Ain't Got You
I got the fortunes of heaven in diamonds and gold I got all the bonds baby that the bank could hold I got houses 'cross the country honey end to end And everybody buddy wants to be my friend Well I got all the riches honey any man every knew But the only thing I ain't got honey I ain't got you I got a house full of Rembrandt and priceless art And all the little girls they wanna tear me apart When I walk down the street people stop and stare Well you think I might be thrilled but baby I don't care 'Cause I got more good luck honey than old King Farouk But the only thing I ain't got baby I ain't got you I got a big diamond watch sittin' on my wrist I try to tempt you baby but you just resist I made a deal with the devil babe I won't deny Until I got you in my arms I can't be satisfied I got a pound of caviar sitting home on ice I got a fancy foreign car that rides like paradise I got a hundred pretty women knockin' down my door And folks wanna kiss me I ain't even seen before I been around the world and all across the seven seas Been paid a king's ransom for doin' what comes naturally But I'm still the biggest fool honey this world ever knew 'Cause the only thing I ain't got baby I ain't got youTougher Than the Rest
Well It's Saturday night You're all dressed up in blue I been watching you awhile Maybe you been watching me too So somebody ran out Left somebody's heart in a mess Well if you're looking for love Honey I'm tougher than the rest Some girls they want a handsome Dan Or some good-lookin' Joe, on their arms Some girls like a sweet-talkin' Romeo Well 'round here baby I learned you get what you can get So if you're rough enough for love Honey I'm tougher than the rest The road is dark And it's a thin thin line But I want you to know I'll walk it for you any time Maybe your other boyfriends Couldn't pass the test Well if you're rough and ready for love Honey I'm tougher than the rest Well it ain't no secret I've been around a time or two Well I don't know baby maybe you've been around too Well there's another dance All you gotta do is say yes And if you're rough and ready for love Honey I'm tougher than the rest If you're rough enough for love Baby I'm tougher than the restAll That Heaven Will Allow
I got a dollar in my pocket There ain't a cloud up above I got a picture in a locket That says baby I love you Well if you didn't look then boys Then fellas don't go lookin' now Well here she comes a-walkin' All that heaven will allow Say hey there mister bouncer Now all I wanna dance But I swear I left my wallet Back home in my workin' pants C'mon Slim slip me in man I'll make it up to you somehow I can't be late I got a date With all that heaven will allow Rain and storm and dark skies Well now they don't mean a thing If you got a girl that loves you And who wants to wear your ring So c'mon mister trouble We'll make it through you somehow We'll fill this house with all the love All that heaven will allow Now some may wanna die young man Young and gloriously Get it straight now mister Hey buddy that ain't me 'Cause I got something on my mind That sets me straight and walkin' proud And I want all the time All that heaven will allowSpare Parts
Booby said he'd pull out Bobby stayed in Janey had a baby it wasn't any sin They were set to marry on a summer day Bobby got scared and he ran away Jane moved in with here ma out on Shawnee Lake She sighed ma sometimes my whole life feels like one big mistake She settled in in a back room time passed on Later that winter a son came along CHORUS: Spare parts And broken hearts Keep the world turnin' around Now Janey walked that baby across the floor night after night But she was a young girl and she missed the party lights Meanwhile in South Texas in a dirty oil patch Bobby heard 'bout his son bein' born and swore he wasn't ever goin' back (CHORUS) Janey heard about a woman over in Calverton Put her baby in the river let the river roll on She looked at her boy in the crib where he lay Got down on her knees cried till she prayed Mist was on the water low run the tide Janey held her son down at the riverside Waist deep in water how bright the sun shone She lifted him in her arms and carried him home As he lay sleeping in her bed Janey took a look around at everything Went to a drawer in her bureau and got out her old engagement ring Took out her wedding dress tied that ring up in its sash Went straight down to the pawn shop man and walked out with some good cold cash (COHRUS)Cautious Man
See too Scritto da Voi Bill Horton was a cautious man of the road He walked lookin' over his shoulder and remained faithful to its code When something caught his eye he'd measure his need And then very carefully he'd proceed Billy met a yound girl in the early days of May It was there in her arms he let his cautiousness slip away In their lovers twilight as the evening sky grew dim He'd lay back in her arms and laugh what had happened to him On his right hand Billy tatooed the word love and on his left hand was the word fear And in which hand he held his fate was never clear Come Indian summer he took his young lover for his bride And with own hands built a great house down by the riverside Now Billy was an honest man he wanted to do what was right He worked hard to fill their lives with happy days and loving nights Alone on his knees in the darkness for steadiness he'd pray For he knew in a restless heart the seed of betrayal lay One night Billy awoke from a terrible dream callin' his wife's name She lay breathing beside him in a peaceful sleep, a thousand miles away He got dressed in the moonlight and down to the highway he strode When he got there he didn't find nothing but road Billy felt a coldness rise up inside him that he couldn't name Just as the words tattooed 'cross his knuckles he knew would always remain At their bedside he brushed the hair from his wife's face as the moon shone on her skin so white Filling their room in the beauty of God's fallen lightWalk Like a Man
I remember how rough your hand felt on mine On my wedding day And the tears cried on my shoulder I couldn't turn away Well so much has happened to me That I don't understand All I can think of is being five years old following behind you at the beach Tracing your footprints in the sand Trying to walk like a man By Our Lady Of The Roses We lived in the shadow of the elms I remember ma draggin' me and my sister up the street to the church Whenever she heard those wedding bells Well would they ever look so happy again The handsome groom and his bride As they stepped into that long black limosine For their mystery ride Well tonight you step away from me And alone at the alter I stand And as I watch my bride coming down the aisle I pray For the strength to walk like a man Well now the years have gone and I've grown From that seed you've sown But I didn't think there'd be so many steps I'd have to learn on my own Well I was young and I didn't know what to do When I saw your best steps stolen away from you Now I'll do what I can I'll walk like a man And I'll keep on walkin'Tunnel of Love
Fat man sitting on a little stool Takes the money from my hand while his eyes take a walk all over you Hands me the ticket smiles and whispers good luck Cuddle up angel cuddle up my little dove We'll ride down baby into this tunnel of love I can feel the soft silk of your blouse And them soft thrills in our little fun house Then the lights go out and it's just the three of us You me and all that stuff we're so scared of Gotta ride down baby into this tunnel of love There's a crazy mirror showing us both in 5-D I'm laughing at you you're laughing at me There's a room of shadows that gets so dark brother It's easy for two people to lose each other in this tunnel of love it ought to be easy ought to be simple enough Man meets woman and they fall in love But the house is haunted and the ride gets rough And you've got to learn to live with what you can't rise above if you want to ride on down in through this tunnel of loveTwo Faces
I met a girl and we ran away I swore I'd make her happy every day And how I made her cry Two faces have I Sometimes mister I feel sunny and wild Lord I love to see my baby smile Then dark clouds come rolling by Two faces have I One that laughs one that cries One says hello one says goodbye One does things I don't understand Makes me feel like half a man At night I get down on my knees and pray Our love will make that other man go away But he'll never say goodbye Two faces have I Last night as I kissed you 'neath the willow tree He swore he'd take your love away from me He said our life was just a lie And two faces have I Well go ahead and let him tryBrilliant Disguise
I hold you in my arms As the band plays What are those words whispered baby Just as you turn away I saw you last night Out on the edge of town I wanna read your mind To know just what I've got in This new thing I've found So tell me what I see When I look in your eyes Is that you baby Or just a brilliant disguise I heard somebody call your name From underneath our willow I saw something tucked in shame Underneath your pillow Well I've tried so hard baby But I just can't see What a woman like you Is doing with me So tell me what I see When I look in your eyes Is that you baby Or just a brilliant disguise Now look at me baby Struggling to do everything right And then it all falls apart When out go the lights I'm just a lonely pilgrim I walk this world in wealth I want to know if it's you I don't trust 'Cause I damn sure don't trust myself Now you play the loving woman I'll play the faithful man But just don't look too close Into the palm of my hand We stood at the alter The gypsy swore our future was right But come the wee wee hours Maybe baby the gypsy lied So when you look at me You better look hard and look twice Is that me baby Or just a brilliant disguise Tonight our bed is cold I'm lost in the darkness of our love God have mercy on the man Who doubts what he's sure ofOne Step Up
Woke up this morning my house was cold Checked out the furnace she wasn't burnin' Went out and hoped in my old Ford Hit the engine but she ain't turnin' We've given each other some hard lessons lately But we ain't learnin' We're the same sad story that's a fact One step up and two steps back Bird on a wire outside my motel room But he ain't singin' Girl in white outside a church in June But the church bells they ain't ringing I'm sitting here in this bar tonight But all I'm thinkin' is I'm the same old story same old act One step up and two steps back It's the same thing night on night Who's wrong baby who's right Another fight and I slam the door on Another battle in our dirty little war When I look at myself I don't see The man I wanted to be Somewhere along the line I slipped off track T'm caught movin' one step up and two steps back There's a girl across the bar I get the message she's sending Mmm she ain't lookin' to married And me well honey I'm pretending Last night I dreamed I held you in my arms The music was never-ending We danced as the evening sky faded to black One step up and two steps backWhen You're Alone
Times were tough love was not enough So you said sorry Johnny I'm gone gone gone You said my act was funny But we both knew what was missing honey So you let out on your own Now that pretty form that you've got baby Will make sure you get along But you're gonna find our someday honey CHORUS When You're alone you're alone When You're alone you're alone When You're alone you're alone When You're alone you ain't nothing but alone Now I was young and pretty on the mean streets of the city And I fought to make'em my home With just the shirt on my back I left and swore I'd never look back And man I was gone gone gone But there's things that'll knock you down you don't even see coming And send you crawling like a baby back home You're gonna find out that day sugar (CHORUS) I knew some day your runnin' would be through And you'd think back on me and you And your love would be strong You'd forget all the bad and think only of all the laughs that we had And you'd wanna come home Now it ain't hard feelings or nothin' sugar That ain't what's got me singing this song It's just nobody knows baby where love goes But when it goes it's gone gone (CHORUS)Valentine's Day
I'm driving a big lazy car rushin' up the highway in the dark I got one hand steady on the wheel and one hand's tremblin' over my heart It's pounding baby like it's gonna bust right on through And it ain't gonna stop till I'm alone again with you A friend of mine became a father last night When we spoke in his voice I could hear the light Of the skies and the rivers the timberwolf in the pines And that great jukebox out on Route 39 They say he travels fastest who travels alone But tonight I miss my girl mister tonight I miss my home Is it the sound of the leaves left blown by the wayside That's got me out here on this spooky old highway tonight Is it the cry of the river With the moonlight shining through That ain't what scares me baby What scares me is losing you They say if you die in your dreams you really die in your bed But honey last night I dreamed my eyes rolled straight back in my head And God's light came shinin' on through I woke up in the darkness scared and breathin' and born anew It wasn't the cold river bottom I felt rushing over me It wasn't the bitterness of a dream that didn't come true It wasn't the wind in the grey fields I felt rushing through my arms No no baby it was you So hold me close honey say you're forever mine And tell me you'll be my lonely valentineNOTES
Produced by Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin Recorded and Engineered by Toby Scott Mixed by Bob Clearmountain Mastered by Bob Ludwig Recorded in New Jersey ("One Step Up" recorded at A&M Studios, Los Angeles, California) Mixed at A&M Studios, Los Angeles, California; Assistant: Mark McKenna ("Tunnel of Love" mixed at The Hit Factory, New York City; Assistant: Jay Healy) ADDITIONAL RECORDING AND ASSISTANTS: The Hit Factory, New York City - Tim Leitner, Roger Talkov Kren Studio, Los Angeles, California - Squeek Stone A&M Studios, Los Angeles, Calflornia - Rob Jacobs All recording and mixing on Sony Digital Mastering at Masterdisk, New York City (on Neve Digital Console); Assistant: Heidi Cron All music performed by Bruce Springsteen except where noted THE E STREET BAND IS: Roy Bittan, Clarence Clemons, Danny Federici, Nils Lofgren, Patty Scialfa, Garry Tallent, Max Weinberg ART DIRECTION: Sandra Choron PHOTOGRAPHY: Annie Leibovitz MANAGEMENT: Jon Landau; Barbara Carr, Associate; Denise Sileci, Office Manager Thanks to Walter Yetnikoff, Al Tellir, and everyone at Columbia Records and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. for their friendship and commitment over the years. Thanks Juli All words and music by Bruce Springsteen. All songs © 1987 Bruce Springsteen (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission. 2- Thouger Than the Rest - MAX WEINBERG, percussions DANNY FEDERICI, organ 3 - All That Heaven Will Allow - MAX WEINBERG, drums 4 - Spare Parts - GARRY TALLENT, bass MAX WEINBERG, percussions DANNY FEDERICI, organ JAMES WOOD, harmonica 6 - Walk Like a Man - MAX WEINBERG, percussions 7 - Tunnel of Love - MAX WEINBERG, percussions ROY BITTAN, synthesizers NILS LOFGREN, solo guitar PATTY SCIALFA, vocals BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, sound effects THE SCHIFFER FAMILY, roller coaster Pt. Pleasant Beach, NJ 8 - Two Faces - MAX WEINBERG, percussions 9 - Brillant Disguise - ROY BITTAN, piano MAX WEINBERG, percussions DANNY FEDERICI, organ 10 - One Step up - PATTY SCIALFA, vocals 11 - When You're Alone - PATTY SCIALFA, vocals NILS LOFGREN, vocals CLARENCE CLEMONS, vocals MAX WEINBERG, drums