4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK (SANDY)


My Father's Place -- July 31, 1973

Sandy, the fireworks are hailin' over little Eden tonight
Sparkin' a light in all those lonesome faces staring up on this warm July
Down in town the streets are full of switchblade lovers, so fast, so shiny, so sharp
And them wizards play down on pinball way on the boardwalk way past dark
And those boys from the Casino dance with their shirts open like bandits on the shore
Ah, catching all them silly New York girls by the score

So Sandy, the aurora is risin' behind us
This pier lights our carnival life forever
Oh love me tonight and I promise I'll love you forever

Well the greasers, they tramp the streets or get busted for sleeping on the beach all night
It's like a sidewalk burlesque, those boys in their high heels, oh Sandy, their skins are so white
Oh and me I got tired, oh so damn tired of working in that dusty old arcade and fixin' their machines
Chasin' them factory girls underneath the boardwalk where they all promise to unsnap their jeans
And you know that tilt-a-whirl down on the south beach drag
I got on it last night and my shirt got caught
Oh that Joey kept me spinnin'
Oh, he would not let me off

So, Sandy, this aurora is risin' behind us
Oh this pier lights our carnival life 'cross the water
Oh runnin' laughing 'neath the boardwalk with Rollie Joe's daughter
Hmmm mmmm..

Well now Sandy, them north side angels, they lost their desire for us
I spoke with 'em last night, they said they won't set themselves on fire for us anymore
Oh, but the weather gets hot, and every season you can still see 'em come and go
Oh, dressed like stars in that cheap little bars and parked with their baby down on the Kokomo
Did you hear the cops they busted Madame Marie for tellin' fortunes better than they do
It don't matter much any more, girl, summer's gonna be through

And Sandy, the aurora is risin' behind us
This pier lights our carnival life forever
Oh love me tonight and I promise I'll love you forever
Sandy Girl
La La la
Sandy girl
Oh la la ya ya


Thanks BlueTele at Rmas for the lyrics

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