Bruce Springsteen : Misc: 1970s

Released on 18 Tracks

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When I get home from my job I turn on my TV

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But I can't keep my mind on the show

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When I lay down at night, oh I can't get no sleep

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So I turn on my radio

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But the only sound I hear is you whisperin' in my ear

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The words that you used to say

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Now my days grow longer, 'cause my love grows stronger

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And the fever gets worse every day

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And I've got the fever for this girl

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He's got the fever, oh he's got the fever

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Nothing that a poor boy can do When he's got the fever for this girl

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He's got the fever, oh he's got the fever

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Left this little boy blue

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Well I can remember comin' home, I see you standin' at the stove

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With the dishes on the table, dinner ready to go

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We'll maybe go out to a movie show

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Something that you like to see

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Well, now, you are my sun in the morning and my moon at night

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When I think about you, it makes me feel all right

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Well now my days grow longer, the love just grows stronger

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And the fever gets so bad at night I've got the fever for this girl He's got the fever, oh he's got the fever Nothing that a poor boy can do When he's got the fever for this girl He's got the fever, oh he's got the fever Left this little boy blue |

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Ooh he's gonna be all right

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Ooh he's gonna be all right |

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I can remember comin' home turning on my TV

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But I can't keep my mind on the show

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When I lay down at night, oh I can't get no sleep

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So I turn on the radio

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But still the only thing I hear is you whisperin' in my ear

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The words that you used to say

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And now the days grow longer

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And the love grows stronger

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And the fever gets bad every day I've got the fever for this girl Got the fever, oh he's got the fever Nothing that a poor boy can do When he's got the fever for this girl Got the fever, oh he's got the fever Left this little boy blue Got the fever, oh he's got the fever Nothing that a poor boy can do When he's got the fever for this girl Got the fever, oh he's got the fever Left this little boy blue

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Ooh he's gonna be all right

Recorded live at Max's Kansas City, NY; released on Tracks

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Bishop danced with a thumbscrew woman

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Did a double-quick back flip and slid across the floor

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The Catholic traffic flowed freely 'cross the river

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And fiddlestick fiddled quick out the front door

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Oh baby dumpling, mama's in the back tree

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If the bow breaks, mama might fall

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Little sad and only baby don't be lonely

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Oh mama knows 'rithmatic, knows how to take a fall

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Mama knows 'rithmatic, knows how to take a fall

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And the kids are crying "Flapjacks, make 'em fat, early in the morning"

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Little Jack, grab your hat, hear the breakfast call

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Muskrat, bat a cat, kick him in the fireplace There's someone in the kitchen blowing Dinah on their horn

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There's someone in the kitchen blowing Dinah like they're born

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Well maverick daddy got a one-eyed bride

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She glides like a monkey-mule kicking on the back slide

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Over hill, over hill, daddy don't you spill now

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Papa got a switch stick, he's pumping little Bill

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Papa got a switch stick, he's pumping little Bill

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And Billy he's crying "Tomahawk, tomahawk, daddy better duck now"

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The Mohawks, the Mohawks, they're still out there in the woods

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Monatuk, Ocanuk, runnin' through my dreams now With fire on their fingertips and Indian screams

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Well early in the morning the cannoneer cried "I seen the sailor's warning in the western sky"

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Well mountain man, if you can, cut me down a fir tree

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Branches full of candlesticks for baby and me

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And my darling cried, she said "Honey

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The weather vane lately it's been pointing the way to heaven"

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Scatterbrains, scatterbrains, watch out where you fall

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Champagne, champagne, a round for all the old choir boys They're busting off the altar chasing Dinah through the hall

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They're busting off the altar chasing Dinah through the hall

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And the kids are crying "Flapjacks, make 'em fat, early in the morning"

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Little Jack, grab your hat, hear the breakfast call

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Muskrat, bat a cat, kick him in the fireplace There's someone in the kitchen blowing Dinah on their horn

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There's someone in the kitchen blowing Dinah like they're born

The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle outtake; released on Tracks

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From the tin rooftop the little boy did watch

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The procession down through town

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Through the museum where Daniel whupped the Devil

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With them boys from the underground

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Where the Giants of Science fight for tight control

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Over the wildlands of New Mexico

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Sam Houston's ghost's in Texas fighting for his soul

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And the townsfolk rest uneasy beneath the guns of Kid Cole.....

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And the kid says "Hey, where's Santa Ana?"

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He who could romance the dumb into talking

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Take a chance with me tonight, my contessa

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) If it don't work out I ain't lame, I can walk, hey!

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Now some folks say cancer's taken to the streets of this town

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Well Sandy eats her candy and then lays her money down

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Them cats are in from the canyons to strut their stuff in town

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But there's only secret sinners here, Lord, there's only secret thieves

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Only a fool would try to save what the desert chose to leave

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And now hey there senorita

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With your playboys in their Spanish bandanas

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French cream won't soften those boots, baby

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) French kisses will not break your heart, oh |

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Oh painted night set free with light glows outside the Rainbow Saloon

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Matching braces with a Spanish lady 'neath a graduation moon

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No more colleges, no more coronations

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Some punk's idea of a teenage nation

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Has forced Santa Ana to change his station

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From soldier to cartoon

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And the giants of science spend their days and nights

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Not with wives, not with lovers, but searchin' for the lights

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They spotted in the desert on their helicopter flights

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Just to be lost in the dust and the night

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Hey ah my contessa

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In your juke joint rags you always bring candy for the kids

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Come waltz with me tonight senorita

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) 'Cause only fools are alone on a night like this, oh |

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The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle outtake; released on Tracks

Intro (play twice)

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Well, Billy bought a Chevy '40 coupe deluxe

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Chrome wheels, stick shift, hey give her gas, pop the clutch

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Little girls on the corner, like a diamond they shine

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Someday Billy, I'm gonna make 'em all mine

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Hey girl, you wanna ride in Daddy's Cadillac

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'Cause I love the way your long hair falls down your back

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Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley's at the Seaside Bar

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We'll run barefoot in the sand and listen to his guitar

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You say your mama's gonna meet you when the morning comes

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Yeah, papa's gonna beat you 'cause he knows you're out on the run

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I'm gonna live a life of love and tonight you're the one

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The highway is alive tonight so baby do not be frightened

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There's something about a pretty girl on a sweet summer night

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That gets this boy excited

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The radio man finally understands and plays you something you can move to

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You lay back easy, cut loose your drive power

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Your girl leans over says, "Daddy, can you turn that radio up any louder?"

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Ah, the juke joint's hummin', everybody came down

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Little Willie and the Soul Brooms layin' all his stuff now

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Well, don't let that daylight steal your soul

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Get in your wheels and roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll Oh, that's right now |

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Mama gonna meet you when the morning comes

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And your daddy gonna beat you 'cause he knows you're out on the run

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But I don't care, I wanna live a life of love while the night's still young All right now |

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The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle outtake; released on Tracks

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The Skulls met the Pythons down at the First Street station

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Alliances have been made in alleyways all across the nation

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These boys live off the milk of a silver jet and the love of sweet young women

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Now the Pythons are down from old Englishtown and they're lookin' to do some livin'

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Well the leader of the Pythons is a kid they just call Zero

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Now Terry's pop says these kids are some kind of monsters

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But Terry says "No, pop, they're just plain heroes" |

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Zero and Terry they found a love that burns like wild fire

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Now Terry's daddy understood that this Zero was no good

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A child, a thief and a liar

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Well from out of the darkness that breaks the dawn, Zero rode like twilight

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He said "Tonight's the night, Blind Terry, come on"

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Now Terry's dad hired some troopers to kill Zero, and bring Terry back home

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| They crawled up in the night like firelight |

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Now snow-white troopers from the council of crime rode silver foxes through Terry's field

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Oh they met the Pythons down on Route 9 but they refused to yield

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And the Pythons fought with buzz guns and the troopers with swords like light

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And Zero and Terry they ran away as the gang fought all through the night |

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Well now some folks say Zero and Terry got away, others said they were caught and brought back

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But still them young pilgrims to this day go to that spot way down by the railroad track

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Where the Troopers met the Pythons, old timers cry on a hot August night

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If you look hard enough, if you try

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You'll catch Zero and Terry and all the Pythons

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Oh just hiking the streets up in the sky

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Oh Just walkin', just hiking the streets up in the sky

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Just hiking the streets up in the sky

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Bye, bye, oh, bye, bye, the streets in the sky

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Just hiking the streets up in the sky

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Oh Just hiking the streets

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The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle outtake; released on Tracks

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Her brains they rattle and her bones they shake

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Oh she's an angel from the Innerlake

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Her brains they rattle and her bones they shake

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Oh she's an angel from the Innerlake

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Don't dance with her Henry, don't you dance with her Jake

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Oh she's an angel from the Innerlake

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She gives me all the loving that a good man can take

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Oh she's an angel from the Innerlake |

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(Sha-na, na-na, na-na, oh-oh) (Sha-na, na-na, na-na, oh-oh) (Sha-na, na-na, na-na, oh-oh) (Sha-na, na-na, na-na, oh-oh)

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Thundercrack, baby's back

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This time she'll tell me how she really feels

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Bring me down to her lightning shack

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You can watch my partner reeling

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She moves up, she moves back

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Out on the floor there just is no one cleaner

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She does this thing she calls the "Jump back Jack"

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She's got the heart of a ballerina

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Straight from the Bronx, hung off the line

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Still she slides, she slops, she bops, she bumps, she grinds

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Even them dance hall hacks, from the west side of the track

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Move in close to catch her timing

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She moves up, she moves back

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Out on the floor there just is no one cleaner

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She does this thing she calls the "Jump back Jack"

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She's got the heart of a ballerina

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Oh, she ain't no little girl, no, she ain't got no curls

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Her hair ain't brown and her eyes ain't either

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Round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round and

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Round and round and round and round and round and round and round

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My heart's wood, she's a carpenter

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She's an angel in the night, what she does is alright

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Dance with me, partner Dance with me, partner Dance with me, partner

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'Til the dawn

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Baby all night long

Interlude (play twice)

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Oh-oh-oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh

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Oh-oh-oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh

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Oh-oh-oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh

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Oh-oh-ohhh oh-oh oh-oh

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Oh-oh-ohhh oh-oh oh-oh

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Thundercrack, baby's back

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This time she'll tell me how she really feels

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Bring me down to her lightning shack

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You can watch my partner reeling

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She moves up, she moves back

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Out on the floor there just is no one cleaner

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She does this thing she calls the "Jump back Jack"

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She's got the heart of a ballerina

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Oh, she ain't no little girl, no, she ain't got no curls

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Her hair ain't brown and her eyes ain't either

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Round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round and

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Round and round and round and round and round and round and round

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My heart's wood, she's a carpenter

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She's an angel in the night, what she does is alright

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Dance with me, partner Dance with me, partner Dance with me, partner

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All night, (all night) All night, (all night) All night, (all night) All night, (all night)

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All night, (all night), all night, (all night) All night, (all night), all night, (all night) All night, (all night), all night, (all night) All night, (all night), all night, (all night) All night, (all night), all night, (all night)

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Born to Run outtake; released on Tracks

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There's flying angels on your fire escape

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They lie to your mama for you, try to keep you safe

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You're with them fire alley virgins on a midnight vamp

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Lost your heart on Main Street to a beautiful tramp

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You lost your mind, oh, she's sent from above (

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So young and in love Rat trap's filled with soul crusaders They're sopping and bopping and mopping with Little Melvin and The Invaders Missy's on the dance floor doing her stuff Leroy's dancing doing the Continental Strut So fine, alright! Sent from above So young and in love So young and in love So young and in love So young and in love

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Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah

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oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh alright

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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

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Alright, it's alright

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Everybody's reeling when the band hits the ceiling

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Don't you know you wanna go?

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The kids start rocking when the boys start knocking

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And everybody wants to go... let's go! |

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Joint's shut down but you don't wanna go home Shady side of town and you're all alone Mama's chewing your ear off about hanging out with trash And you're Papa's chewing your ear off, about hanging out with trash So fine, and sent from above So young and in love So young and in love (young and in love) So young and in love So young and in love So young and in love, ah |

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Her midnight boys are outside, scraping tears up off the street

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Standing guard beneath the window, where only Linda sleeps

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The leader is a kid named Eddy, walkin' like an angel in defeat

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He trashes her old man's car, slashes Linda's name in the seat, and calls out

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Linda will you let me be the one?

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Linda will you let me be the one?

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Linda will you let me be the one?

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Linda will you let me be the one?

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In an old room full of contenders, Eddy spars

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'Til he drops to his bed in surrender, draped in the scarves

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He stole from Linda's bedroom, the night he laid at her feet

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When the midnight boys was stranded, down on Cason street

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Linda will you let me be the one?

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Linda will you let me be the one?

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Linda will you let me be the one?

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In the basement of St. Mary's, Eddy hides from the rain

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In with the stolen sisters, 'til the streets are dry again

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Talkin' fast cars and spare parts, empty homes and broken hearts

Em

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Distant worlds with strange girls and kneeling with Linda in the dark

G

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Linda will you let me be the one?

C

D

Linda will you let me be the one?

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Linda will you let me be the one?

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Linda will you let me be the one?

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Linda will you let me be the one? No oh oh...

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Linda will you let me be the one? No oh oh... whoa!

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Linda will you let me be the one? No oh oh...

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Linda will you let me be the one? No oh oh... |

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Written for Southside Johnny

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Gsus4

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D/g

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I was there when you needed someone Look now, baby, see what you have undone

C

I did most of the talking

C6

Cmaj7

C6

C

But you were the one who lied

G

C/g

G

Bye-bye, baby, our love is tumblin' down

C/g

Am

I can't be hanging around

C

D

G

Intro

Riff

Love on the wrong side of town You were gone when I needed you by my side There was no one to dry the tears from my eyes You were the one who cheated But I was the one who cried Bye-bye, baby, our love is tumblin' down I can't be hangin' around Love on the wrong side of town

Key change: up one half step

Sax solo over verse chords

Ab

Db/ab

Ab

Bye-bye, baby, our love is tumblin' down

Db/ab

Bbm

I can't be hangin' around

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Fm

Love on the wrong side of town

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Eb

Db

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Bye-bye, baby, love on the wrong side of town

Ab

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Eb/ab

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Eb/ab

Ab

Bye-bye, baby, oh oh oh, bye-bye Darling Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye, baby, bye-bye, baby

Darkness on the Edge of Town outtake; released on Tracks

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Well now I ain't looking for excitement

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Baby that's just a fact

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If you want to get to her heart

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You better let her know just where you're at

Em

G

Well, now you say, it ain't written in the sky above

Em

G

Well no fortune teller told me this

Em

G

You gotta tell her that you love her, tell her that you need her

C

G

And give the girl a great big kiss

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D

Oh yeah give the girl a great big kiss

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Now if you're such a fool you think

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It don't matter, baby, what you say

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Maybe you better tell her how you're feelin'

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C

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It ain't gonna happen any other way

Em

G

It ain't written in the sky above

C

G

Well no fortune teller told me this

Em

G

You gotta tell her that you need her, tell her that you love her

C

G

And give the girl a great big kiss

C

G

Yeah you gotta give the girl a great big kiss

Am

Bm

Em

Now baby, all I wanna do

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Bm

Asus4

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Is darling make sweet love to you Danny! |

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Now I don't know what the meaning is

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Why you wanna hide the things you feel and say

G

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C

But baby it's just a natural fact

G

C

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Love was never meant to be that way

Em

G

And darling, it ain't written in the sky above

C

G

Well no fortune teller told me this

Em

G

You gotta tell her that you need her, tell her that you love her

C

G

And give the girl a great big kiss

C

G

I say give the girl a great big kiss

C

G

I say give the girl a great big, great big, great big

C

G

Now give the girl a great big, great big

Em

G

You gotta give the girl a great big, great big

C

G

You gotta give the girl a great big kiss

Am

Bm

Em

Well little darling, all I wanna do

Am

Bm

Asus4

A

Is honey make sweet love to you |

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Darkness on the Edge of Town outtake; released on Tracks

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Eb

Sleepy town ain't got the guts to budge

Db

Baby, this emptiness has already been judged

Ab

Eb

I wanna go out tonight, I wanna find out what I got

Eb

You're a strange part of me, you're a preacher's girl

Db

And I don't want no piece of this mechanical world

Ab

Eb

Got my arms open wide and my blood is running hot

Gb

We'll take the midnight route right to the devil's door

Fm

And even the white angels of Eden with their flamin' swords

Bb

Eb

Won't be able to stop us from hitting town in this dirty old Ford

Eb

Well, it don't take no nerve when you got nothing to guard

Db

I got tombstones in my eyes and I'm running real hard

Ab

Eb

My baby was a lover and the world just blew her away

Eb

Once they tried to steal my heart, beat it right outta my head

Db

But baby, they didn't know that I was born dead

Ab

Eb

I am the iceman, fighting for the right to live

Gb

I say better than the glory roads of heaven, better off riding

Fm

Hellbound in the dirt, better than bright lines of the freeway Better than the shadows of your daddy's church

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Darkness on the Edge of Town outtake; released on Tracks (with 1997 horns)

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You stare in the mirror at the lines in your face

Bb

C

And you try to see, girl

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The way things were when we were at your place

Bb

C

In the days it was just you and me, girl

Dm

Am

And you cry because things ain't like before

Dm

Bb

Well, don't you know they can't be that way anymore

C

But don't worry, baby

F

Bb

F

But I can't talk now, I'm not alone

Bb

C

F

So put your ear close to the phone

Bb

'Cause this is the last dance

C

F

This is the last chance for hearts of stone

C

Mmm... If there was something baby, that I could do Something that would last, honey I would But we all know, girl, especially you do How you can't return to your past, no So girl, close your eyes and I'll be there Hold me once more and we can go anywhere Ah, we could, babe But I can't talk now, I'm not alone Just put your ear close to the phone This is the last dance The last chance for hearts of stone Whoa, alright, big man! |

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And you cry because things ain't like before

Dm

Bb

Well, don't you know they can't be that way anymore

C

But don't worry baby, well I know it, baby But I can't talk now, I'm not alone So put your ear close to the phone Baby, this is the last chance The last dance for hearts of stone This is the last dance The last chance for hearts of stone

Bb

F

Darkness on the Edge of Town outtake; released on Tracks

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Cold rain running down the front of my shirt

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I'm flat on my back, wheels in the dirt

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Angel makes her face up out on Baker Street

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She's straddling the shifter in my front seat

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There's nothing to lose, it's a heartbreak, the deck's stacked

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So put your foot to the floor and darling don't look back We're making night tracks through the blazing rain Blowing pistons working the fast lane Red line burning, and pockets full of cash Angel writes her name in lipstick on my dash There's nothing to lose, it's a bad break but baby we're backed

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Tonight we'll blow off the doors and honey we won't look back

D

Bm

We held it in our hearts in the pouring rain

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Bm

We made it through the heart of a hurricane

Em

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D

We tore it apart and put it together again

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| % Whoa whoa, Whoa whoa whoa.............. Well angel won't you believe in love for me Come on and meet me tonight, darling, out in the street We'll move with the city in the dark You gotta walk it, talk it, in your heart

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There's nothing to lose, it's a heartache, the deck's stacked

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So put your foot to the floor, darling

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Bm

Tonight we'll blow off the doors, baby

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We're gonna even the score, and honey we won't look back

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Whoa whoa whoa, Whoa whoa whoa

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Ah don't look back, Ah baby don't look back, ah

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Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa, Ah baby don't look back

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No no no no no, ah baby don't look

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Don't look, don't look, don't look, don't look

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Don't look, don't look, don't look, don't look

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Don't look, don't look, don't look, don't look

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Don't look, don't look, don't look, don't look... back

G

I'm drivin' in my car, I turn on the radio

Am

G

I'm pullin' you close, you just say no

Am

G

You say you don't like it, but girl I know you're a liar

C

D

G

'Cause when we kiss, hmm... fire Well, late at night, I'm takin' you home I say I wanna stay, you say you wanna be alone You say you don't love me, you can't hide your desire And when we kiss, oh-oh... fire... fire

C

G

You got a hold on me right from the start

D

G

It's a grip so tight I cannot tear it apart

C

G

My nerves all jumpin', actin' like a fool

A

D

Your kisses they burn but your heart stays cool Romeo and Juliet, Samson and Delilah You can bet, their love they didn't deny Your words say split but your words they lie 'Cause when we kiss, hmm... fire... fire

Instrumental verse x2

You got a hold on me right from the start It's a grip so tight I cannot tear it apart My nerves all jumpin', actin' like a fool Your kisses they burn but your heart stays cool Romeo and Juliet, Samson and Delilah You can bet, their love they didn't deny Your words say split but your words they lie 'Cause when we kiss, hmm... fire... fire

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Take me now, baby, here as I am

G

A

Bm

Pull me close try and understand

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A

Bm

Desire is hunger, is the fire I breathe

G

A

Bm

Love is a banquet on which we feed

G

A

D

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Come on now, try and understand

Bm

G

A

The way I feel when I'm in your hand

D

G

A

Take my hand; come under cover

C

Bm

F#

They can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now

Bm

G

A

Bm

Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to lust Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to us

Bm

G

A

Bm

Have I doubt when I'm alone?

G

A

Bm

Love is a ring on the telephone

G

A

Bm

Love is an angel disguised as lust

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A

Bm

Here in our bed until the morning comes

G

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Come on now, try and understand

Bm

G

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The way I feel under your command

D

G

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Take my hand as the sun descends

C

Bm

F#

They can't touch you now, can't touch you now, can't touch you now

Bm

G

A

Bm

Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to lust Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to us

D

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With love we sleep, with doubt the vicious circle turn and turns

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Without you I cannot live, forgive the yearning, burning

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I believe in time, too real to feel

Bm

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F#

So touch me now, touch me now, touch me now

Bm

G

A

Bm

Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to lovers

E

C#m

Well every night I see a light shine in your window

E

C#m

But every night you don't answer when I come knocking at your door

A

F#m

But your daddy won't ever let me in

A

F#m

E

And I see from the street your silhouette sittin' close to him

C#m

A

B

What must I do? What does it take to get you to

E

C#m

Talk to me, until the night's over

E

C#m

Little girl won't you talk to Me, well until the night's over

A

Yeah yeah yeah, I got a full week's pay

E

And baby I've been working hard each day

A

I'm not asking for the world you see

B

E

I'm just asking girl, talk to Me |

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C#m

Well late at night I hear the music softly playin'

E

C#m

And late at night I see the two of you softly swayin'

A

F#m

I don't understand darlin' what was my sin?

A

F#m

E

Why am I down here below, your arms are open to him

C#m

A

B

What did I do? What did I say? What must I pay to get you to

E

C#m

Talk to me, until the night's over

E

C#m

Little girl won't you talk to me, well until the night's over

A

Yeah yeah yeah, I got a full week's pay

E

And baby I've been working hard each day

A

I'm not asking for the world you see

B

E

I'm just asking girl, talk to Me |

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I don't understand darling what was my sin

A

F#m

E

Why am I down here below and your arms are open to him

C#m

A

B

What did I do? What did I say? What must I pay to get you to

E

C#m

Talk to me, until the night's over

E

C#m

Little girl won't you talk to me, well, until the night's over

A

Yeah yeah yeah, I got a full week's pay

E

And baby I've been working hard each day

A

I'm not asking for the world you see

B

Oh I'm just

A

B

Oh I'm just asking darlin' please

A

B

And baby I'm down on my knees to get you to

E

C#m

Talk to me, well until the night's over

E

C#m

Little girl, won't you talk to me? Until it's all over

E

Come on darlin' and talk to me

C#m

Well until it's all over

E

Little girl, won't you talk to me?

C#m

Until it's all over |

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Darkness on the Edge of Town outtake; released on 18 Tracks

F

Johnny works in a factory

Bb

F

Billy works downtown

Dm

Terry works in a rock and roll band

Gm

F/a

Bb

Lookin' for that million dollar sound I got a job down in Darlington But some nights I don't go Some nights I go to the drive-in And some nights I stay home

Bb

F

Bb

I followed that dream just like those guys do way up on the screen

Bb

F

Bb

I drove my Challenger down Route 9 through the dead ends and all the bad scenes

C

F

And when the promise was broken I cashed in a few of my own dreams Well, I built that Challenger by myself But I needed money and so I sold it I lived a secret I shoulda kept to myself But I got drunk one night and I told it

Dm

Am

All my life I've fought that fight

Gm

F/a

Bb

A fight that you can never win

F

C

Every day it just gets harder to live

F

The dream you're believing in

Gm

Am

Bb

C

F

Thunder Road.... oh, baby, you were so right Thunder Road.... there's something dying down on the highway tonight Well I won big once and I hit the coast Oh but I paid the big cost Inside I felt like I was carryin' broken spirits Of all the other ones who lost When the promise is broken you go on livin' But it steals something from down in your soul Like when the truth is spoken and it don't make no difference Something in your heart runs cold

Bb

F

Bb

I followed that dream through the southwestern tracks, the dead ends and two-bit bars

C

F

When the promise was broken I was far away from home, in the backseat of a borrowed car

Gm

Am

Bb

C

F

Thunder Road.... here's for the lost lovers and all the fixed games Thunder Road.... here's for the tires rushing by in the rain Thunder Road.... remember Billy what we'd always say Thunder Road.... we were gonna take it all and throw it all away

The River outtake; released on Tracks

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Em

G

I lie in bed but baby I can't sleep, no matter how hard I try

D

A

Em

G

There's something bad baby, wrong with me, whenever I close my eyes

Em

G

Em

D

A

The dreams of Mary keep me awake, with every little curve in place

Em

F#m

G

A

When I walk home in the daybreak, come back home, baby, won't you give me

G

A

Darling bring on the night

G

A

Oh yeah darling, bring on the night

G

A

Oh, now darling, bring on the night

D

A

Em

G

I walk the street, I'm lookin' for romance, I end up stumblin' in some stupid half-trance

D

A

Em

G

As I watch the lovers mix with circumstance, we watch the disco dancers dance

Em

G

Em

D

A

I look for connection in some new eyes, but for protection they're tranquilized

Em

F#m

G

Forbidding close inspection of who's tellin' who

G

A

G

Forbidding close inspection of who's tellin' who lies (

G

)

A

Bring on the night

G

A

Oh yeah darling, bring on the night

G

A

Oh now darling, bring on the night

D

| % | Bring it on!

Am

Em

Is it as simple as it seems?

G

D

Am

I don't know what I'm doin' here

Am

Em

Is it as simple as it seems?

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D

Is it as simple as I fear? Well if I'm right |

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Em

G

Em

D

A

I look for connection in some new eyes, but for protection they're tranquilized

Em

F#m

Forbidding close inspection of who's tellin' who

G

A

G

Forbidding close inspection of who's tellin' who, baby of who's tellin' who lies (

G

)

A

Bring on the night

G

A

Oh, yeah darling, bring on the night Oh, now baby, bring on the night Oh, now darling bring on the night Come home, baby, bring on the night Oh, now darling bring on the night Oh, now baby, bring on the night Oh, now darling bring on the night |

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The River outtake, released as the B-side of Hungry Heart

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D

A

I was out driving, just a-taking it slow

A

D

A

Looked at my tank, it was reading low

A

D

A

Pulled in a Exxon station out on Highway One

D

E

A

Held up without a gun

D

E

A

Held up without a gun Some damn fool with a guitar walking down the street Ain't got nowhere to go, ain't got nothing to eat Man with a cigar says, "Sign here, son" Held up without a gun Held up without a gun |

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| Now it's a sin and it oughta be a crime You know it happens buddy all the time Try to make a living, try to have a little fun Held up without a gun Held up without a gun Held up without a gun

The River outtake; released on Tracks

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D

Well, ever since you were a little girl

G

D

You set the rules in your little world

Bm

D

But girls grow up and throw their toys away

G

D

You're a big girl now but you still wanna play

A

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 do Girl, we're living! Once I thought we had a love that was true Girl, we're living! But I'm just another doll in your dollhouse to you

G

We're living in a dollhouse

D

A

We're living in a dollhouse

G

Girl, we're living in a dollhouse

D

A

You may feel safe and sound

G

A

D

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 Girl, we're living! You had a plan and darling like a child Girl, we're living! You thought it's down to fashion, down to style Girl, we're living! But your little dream-house is runnin' wild Girl, we're living! 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 |

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| Everything's as you dreamed it would be But there's something wrong that you can't see Room by room you looking for some little flaw A crack somewhere in your dollhouse wall Girl, we're living! Something, girl, that will explain away Girl, we're living! The hurt you feel, darling, when we play Girl, we're living! Your little dolls, they got a grip on you Girl, we're living! Your little dolls, they got a grip on you Girl, we're living! Your little dolls, they got a grip on you Girl, we're living! Until you're just another doll in your dollhouse too We're living in a dollhouse Oh, we're living in a dollhouse Girl, we're living in a dollhouse We may feel safe and sound

G

A

But our dollhouse, girl, is falling down

G

D

A

We're living in a dollhouse, yeah, we're living in a dollhouse Oh, we're living in a dollhouse, yeah, we're living in a dollhouse Girl we're living in a dollhouse, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, ah Yeah, we're living in a dollhouse, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, ah We're living in a dollhouse, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, yeah

G

D

We're living in a dollhouse

The River outtake; released on Tracks

D

A

D

I hear the guitars ringin' out babe

G

D

Ringin' out down Union Street

A

D

I hear the lead singer shoutin' out, girl

G

I wanna be a slave to the beat

A

Yeah, tonight I wanna break my chains

Bm

G

Somebody break my heart, somebody shake my brains

A

Downtown there's something that I wanna hear

G

A

There's a sound, little girl, keeps ringing in my ear

D

A

I wanna be where the bands are

D

I wanna be where the bands are

G

Where the bands are

D

A

Where the bands are

D

I wanna be where the bands are

G

Where the bands are

A

D

I get off from work and I grab something to eat

G

D

I turn the corner and I drive down your street

A

D

Little gray houses darling looks like nowhere

G

But hey I know you're hiding in there

A

Come on out for just a little while

Bm

G

You know that heart of stone, girl, girl it just ain't your style

A

Tonight I wanna feel the beat of the crowd

G

And when I tell you that I love you

A

I wanna have to shout it out loud

A

Shout it out loud, shout it out loud

D

A

I wanna be where the bands are

D

I wanna be where the bands are

G

Where the bands are

D

A

Where the bands are

D

I wanna be where the bands are

G

Where the bands are

G

F#m

Em

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I wanna be where the bands are |

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D

I hear the guitars ringin' out again

G

D

Ringin' on down Union Street

A

D

I hear the lead singer shoutin' out and girl

G

I wanna be a slave to the beat

A

And I want something that'll break my chains

Bm

G

Something to break my heart, something to shake my brains

A

There's a rocker's special on tonight

G

A

So meet me on down 'neath the neon lights

D

A

I wanna be where the bands are

D

I wanna be where the bands are

G

Where the bands are

D

A

Where the bands are

D

I wanna be where the bands are

G

Where the bands are

D

A

Where the bands are

D

I wanna be where the bands are

G

Where the bands are

D

A

Where the bands are

D

I wanna be where the bands are

G

Where the bands are

D

A

Where the bands are

D

I wanna be where the bands are

G

Where the bands are

G

F#m

Em

G

F#m

Em

G

F#m

Em

A

D

I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be where the bands are

A

D

G

D

I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be where The bands Are

A

D

G

I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be

G

F#m

Em

A

D

G

D

I wanna be where the bands are

The River outtake; released on Tracks

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G

We met out on open streets

Em

When we had no place to go

G

I remember how my heart beat

Am7

When you said "I love you so"

C

Then little by little

Em

Am

We choked out all the life that out love could hold oh, no

C

It's like we held a noose

Em

And baby without check

C

D

G

We pulled until it grew tighter around our necks

C

Each one waiting for the other

Em

Darling to say when

C

D

(

G

) Well baby you can meet me tonight on the loose end |

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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 oh, no It's like we held a noose And baby without check We pulled until it grew tighter around our necks Each one waiting for the other Darling to say when Well baby you can meet me tonight on the loose end |

G

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Em

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Em

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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 It's like we held a noose And baby without check We pulled until it grew tighter around our necks Each one waiting for the other Darling to say when Well baby you can meet me tonight on the loose end On the loose end On the loose end...

The River outtake; released on Tracks

(Wow!)

A

D

A

D

E

A

Early North Jersey industrial skyline (bow, bow, bow, bow)

D

A

D

E

A

I'm an all-set cobra jet creeping through the night time (bow, bow, bow, bow)

D

A

D

E

A

Gotta find a gas station, gotta find a pay phone (bow, bow, bow, bow)

A

D

A

D

E

A

This turnpike sure is spooky at night when you're all alone (bow, bow, bow, bow)

A

D

I'm living on the edge of the world

A

F#m

Trying to get my girl on the line

A

D

Living on the edge of the world

A

F#m

But I think I'm just a wastin' my time

D

E

Some jerk keeps breaking my connection, girl (breaking my connection)

A

'Cause I'm living on the edge of the world (living on the edge of the world)

D

A/c#

Bm

E

A

E

D

A

Living on the edge of the world

A

D

A

D

E

A

Radio, radio, hear my tale of heartbreak (bow, bow, bow, bow)

A

D

A

D

E

A

New Jersey in the morning like a lunar landscape (bow, bow, bow, bow)

A

D

A

D

E

A

Got a counter girl at the Exit 24 Ho-Jo (bow, bow, bow, bow)

E

A

D

A

D

E

A

Down past the refinery towers where the great black river flows (bow, bow, bow, bow)

A

D

I'm living on the edge of the world

A

F#m

Trying to back to you girl

A

D

Living on the edge of the world

A

F#m

Tryin' to get a message through

D

E

I gotta make a connection, girl (make a connection)

A

'Cause I'm living on the edge of the world (living on the edge of the world)

D

A/c#

Bm

E

A

E

D

A

Living on the edge of the world |

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A/c#

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Bm

E

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Radio's jammed with gospel stations (bow, bow, bow, bow)

A

D

A

D

E

A

Lost souls calling long distance salvation (bow, bow, bow, bow)

A

D

A

D

E

A

Hey mister DJ gotta hear my last prayer (bow, bow, bow, bow)

A

D

A

D

E

A

It's a hey ho rock and roll, deliver me from nowhere (bow, bow, bow, bow)

A

D

I'm living on the edge of the world

A

F#m

Trying to back to you girl

A

D

Living on the edge of the world

A

F#m

Tryin' to get a message through

D

E

I gotta make some connection, girl (make some connection)

A

'Cause I'm living on the edge of the world (living on the edge of the world)

D

A/c#

Bm

E

Living on the edge, ooh

D

E

I gotta make some connection, girl (make some connection)

A

'Cause I'm living on the edge of the world (living on the edge of the world)

D

A/c#

Bm

E

A

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F#m

Living on the edge of the world

A

D

Now my boss don't dig me 'cause he put me on the night shift

A

F#m

It takes me two hours to get to where my baby lives

A

D

In the wee wee hours your mind gets hazy

A

F#m

Relay towers, won't you lead me to my baby

A

D

'Neath the overpass the trooper hits his party lights switch

A

Good night, good luck, one, two power-shift

A

D

Living on the edge of the world

A

F#m

A

D

Bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom...

A

F#m

A

D

Bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom...

A

F#m

A

D

Bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom...

A

F#m

A

D

Bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom...

A

F#m

A

D

Bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom... Living on the edge of the world

A

F#m

Bom-bom

A

D

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| (Living on the edge of the world

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D

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F#m

| Living on the edge of the world

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D

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F#m

| Living on the edge of the world |

D

A/c#

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E

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F#m

D

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The River outtake, released as the B-side of Fade Away; released on Tracks

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A

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F#m

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x2

A

D

F#m

Bm

Your scrapbook's filled with pictures of all your leading men

D

E

A

Well baby don't put my picture in there with them

A

D

F#m

Bm

Don't make us some little girl's dream that can't ever come true

D

G

E

It only serves to hurt and make you cry like you do

D

A

E

A

F#m

Bm

Bm7

A

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 alone You deserve better than this, little girl, can't you see that you do Do you need somebody to prove it to you? Well you prove it to me and I'll prove it to you

F#m

A

Now every night you go out looking for true love's satisfaction

F#m

But in the morning you end up settling for

D

E

Just lights, lights, lights, 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

D

A

Bm

A

You say I'll be like those other guys who filled your head with pretty lies

F#m

D

E

And dreams that can never come true

D

A

E

A

F#m

Bm

A

Esus4

A

Well baby you be true to me and I'll be true......... to you

The River outtake; released on Tracks

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A

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A

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A

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A

G

A

So let the frozen sands crumble, crumble and fall

G

A

G

D

Well that's all right, I don't mind at all

D

A

G

A

Let 'em all tumble right into the sea

G

A

G

D

Well that's just fine, that's alright with me

Bm

E

Since you came down the line

Bm

E

A

G

D

A

I can't sleep at night, I got one thing on my mind

D

A

G

A

And so every day, every night, I wanna be with you

G

A

G

D

I wanna be with you, that's what I wanna do

D

A

G

A

'Cause you're just so out of sight

G

A

G

D

I wanna be with you, that's what I wanna do Now I lost my job at the Texaco station 'Cause instead of pumpin' gas I dreamed 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 and let 'em all talk Until the world falls apart, I wanna be with you I wanna be with you, that's what I wanna do Until they rip out my heart, I wanna be with you I wanna be with you, well that's all I wanna do |

D

A

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A

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A

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D

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Let's go!

G

A

Hold tight, love me just a little bit

G

A

Alright, a little bit more

G

A

Tonight, tonight, give me just a little

G

Oh 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 run when you whisper, I come when you call And I see you on the street, I fall on my face I drop to my knees, I plead my case Oh no, I wanna be with you I wanna be with you, that's what I wanna do Oh no, I wanna be with you I wanna be with you, that's all I wanna do Oh no, I wanna be with you I wanna be with you, darling don't you know? Oh no, I wanna be with you I wanna be with you, because I love you so

Capo:

I

The River outtake; released on Tracks

D

G

C

You're scrapbook's filled with pictures of all your leading men

D

G

C

Well, baby, don't put my picture in there with them

Am

Bm

Em

Don't make us some little girl's dream that can never come true

C

Am

C

D

Oh, baby, don't do it to me, I won't do it to you

G

C

Mary Lou, I'm not like all those other guys

G/b

Am

Dsus4

D

Mary Lou, I won't fill your pretty head with their pretty lies

G

C

Mary Lou, and dreams that never, never, never, ever will come true

G

Am

D

Mary Lou, that'd only serve to hurt and make you cry like you do

D

G

C

You've seen all the romantic movies, you dream and take the boys home

D

G

C

But when the action fades you're left all alone

Am

Bm

Em

You deserve better than this, a real love that can grow

C

D

And I ain't playin' out-takes, girl, from some late late show, no

G

C

Mary Lou, you're not like all those others girls

G

Am

D

Mary Lou, so afraid to shake up that real world |

G

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G/b

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G/b

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Am

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D

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D

G

C

Every night you go out looking for true love's satisfaction

D

G

C

But you always end up setting for just lights, camera, action

Am

Bm

Em

And another cameo role with some bit player you're befriending

C

D

You're gonna go broken-hearted looking for that happy ending

G

C

Mary Lou, I've seen all those movies too

G/b

Am

D

Mary Lou, I know the hurt too much dreaming can do

G

C

Mary Lou, you're gonna end up just another lonely ticket sold

G/b

Am

D

Mary Lou, crying alone in the theatre as the credits roll

G

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Bruce Springsteen : Misc: 1970s

The Fever
1973

Bishop Danced
1973

Santa Ana
1973

Seaside Bar Song
1973

Zero And Blind Terry
1973

Thundercrack
1973

So Young And In Love
1974

Linda Let Me Be The One
1975

Love On The Wrong Side Of Town
1976

Give The Girl A Kiss
1977

Iceman
1977

Hearts Of Stone
1977

Don't Look Back
1977

Fire
1977

Because The Night
1978

Talk To Me
1978

The Promise
1978

Bring On The Night
1979

Held Up Without A Gun
1979

Dollhouse
1979

Where The Bands Are
1979

Loose Ends
1979

Living On The Edge Of The World
1979

Be True
1979

I Wanna Be With You
1979

Mary Lou
1979

Bruce Springsteen : Misc: 1970s

The Fever 1973

Bishop Danced 1973

Santa Ana 1973

Seaside Bar Song 1973

Zero And Blind Terry 1973

Thundercrack 1973

So Young And In Love 1974

Linda Let Me Be The One 1975

Love On The Wrong Side Of Town 1976

Give The Girl A Kiss 1977

Iceman 1977

Hearts Of Stone 1977

Don't Look Back 1977

Fire 1977

Because The Night 1978

Talk To Me 1978

The Promise 1978

Bring On The Night 1979

Held Up Without A Gun 1979

Dollhouse 1979

Where The Bands Are 1979

Loose Ends 1979

Living On The Edge Of The World 1979

Be True 1979

I Wanna Be With You 1979

Mary Lou 1979

The Fever
1973

Bishop Danced
1973

Santa Ana
1973

Seaside Bar Song
1973

Zero And Blind Terry
1973

Thundercrack
1973

So Young And In Love
1974

Linda Let Me Be The One
1975

Love On The Wrong Side Of Town
1976

Give The Girl A Kiss
1977

Iceman
1977

Hearts Of Stone
1977

Don't Look Back
1977

Fire
1977

Because The Night
1978

Talk To Me
1978

The Promise
1978

Bring On The Night
1979

Held Up Without A Gun
1979

Dollhouse
1979

Where The Bands Are
1979

Loose Ends
1979

Living On The Edge Of The World
1979

Be True
1979

I Wanna Be With You
1979

Mary Lou
1979