street believes what the Bible tells him so Well you can ask me, mister, because I know Tell them soul-suckin' preachers to come on down and see Part man, part monkey, baby that's meGoin' Cali
Well he'd been hearing too many voices and feelin' a little off-track Like there was something big pressing down on his back So he called up his friends and they said come on out west It's a place where a man can really feel his success So he pulled his heart and soul down off the shelf Packed them next to the faith that he'd lost in himself Said his good-byes and when the dirty work was done He turned his wheels into the fading sun For seven days and nights like a black-top bird he sped Maintained radio silence 'cept for in his head And just like his folks did back in '69 He crossed the border at Needles and heard the promised land on the line Now where the Transcontinental dumps into the sea There's a bar made up to look like 1963 Girl in the corner eyed him like a hungry dog a bone As he brushed the desert dust off that Mercedes chrome Bartender said "Hey, how's it hangin', tiger?" He had a shot of tequila, smiled and whispered "lighter" He went down to the desert city where the rattlesnakes play And left his dead skin by the roadside in the noon of day Sun got so hot it almost felt like friend It could burn out every trace of where you been There was a woman he'd met in a desert song A little while later a son come along Looked at that boy's smile and called it home And that night as he lay in bed the only voice he heard was his ownBack In Your Arms
In my dream our love was lost, I lived by luck and fate I carried you inside of me, prayed it wouldn't be too late Now I'm standin' on this empty road where nothin' moves but the wind And honey I just wanna be back in your arms Back in your arms again Once I was your treasure and I saw your face in every star But these promises we make at night, oh that's all they are Unless we fill them with faith and love they're empty as the howlin' wind And honey I just wanna be back in your arms Back in your arms again You came to me with love and kindness But all my life I've been a prisoner of my own blindness I met you with indifference and I don't know why Now I wake from my dream, I wake from my dream to this world Where all is shadow and darkness and above me a dark sky unfurls And all the love I've thrown away and lost I'm longin' for again Now darlin' I just wanna be back in your arms Back in your arms againBrothers Unde The Bridges
Saigon, it was all gone The same Coke machines As the streets I grew on Down a mesquite canyon We come walking along the ridge Me and the brothers under the bridge Campsite's an hour's walk from the nearest road to town Up here there's too much brush and canyon For the CHP choppers to touch down Ain't lookin' for nothin', just wanna live Me and the brothers under the bridge Come the Santa Ana's, man, that dry brush'll light Billy Devon got burned up in his own campfire one winter night We buried his body in the white stone high up along the ridge Me and the brothers under the bridge Had enough of town and the street life Over nothing you end up on the wrong end of someone's knife Now I don't want no trouble And I ain't got none to give Me and the brothers under the bridge I come home in '72 You were just a beautiful light In your mama's dark eyes of blue I stood down on the tarmac, I was just a kid Me and the brothers under the bridge Come Veteran's Day I sat in the stands in my dress blues I held your mother's hand When they passed with the red, white and blue One minute you're right there... then something slips...
Notes
Bruce Springsteen Guitar, Bass, Vocals All Tracks Roy Bittan Keyboards Tracks 2 - 13Produced By
Bruce Springsteen, John Landau, Chuck Plotkin, Roy Bittan 1, 2, 4 - 13 Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Plotkin 3, 14
1 - Leavin' Train
- Additional Musicians: Bob Glaub (Bass), Ian McLagen (Organ), Jeff Porcaro (Drums) Recorded at Oceanway Studios (LA), 4/27/90, Recorded by Toby Scott Mixed by Bob Clearmountain
2 - Seven Angels
- Additional Musician: Shawn Pelton (Drums) Recorded at Oceanway Studios (LA), 6/29/90, Recorded by Toby Scott Mixed by Bob Clearmountain
3 - Gave it a Name
- Recorded at Thrill Hill Recording, 8/24/98, Recorded by Toby Scott Mixed by Ed Thacker
4 - Sad Eyes
- Additional Musicians: Michael Fisher (Percussion), Randy Jackson (Bass), Jeff Porcaro (Drums), David Sancious (Keyboards) Recorded at Soundworks West (LA), 1/25/90, Recorded by Toby Scott Mixed by Bob Clearmountain
5 - My Lover Man
- Additional Musicians: Jeff Porcaro (Drums), Bruce Springsteen (Keyboards) Recorded at Soundworks West (LA), 12/4/90, Recorded by Toby Scott Mixed by Bob Clearmountain
6 - Over the Rise
- Recorded at Soundworks West (LA), 12/7/90, Recorded by Toby Scott Mixed by Bob Clearmountain
7 - When the Lights Go Out
- Additional Musicians: Jeff Porcaro (Drums) Recorded at the Record Plant (LA), 12/6/90, Recorded by Toby Scott Mixed by Bob Clearmountain
8 - Loose Change
- Recorded at the Record Plant (LA), 1/31/91, Recorded by Toby Scott Mixed by Bob Clearmountain
9 - Trouble in Paradise
- Additional Musicians: Randy Jackson (Bass), Jeff Porcaro (Drums) Recorded at Soundworks West (LA), 12/1/89, Recorded by Toby Scott Mixed by Bob Clearmountain
10 - Happy
- Additional Musicians: Shawn Pelton (Drums) Recorded at A&M Studios (LA), 1/18/92, Recorded by Toby Scott Mixed by Bob Clearmountain
11 - Part Man, Part Monkey
- Additional Musicians: Omar Hakim(Drums), David Sancious (Keyboards) Recorded at Soundworks West (LA), 1/90, Recorded by Toby Scott Mixed by Bob Clearmountain
12 - Goin' Cali
- Additional Musicians: Bruce Springsteen (Keyboards), Recorded at A&M Studios (LA), 1/29/91, Recorded by Toby Scott Mixed by Bob Clearmountain
13 - Back in Your Arms
- Additional Musicians: Clarence Clemons (Saxophone), Danny Federici (Organ), Frank Pagano (Percussion), Garry Tallent (Bass), Stevie Van Zandt (Guitar), Max Weinberg (Drums) Recorded at the Hit Factory, 1/12/95, Recorded by Toby Scott Mixed by Bob Clearmountain
14 - Brothers Under the Bridge
- Additional Musicians: Danny Federici (Keyboards), Gary Mallaber (Drums), Marty Rifkin (Pedal Steel Guitar, Dobro), Garry Tallent (Bass), Soozie Tyrrel (Violin) Ian McLagen (Organ), Jeff Porcaro (Drums) Recorded at Thrill Hill Recording, 5/22/95, Recorded by Toby Scott Mixed by Bob Clearmountain