First lines of Bruce Spingsteen Lyrics

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8 a.m. I'm up and my feet beating on the sidewalk
Down at the unemployment agency, all I get is talk
OUT OF WORK
After the music had stopped
I still heard it playing
LITTLE GIRL SO FINE
All over the world the rain was pourin'
I was scratchin' where it itched
LEAP OF FAITH
An echo fades of sounds once heard
By thousands brought together for
AFTER THE THUNDER
At night I go to bed but I just can't sleep
I got something running around my head
MY LOVE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN
At sixteen she quit high school
To make a fortune in the Promised Land
FROM SMALL THINGS BIG THINGS COME
Baby I - Don't need you loving no more
Baby I - Don't need your kisses no more
BABY I
Been on a barbed wire highway 40 days and nights
I ain't complain'n that's my job and it suits me right
MARIA'S BED
Behind the walls where heat lightning falls
On five starred gnat-faced princess
VISITATION AT FORT HORN
Bill Horton was a cautious man of the road
He walked lookin' over his shoulder and remained faithful to its code
CAUTIOUS MAN
Billy got out of prison but he wasn't right
Some like to drink or gamble, Billy liked to fight
ROCK AWAY THE DAYS
Billy had a mistress down on 'A' and 12th
She was that little somethin' that he did for himself
THE BIG MUDDY
Billy, he's down by the railroad tracks, sittin' low in the back seat of his Cadillac,
Diamond Jackie, she's so intact, she falls so softly beneath him,
NEW YORK CITY SERENADE
Bishop danced with a thumbscrew woman
Did a double-quick back flip and slid across the floor
BISHOP DANCED
Black Mellon Road on dark mellow night
Two cars pullin' up ahead on my right
BETTY JEAN
Blind man wavin' by the side of the road
I'm in a flat bed Ford carrying a heavy load
ALL I'M THINKING ABOUT
Bobby said he'd pull out Bobby stayed in
Janey had a baby it wasn't any sin
SPARE PARTS
Bobby's got a gun that he keeps beneath his pillow (oh yeah)
Out on the street your chances are zero (oh yeah)
MURDER INCORPORATED
Boom boom boom boom
I wanna shoot you right down
BOOM BOOM BOOM
Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
BORN IN THE U.S.A.
Born on the Hudson, twenty-two years gone
Bred and raised in the City
SOUTHERN SON
Camilla Horne, she was born a long, long time ago.
She Came From Germany to the U.S.A.
CAMILLA HORNE
Can't see nothin' in front of me
Can't see nothin' coming up behind
THE RISING
Catlong sighs holdin' Kitty's black tooth,
She left to marry some top cat, ain't it the cold truth,
KITTY'S BACK
Cigarettes and a bottle of beer
This poem that I wrote for you
THE WALL
Cold rain running down the front of my shirt
I'm flat on my back wheels in the dirt
DON'T LOOK BACK
Come to the door ma and unlock the chain.
Well I was just passin' through and got caught in the rain.
THE HITTER
Crazy Janey and her mission man were back in the alley tradin' hands
`long came Wild Billy with his friend G-man all duded up for Saturday night
SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT
Cynthia, when you come walkin' by you're an inspiring sight
Cynthia, you don't smile or say hi but baby that's alright
CYNTHIA
Dark weekends in the sun out on Chelsea Road
Descending the stairs, Frankie, my one
FRANKIE
Dirty old street all slushed up in the rain and snow
Little boy and his ma shivering outside a rundown music store window
THE WISH
Do you still say your prayers little darlin'
do you go to bed at night
POINT BLANK
Down at the court house they're ringin' the flag down
Long black line of cars snakin' slow through town
THE FUSE
Driving home she grabs something to eat
Turns a corner and drives down her street
JACKSON CAGE
Driving in to Darlington County
Me and Wayne on the Fourth of July
DARLINGTON COUNTY
Early in the morning factory whistle blows,
Man rises from bed and puts on his clothes,
FACTORY
Early North Jersey industrial skyline
I'm an all-set cobra jet creepin' through the night time
LIVING ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
"Every cloud has a silver lining, every dog has his day
She said, ""Now don't say nothin'
MY BEST WAS NEVER GOOD ENOUGH "
Every day here you come walking
I hold my tongue, I don't do much talking
SAD EYES (Tracks version)
Every spring when the weather gets warm
They come pourin' into town straight off of them farms
BROTHERS UNDER THE BRIDGES ('83)
Fat man sitting on a little stool
Takes the money from my hand while his eyes take a walk all over you
TUNNEL OF LOVE
Father, I have come.
To tell you about somethin' I done.
BALLAD OF THE SELF-LOADING PISTOL
Fifteen years Le Bing Son
Fought side by side with the Americans
GALVESTON BAY
First time I crossed my heart
I was beggin' baby, please
CROSS MY HEART
For two days the river keeps you down
Then you rise to the light without a sound
MATAMOROS BANKS
Friday night's pay night guys fresh out of work
Talking about the weekend tryin' to scrub off the dirt
CHILD BRIDE
Friday night's pay night guys fresh out of work
Talking about the weekend scrubbing off the dirt
WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY
From nowhere through the caravan
Round the campfire light
GYPSY WOMAN
From the tin rooftop the little boy did watch
The procession down through town
SANTA ANA
From their northeast source the sour wind roars
Bear gifts fresh from the valley waters.
WINTER SONG
Get up every morning at the sound of the bell
Get to work late and the boss man give you hell
NIGHT (ALT)
Girl, on the edge flippin' off the lamp
There'll be an end darling to your endless night
ENGLISH SONS (aka Endless Nights)
Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack
I went out for a ride and I never went back
HUNGRY HEART
Got out of prison back in '86 and I found me a wife
Walked the clean and narrow
STRAIGHT TIME
Grab your ticket and your suitcase
Thunder's rolling down the tracks
LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS
Gray morning sky
Splits through the shade
ANOTHER THIN LINE
He lay his blanket underneath the freeway
As the evening sky grew dark
BALBOA PARK
He rode the rails since the great depression
Fifty years out on the skids
THE NEW TIMER
He was a bouncer in a joint called Tony's Body Shop
She was a night cashier down at the Stop 'n' Shop
ANGELYNE
Her brains they rattle and her bones they shake
Whoah, she's an angel from the Innerlake
THUNDERCRACK
Here comes a fireman, here comes a cop
Here comes a wrench, here comes a car hop
MAN AT THE TOP
Here I am baby, right where you found me
Trying to break these chains that surround me
TRAPPED AGAIN
Here in north east Ohio
Back in eighteen-o-three
YOUNGSTOWN
Here she comes, walking down the street
You know she's walking just like she's walking to come and see
THIS LITTLE GIRL
Hey baby
Well she's vicious as a razor
SHE'S SO FINE
Hey bus driver keep the change, bless your children, give them names,
don't trust men who walk with canes
DOES THIS BUS STOP AT 82nd STREET?
Hey little girl is your daddy home
Did he go away and leave you all alone
I'M ON FIRE
Hey little girl with the red dress on
There's a party tonight down in ...
LET'S GO TONIGHT (Johnny bye-bye)
Hey there mister can you tell me
What happened to the seeds I've sown
THIS HARD LAND
Hey, Eddie, can you lend me a few bucks
And tonight can you get us a ride
MEETING ACROSS THE RIVER
Hey, little dolly with the blue jeans on
I wanna ramrod with you honey, till half-past dawn
RAMROD
House got too crowded clothes got too tight
And I don't know just where I'm going tonight
LUCKY TOWN
I ain't afraid of no lions
I ain't afraid of no grizzly bear
I'M A COWARD (WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE)
I ain't got no home, I'm just a ramblin' around
A hard working ramblin' man, I go from town to town
I AIN'T GOT NO HOME
I ain't lookin' for just excitement
Baby that's just a fact
GIVE THE GIRL A KISS
I am Native American
Ho Ka Hey Wah Nah
NATIVE AMERICAN
I been watchin' you a long time
Trying to figure out where and when
LET'S BE FRIENDS (skin to skin)
I bought a bourgeois house in the Hollywood hills
With a truckload of hundred thousand dollar bills
57 CHANNELS (AND NOTHIN' ON)
I bought a scooter and I rented a shack
Out in the sun, by the railroad track
THE BIG PAYBACK
I come from down in the valley
where mister when you're young
THE RIVER
I don't need your answered prayers
Or the chains your lover wears
LIFT ME UP
I don't remember how I felt
I never thought I'd live
NOTHING MAN
I fell asleep on the couch last night, woke up with the TV on.
There was a woman in tight cotton exercise shorts
SELL IT AND THEY WILL COME
I found him by the railroad track this morning
I could see that he was nearly dead
GIVE MY LOVE TO ROSE
I found me a little girl and I settled down
in a pretty little town
SON YOU MAY KISS THE BRIDE
I get up in the evening
and I ain't got nothing to say
DANCING IN THE DARK
I got a 007 watch and it's a one and only
It's got a I-Spy beeper that tells me when you're lonely
I'M A ROCKER
I got a date with the preacher's daughter
She give me life she bring me water.
PREACHER'S DAUGHTER
I got a dollar in my pocket
there ain't a cloud up above
ALL THAT HEAVEN WILL ALLOW
I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a 396
Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor
RACING IN THE STREET
I got my discharge from Fort Irwin
took a place on the San Diego county line
THE LINE
I got my finger on the trigger
But I don't know who to trust
DEVILS AND DUST
I got no time for the corner boys
Down in the street making all that noise
JERSEY GIRL
I got seven pictures of Buddha
The prophet's on my tongue
MARY'S PLACE
I got the fortunes of heaven in diamonds and gold
I got all the bonds baby that the bank could hold
AIN'T GOT YOU
I had a dream our love would last forever
I had a dream tonight my dream comes true
RENDEZVOUS
I had a friend was a big baseball player
back in high school
GLORY DAYS
I had a job, I had a girl
I had something going mister in this world
DOWNBOUND TRAIN
I had skin like leather and the diamond-hard look of a cobra
I was born blue and weathered but I burst just like a supernova
IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY
I hear the guitars ringin' out
Ringin' out down Union Street
WHERE THE BANDS ARE
I hear the guitars ringing out
Ringing out down Union Street
LET'S GO
I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight
Gonna hold my baby as tight as I can
GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT
I hold you in my arms
as the band plays
BRILLIANT DISGUISE
I hold you in my arms, that's when it starts
I seek faith in your kiss, and comfort in your heart
WORLDS APART
I know what it's like to have failed baby
With the whole world lookin' on
ALL THE WAY HOME
I lie in bed but baby I can't sleep no matter how hard I try
There's something bad, baby, wrong with me whenever I close my eyes
BRING ON THE NIGHT
I love to see the cottonwood blossom
In the early spring
I WISH I WERE BLIND
I met a girl and we ran away
I swore I'd make her happy every day
TWO FACES
I met a little girl and I settled down
In a little house out on the edge of town
STOLEN CAR
I met up with St. Peter
He was working at the pearly gates
IDIOT'S DELIGHT
I pick you up with flowers
When you get off from work
CINDY
I remember how rough your hand felt on mine
On my wedding day
WALK LIKE A MAN
I remember yesterday and I'd sit and watch the hound dogs play
Howlin' at the China moon
RANDOLPH STREET (MASTER OF ELECTRICITY)
I saw her standin' on her front lawn just twirlin' her baton
Me and her went for a ride sir and ten innocent people died
NEBRASKA
I see you walking, baby, down the street
Pushing that baby carriage at your feet
I WANNA MARRY YOU
"I slipped on her shoe, she was a perfect size seven
I said ""there's no smokin' in the store ma'am""
HIGHWAY 29 "
I stood stone-like at midnight suspended in my masquerade
I combed my hair till it was just right and commanded the night brigade
GROWIN' UP
I thought I heard the captain say
Pay me my money down
PAY ME MY MONEY DOWN
I threw my robe on in the morning
Watched the ring on the stove turn to red
DRY LIGHTNING
I walk along the levee to see the gypsy man
The dirt 'neath my feet baby's turnin' to quicksand
OVER THE RISE
I wanna build me a house, on higher ground
I wanna find me a world, where love's the only sound
LEAH
I wanna little house
On a little hill
LITTLE GIRL
I was barely 13 years old
She came out of the Guadalupe's on a night so cold
SILVER PALOMINO
I was born down by the river
Where the dirty river flows
JEANNIE NEEDS A SHOOTER
I was born in the corn fields of Kentucky
I moved north in '73
HOMESTEAD
i was born right here on randolph street in freehold......
here right behind that big red maple in freehold....
IN FREEHOLD
I was born saved in heaven
It was nothing like the promised land
ALL NIGHT LONG
I was bruised and battered and I couldn't tell
what I felt
STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA
I was driving through my hometown
I was just kinda killin' time
LOCAL HERO
I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand
Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man
MY HOMETOWN
I was out driving, just taking it slow
Looked at my tank it was reading low
HELD UP WITHOUT A GUN
I was there
When you needed someone
LOVE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF TOWN
I was your big man I was your prince charming
King on a white horse hey now look how far I've fallen
GLORIA'S EYES
I went out walking the other day
Seen a little girl crying along the way
TWO HEARTS
I woke up last night shaking from a dream
Fot in that dream I died
TV MOVIE
I woke up this morning
I could barely breathe
EMPTY SKY
I worked hard, baby, night and day
The things I had somebody took away
HOLD ON (to What You Got)
If there's something you need
That you just don't have
RAISE YOUR HAND
If your heart is restless and you can't go on
When you're tired and weary, but you can't go on
FOLLOW THAT DREAM
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
VALENTINE'S DAY
I'm driving in my car, I turn on the radio
I'm pulling you close, you just say no
FIRE
I'm proud New Jersey is my home
Yeah said I'm proud now New Jersey is my home
NEW JERSEY IS MY HOME
I'm riding down Kingsley,
figuring I'll get a drink
SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT
I'm rumblin' outta town
'Cross the West side tracks
DELIVERY MAN
I'm standing in the backyard
Listening to the party Inside
BOOK OF DREAMS
I've got a mule and her name is Sal
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal
ERIE CANAL
If the sun should fall from the skytomorrow
If the rain brings the tears to your eye, I would share your sorrow
ONE WAY STREET
In a place where outlaws abound from the range
on a day mountains has fallen to falls???
PRODIGAL SON
In Candy's room there are pictures of her heroes on the wall
but to get to Candy's room you gotta walk the darkness of Candy's hall
CANDY'S ROOM
In Candy's room their are pictures of her saviour on the wall
But to get to Candy's room, you got to walk the darkness of Candy's hall
CANDY'S BOY
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
Back In Your Arms
In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway American dream
At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines
BORN TO RUN
In the fields of the lord
Stood Abel and Cain
GAVE IT A NAME
In the summer that I was baptized
my father held me to his side
ADAM RAISED A CAIN
Is it a gun?
Is it a knife?
AMERICAN SKIN / 41 SHOTS
"It was Christmas eve, I was standing in the parking lot of "Fabulous Girls - Nude, Nude,Nude"
In the car next to me there was a young lady givin' a blow job to a man in a Santa Claus suit
Pilgrim in the temple of love / Santa gets a blowjob
It was on the day the cowboys were abandoned from the ranch
Middle touch world as a master
EVACUATION OF THE WEST (a.k.a. No More Kings in Texas)
It's a fairytale so tragic
There's no prince to break the spell
COUNTIN' ON A MIRACLE
It's cloudy out in Pittsburgh
It's raining in Saigon
A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND (Pittsburgh)
It's midnight down in sector two
Little girl walkin' dressed in innocence and cool
WHITE TOWN
It's one for the money and one for the show
I got one kiss for you honey so come on let's go
TWO FOR THE ROAD
It's over now, the thing we had
I ain't sorry, babe, I just feel mad
OUTSIDE LOOKING IN
It's rainin' but there ain't a cloud in the sky
Must of been a tear from your eye
WAITIN' ON A SUNNY DAY
I've been working real hard, trying to get my hands clean,
Tonight we'll drive that dusty road from Monroe to Angeline,
PROVE IT ALL NIGHT
Jessie James was a lad that killed many a man,
He robbed the Danville train,
JESSIE JAMES
Jesus was an only son
As he walked up Calvary Hill
JESUS WAS AN ONLY SON
John Henry was a little baby
Sittin' on his dady's knee
JOHN HENRY
Johnny got an angel dancing topless at night down in Toyland
Where the blondies and supergirls offer a sad look and soft hands
LONELY NIGHT IN THE PARK
Johnny works in a factory and Billy works downtown
Terry works in a rock'n'roll band
THE PROMISE
Jole Blon, you're my flower
You're my darling, you're my sunshine
JOLE BLON
Last night I dreamed that I was a child out where the pines grow wild and tall
I was trying to make it home through the forest before the darkness falls
MY FATHER'S HOUSE
Last night I dreamed we was running through the outlands
Tears streaming, your pretty face all a wreck
TAKE 'EM AS THEY COME
Last night I was out driving
Coming home at the end of the working day
WRECK ON THE HIGHWAY
Let the frozen citiess crumble, crumble and fall
That's alright, I don't mind at all
I WANNA BE WITH YOU
Lights out tonight
trouble in the heartland
BADLANDS
Little Christine
We're takin' one more run
SPANISH EYES
Little girl in these changing times
You got to move on or left behind
YOU GOTTA FIGHT (Fight for What You Want)
Long as I remember
The rain been falling down
WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN
Madman drummers bummers and Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat
In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT
Marie, she comes to me in the twilight
When the wind blows down across the river
MARIE
Mary Queen of Arkansas, it's not too early for dreamin'
The sky is grown with cloud seed sown and a bastard's love can be redeeming
MARY QUEEN OF ARKANSAS
Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks
Goin' someplace there's no goin' back
THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD
Merry Christmas baby, you surely treat me nice
I feel just like I'm living in paradise
MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY
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
LOOSE CHANGE
Miguel came from a small town in northern Mexico.
He came north with his brother Louis to California three years ago
SINALOA COWBOYS
Mister Trouble come walkin' this way
Year gone by feels like one long day
REAL WORLD
Monday morning runs to Sunday night
Screaming slow me down before the new year dies
HIGH HOPES
Mr Froggy went a-courtin' and he did ride, uh-huh
Mr Froggy went a-courtin' and he did ride, uh-huh
FROGGIE WENT A-COURTIN'
"Mrs. McGrath," the sergeant said
"Would you like to make a soldier
MRS McGRATH
My feets were flyin' down the street just the other night
When a Hong Kong special pulled up at the light
CRUSH ON YOU
My little sister's in the front seat with an ice cream cone
My ma's in the black seat sittin' all alone
USED CARS
My name is James Francis Deere
I was born in Remington
JAMES LINCOLN DEERE
My name is James Lucas
I was born in Remington
RICHFIELD WHISTLE
My name is Joe Roberts I work for the state
I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville barracks number 8
HIGHWAY PATROLMAN
My name is frank davis, drive up Dixie 109
I was out on Highway 17, just south of the camden line
LOSIN' KIND
My soul went walkin' but I stayed here
Feel like I been workin' for a thousand years
THE LONG GOODBYE
New Jersey Turnpike ridin' on a wet night 'neath the refinery's glow, out where the great black rivers flow
License, registration, I ain't got none but I got a clear conscience
STATE TROOPER
Night after night
I keep holding on
PROTECTION
Now you say you have a friend, you trust him with your life
You trust him with your money, you trust him with your kids
WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT
Oh Billy stares at Cherry in the hall
And walks out into the rain so blessed and tall
WALKING IN T
Oh Blackie's down by the railroad tracks
He's sitting low in the back seat of his Cadillac
NEW YORK SONG (New York City Serenade)
Oh God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son"
Abe says, "Man, you must be putting me on"
HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED
Oh Jesse, you better start thinkin' about saving your neck
Oh Jesse, you put on that leather jacket like you put on respect
JESSE
Oh, Mary, don't you weep Tell Martha not to moan OH, MARY DON"T YOU WEEP
Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter Away you rolling river SHENANDOAH
Oh, when I was a little kid I never liked to eat,
Mama'd put things on my plate, I'd dump them on her feet,
CHICKEN LIPS AND HIZARD HIPS
Ol' catfish in the lake, we called him Big Jim
When I was a kid, my only wish was to get my line in him
WITH EVERY WISH
Old Dan Tucker, he's a fine old man,
Washed his face in a frying pan
OLD DAN TUCKER
On a rattlesnake speedway in the Utah desert
I pick up my money and head back into town
THE PROMISED LAND
On the road to Basra stood young Lieutenant Jimmy Bly
Detailed to go through the clothes of the soldiers who died
SOULS OF THE DEPARTED
Once I thought I knew
Everything I needed to know about you
LONESOME DAY
Once we ran and lived as one
In another world, my little one
RESTLESS NIGHTS
One girl, one love
One dream in our hearts
ONE LOVE
One soft infested summer me and Terry became friends
Trying in vain to breathe the fire we was born in
BACKSTREETS
Out where the creek turns shallow and sandy
And the moon comes skimmin' away the stars
LONG TIME COMING
Pack up your bags
Don't look back
CLUB SOUL CITY
Paul and Silas bound in jail
Had no money for to go their bail
EYES ON THE PRIZE
Pony boy pony boy
Won't you be my pony boy
PONY BOY
Princess cards she sends me with her regards
barroom eyes shine vacancy, to see her you gotta look hard
FOR YOU
Princess Di did find another man
Prince Charles may want to live
There Never will be anyone for me but you
Put on your best dress baby
And darlin', fix your hair up right
OUT IN THE STREET
Rainey Williams' playground was the Mott Haven streets where he ran past melted candles and flower wreaths, names and photos of young black faces, whose death and blood consecrated these places. Rainey's mother said, "Rainey stay at my side, for you are my blessing you are my pride. It's your love here that keeps my soul alive. I want you to come home from school and stay inside."
BLACK COWBOYS
Rainy night down in the engine house
Sleepin' just as still as a mouse
VIGILANTE MAN
Rode through forty nights of the gospels' rain
Black sky pourin' snakes, frogs
SOUL DRIVER
Running down the highway half past eleven
Waitin' for my odometer to roll straight sevens
LUCKY MAN
Said you'd give me just a little kiss
And you'd rock me for a little while
ALL OR NOTHIN' AT ALL
Saigon, it was all gone
The same Coke machines
BROTHERS UNDER THE BRIDGE
Sandy the fireworks are hailin' over Little Eden tonight
Forcin' a light into all those stoned-out faces left stranded on this Fourth of July
4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK (SANDY)
Say Sons
Well, I got a little girl down by the river
SHERRY DARLING (ALT)
Seen a man standin' over a dead dog lyin' by the highway in a ditch
He's lookin' down kinda puzzled pokin' that dog with a stick
REASON TO BELIEVE
Seven angels got my number
Since I fell in love with you
SEVEN ANGELS
She drew out all her money from the Southern Trust
And put her little boy on a Greyhound Bus
JOHNNY BYE-BYE
She got high class,
She rides around in a cut down Chevy machine.
STREET QUEEN
She promises to be yours forever and always
And you're too young to know it don't work out that way
YOUR LOVE
She said we could just sleep together
There'd be nothing wrong
LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT
She took off her stockings, I held them to my face.
She had your ankles, I felt filled with grace.
RENO
She was just another war nurse
She could strike a noble pose
WAR NURSE
She'll let you in her house
If you come knockin' late at night
SECRET GARDEN
She's a broken winged angel
Refugee from things her mama knew
NO NEED
She's leaving, she's leaving
Everybody knows
SHE'S LEAVING
Shirts in the closet, shoes in the hall
Mama's in the kitchen, baby and all
YOU'RE MISSING
Shrieks of Sheiks as they run across the movie screen
A thousand sand-dune soldiers led by an Arabian Queen
ARABIAN NIGHTS
Sick at heart and lonely
Deep in dark despair
HEART FULL OF SOUL
Sir I am a pilgrim
and a stranger in this land
UNSATISFIED HEART
Sleepy town ain't got the guts to budge
Baby, this emptiness has already been judged
ICEMAN
Some men need riches and lots of money to spend
Some men need power to hold over other men
ALL I NEED
Some need gold and some need diamond rings
Or a drug to take away the pain that living brings
HAPPY
Spanish Johnny drove in from the underworld last night with bruised arms and
broken rhythm and a beat-up old Buick but dressed just like dynamite,
INCIDENT ON 57th STREET
Sparks fly on E Street when the boy prophets walk it handsome and hot,
All the little girls' souls grow weak when the manchild gives them a double shot,
THE E STREET SHUFFLE
Spread out now Rosie doctor come cut loose her mama's reins
You know playin' blind man's bluff is a little baby's game
ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT)
Take me now baby here as I am
Pull me close try an understand
BECAUSE THE NIGHT
Taxicab, taxicab at the light
Won't you take me on a ride
TAXI CAB
Tear drops on the city
Bad Scooter searching for his groove
TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT
Tell me baby
Have we lost everything that we had before
LOVE'S ON THE LINE
The angel rides with hunch-backed children, poison oozing from his engine
Wieldin' love as a lethal weapon, on his way to hubcap heaven
THE ANGEL
The architect angel held Juda ranch.
Just a dirty mile down on the borderline.
THE BALLAD OF THE ARCHITECT ANGEL
The doorbell was ringing, I couldn't ignore it no more
Who can it be now knockin' at my screen door
SECRET GARDEN
The lady keeps the doctor in a place inside her pocket
The circle made her circle like a wheel
LADY AND THE DOCTOR
The machinist climbs his ferris wheel like a brave
And the fire eater's lyin' in a pool of sweat victim of the heatwave
CIRCUS SONG
The midnight boys are outside
Scraping tears up off the street
LINDA LET ME BE THE ONE
The moltitude assembled and tried to make the noise
The black blind poet generals
SONG TO THE ORPHANS
"The moon hung like a shadow on a rung over Shangai
Them soldier boys were returning home screaming ""Banzai""
AND THE BAND PLAYED "
"The moon hung like a shadow on a rung over Shanghai
And the soldier boys were returning home screaming ""Bonzai!""
TOKYO "
The moonlight dances on her face
I got my lips ????
THAT'S WHAT YOU GET
The night rushes in through the door
Kids running across the floor
THE FAST SONG (CANDY'S ROOM)
The ragamuffin gunner is returnin' home like a hungry runaway
He walks through town all alone
LOST IN THE FLOOD
The rangers had a homecoming in Harlem late last night
And the Magic Rat drove his sleek machine over the Jersey state line
JUNGLELAND
The runway rushed up at him as he felt the wheels touch down
He stood out on the blacktop and took a taxi into town
SHUT OUT THE LIGHT
The runway rushed up at me, I felt the wheels touch down
Stood out on the blacktop, and took a taxi into town
VIETNAM
The runway rushed up at me, I felt the wheels hit down I stood out on the blacktop, and took a taxi into town VIETNAM - (alt)
The screen door slams, Christine's (Angelina's) dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
WINGS FOR WHEELS (THUNDER ROAD)
The screen door slams
Mary's dress waves
THUNDER ROAD
The Skulls met the Pythons
Down at the First Street station
ZERO AND BLIND TERRY
The sky was falling and streaked with blood
I heard you calling me, then you disappeared into the dust
INTO THE FIRE
The times are tough now, just getting tougher
This old world is rough, it's just getting rougher
COVER ME
The way your heart beats when I hold you tight
The way you sigh when we kiss goodnight
THE WAY
There's a blood red circle
on the cold dark ground
MY CITY OF RUINS
There's a code of silence,
that we don't dare speak
CODE OF SILENCE
There's a pale horse comin
And I'm gonna ride it
DEAD MAN WALKING
There's a place out on the edge of town sir
Risin' above the factories and the fields
MANSION ON THE HILL
There's a place, so I've been told,
Every street is paved with gold
ACROSS THE BORDERLINE
There's flying angels on your fire escape
They lie to your mama for you, try to keep you safe
SO YOUNG AND IN LOVE
There's so many rivers to cross
and I can't seem to find my way home.
MANY RIVERS TO CROSS
They broke your toys this morning, Henry
Rode your board right into dust
HENRY BOY
They call him Mr. Outside
Cause he don't care
LOOKING OUT FOR NO. 1 (Mr. Outside)
They prosecuted some poor sucker in these United States
For teaching that man descended from the apes
PART MAN PART MONKEY
They ride beneath the waves at 20,000 leagues
On stallions stitched to seaweed strands
COWBOYS OF THE SEA
They're grazin' the field
Covered with tar
SUGARLAND
They're still racing out at the Trestles
But that blood it never burned in her veins
DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
'Til the end
Just me and you baby
SAD EYES
Times are tough there baby there
It's getting tougher now
DROP ON DOWN AND COVER ME
Times were tough love was not enough
So you said sorry Johnny I'm gone gone gone
WHEN YOU'RE ALONE
Tonight down on Union Street
I'm thinkin' back, baby, to you and me
NONE BUT THE BRAVE
Tonight my bag is packed
Tomorrow I'll walk these tracks
ACROSS THE BORDER
Took my baby to a picture show
Found a seat in the back row
REAL MAN
Two kids get married, same old thing
Folks congratulate you, church bells ring
THE HONEYMOONERS
Vibes man in the alley, play me your spitball serenade,
And a deeper blue and you'll be playing in your grave.
VIBES MAN
War
What is it good for
WAR
We are climbing Jacob's ladder
We are climbing Jacob's ladder
JACOB'S LADDER
We busted out of class had to get away from those fools
We learned more from a three-minute record than we ever learned in school
NO SURRENDER
We fell in love and I made you the world
I spent all my time tryin' to satisfy you, girl
30 DAYS OUT
We left the toys out in the yard
I took my wife and kids and left my home unguarded
ROULETTE
We met out on open streets when we had no place to go
I remember how my heart beat when you said I love you so
LOOSE ENDS
We played king of the mountain out on the end
The world come chargin' up the hill, and we were women and men
BLOOD BROTHERS
We said we'd walk together baby come what may
That come the twilight should we lose our way
IF I SHOULD FALL BEHIND
we shall overcome
we shall overcome
WE SHAL OVERCOME
We sit in the car outside your house
I can feel the heat coming 'round
I'M GOIN' DOWN
We wore power of God doesn`t nun used to hold a parish priest
And what makes a good cop let go a beautiful beat
ELOISE
Well a great black river a man had found
So he put all his money in a hole in the ground
SEEDS
Well Billy bought a Chevy '40 coupe deluxe
Chrome wheels, stick shift, give her gas, pop the clutch
SEASIDE BAR SONG
Well brunettes are fine man
And blondes are fun
RED HEADED WOMAN
Well don't move
Why don't you listen to what I'm saying
ACTION IN THE STREETS
Well ever since you were a little girl
You set the rules in your little world
DOLLHOUSE
Well every night I see a light up in your window
But every night you won't answer your door
TALK TO ME
Well he'd been hearing too many voices and feelin'a little off-rack
Like there was something big pressing down on his back
GOIN' CALI
Well I came by your house the other day, your mother said you went away
She said there was nothing that I could have done
BOBBY JEAN<
Well I found a little girl and I settled down
In a pretty little house in a pretty little town
STOLEN CAR (Tracks version)
Well I gave my heart to you, open, so open and trusting
And you gave it back to me, it was broken up and busting
I SOLD MY HEART TO THE JUNKMAN
Well I rode that ribbon highway
I saw above me the endless sky
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
Well I sought gold and diamond rings
My own drug to ease the pain that living brings
MY BEAUTIFUL REWARD
Well it seems like I'm caught up in your trap again
And it seems like I'll be wearin' the same ol' chains
TRAPPED
Well it's Saturday night in New Jersey
And you're feeling kinda wet
JAZZ MUSICIAN
Well It's Saturday night
you're all dressed up in blue
TOUGHER THAN THE REST
Well I've been a losin' gambler
Just throwin' snake eyes
ROLL OF THE DICE
Well I've been out of the woods for six days and nights now
Well I'm a little hot wired, but I'm feeling alright
LIGHT OF DAY
Well I've been walking through midnight
And there's no trace of dawn
WALKING THROUGH MIDNIGHT
Well Janey's got a doctor who tears apart her insides.
He investigates her and he silently bates her sighs
JANEY NEEDS A SHOOTER
Well Jimmy Lee was hookin' 'round the far turn of a funky southern Florida dirt track
He had mud caked on his goggles and a screamin' 350 stacked up on his back
STAND ON IT
Well look out mama, your little girl she has changed
She cut her baby curls and she's got her act rearranged
RICKY WANTS A MAN OF HER OWN
Well my mother rolled over and died in Michigan
My dog got hit by a truck and I cried in Michigan
In Michigan
Well my name is Catherine LeFevre
I work at the Astrowash on Sunset and Vine
CAR WASH
Well my soul checked out missing as I sat listening
To the hours and minutes tickin' away
BETTER DAYS
Well night after lonely night
My head don't touch the bed
ON THE PROWL
Well night after lonely night
My head don't touch the bed
ON THE PROWL
Well now on a summer night in a dusky room
Come a little piece of the Lord's undying light
LIVING PROOF
Well now you say you've found another man who does things to you that I can't
And that no matter what I do it's all over now
FADE AWAY
Well once I was happy, but now I'm forlorn
Like an old coat that is tattered and torn
THE MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE
Well Papa go to bed now it's getting late
Nothing we can say is gonna change anything now
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Well the broken down dock
Where Little Angel she dances topless, at night down in Coral Inn
ANGEL BABY a.k.a. DANCE ON LITTLE ANGEL
Well, the doctor comes 'round here with his face all bright
And he says "in a little while you'll be alright"
HOW CAN A POOR MAN STAND SUCH TIMES AND LIVE
Well the first frame finds her running
But the night pushes her deep within the tunnel
TWO HEARTS IN TRUE WALTZ TIME
Well the Rangers had a home-coming in Harlem late last night
And the Magic Rat piloted his sleek machine across the Jersey State Line
JUNGLELAND
Well there's a light on yonder mountain
And it's calling me to shine
IF I WAS THE PRIEST
Well there's sparklin' angels on your fire-escape tonight
They line them up for you trying to keep you safe
A LOVE SO FINE
Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night now they blew up his house too
Down on the boardwalk they're gettin' ready for a fight gonna see what them racket boys can do
ATLANTIC CITY
Well they closed down the auto plant in Mahwah late that month
Ralph went out lookin' for a job but he couldn't find none
JOHNNY 99
Well way back in the Bible time
A cat named Noah built an ocean liner
DEDICATION
"Well ya know when you're young,
There's such a distance between you and your family.
FAMILY SONG (a.k.a. ""California"" or ""California, You're a Woman"") "
Well you can go out with him
Play with all of his toys
MAN'S JOB
Well you flash your tongue like diamonds
You tied me to your wildcat schemes
THE WORD
Well, far between sundown's finish and midnight's broken toll
We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashin'
CHIMES OF FREEDOM
Well, hurry up hurry up, here we go
c'mon let's hit the road
ROCKIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD
Well, I dreamed I was a gypsy riding the land
with a tambourine and a gypsy queen and a rainbow caravan
LOOK TO THE LAND
Well, I got a little girl down by the river
Now she keeps ??? tight
SAY SONS (Down By The River)
Well, I had the carburetor, baby, cleaned and checked with her line blown out she's hummin' like a turbojet
Propped her up in the backyard on concrete blocks for a new clutch plate and a new set of shocks
OPEN ALL NIGHT
Well, mister, you see that girl walking down the street
That little girl, she used to turn 'em on
WILD KISSES (I'm Gonna Treat You Right)
Well, she comes to me like a childhood soul
Or an old time friend I ain't seen so long
YOU MEAN SO MUCH TO ME
Well, the river runs through this valley
Combing deep and black [?]
TROUBLE RIVER (I CAN'T KEEP FROM CRYING)
Well, there she sits buddy justa gleaming in the sun
There to greet a working man when his day is done
CADILLAC RANCH
"When I asked you if everything is alright
You whisper ""Don't worry"" and you shut out the light
LEAVIN' TRAIN"
When I get home from my job
I turn on my T.V.
FEVER
When I lost you honey sometimes I think I lost my guts too
And I wish God would send me a word
DRIVE ALL NIGHT
When the night's quiet and you don't care anymore,
And your eyes are tired and there's
STREETS OF FIRE
When they opened up the strip
I was young and full of zip
MY OKLAHOMA HOME
When we fight and I wanna talk it out
You won't say nothing, nothing at all
WAGES OF SIN
When you dance
I hear the music rocking everywhere
WHEN YOU DANCE
When you need me call my name
'Cause without you my life just wouldn't be the same
WHEN YOU NEED ME
Where the road is dark, and the seed is sowed
Where the gun is cocked, and the bullet's cold
FURTHER ON UP THE ROAD
Where the river runs black
I take the schoolbooks from your pack
PARADISE
Wise men say only fools rush in
but I can't help falling in love with you
I CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE
With her killer graces and her secret places
That no boy can fill with her hands on her hips
SHE'S THE ONE
Woke up this morning my house was cold
Checked out the furnace she wasn't burnin'
ONE STEP UP
Woke up this morning, there was a chill in the air
Went to the kitchen, my cigarettes were lying there
MISSING
Yeah girl
Now won't you come on out tonight
GET THAT FEELING
Yesterday I went shopping buddy down to the mall
Looking for something pretty I could hang on my wall
YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH)
You and me we were the pretenders
We let it all slip away
HUMAN TOUCH
You been hurt and you're all cried out you say
You walk down the street pushin' people outta your way
THE TIES THAT BIND
You broke my heart, tore it apart
Thought it was cute, thought it was smart
LION'S DEN
You do the drying, I'll do the dishes
Who'll do the crying when all the wishes don't come true
TROUBLE IN PARADISE
You get up every morning at the sound of the bell
You get to work late and the boss man's giving you hell
NIGHT
You got your book baby with all your fears
Let me, honey, and I'll catch your tears
JANEY DON'T YOU LOSE HEART
You know I feel so good
Feel so good
CHRISTMAS DAY
You make up your mind, you choose the chance you take
You ride to where the highway ends and the desert breaks
THE PRICE YOU PAY
You may have diamonds
You may have pearls
SAVIN' UP
You may think I'm foolish
For the foolish things I do
PINK CADILLAC
You stare in the mirror at the lines in your face
And you try to see, girl
HEARTS OF STONE
You treated me hard and made my heart ache
I know you're only human, and men they make mistakes
MY LOVER MAN
You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry
You'd better not pout, I'm telling you why
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
Your Mamma's yappin' in the back seat
Tell her to push over and move them big feet
SHERRY DARLING
Your scrapbook's filled with pictures of all your leading men
Well baby don't put my picture in there with them
BE TRUE
Your scrapbook's filled with pictures
Of all your leading men
WHITE LIES (Don't Do It To Me)
You're scrapbook's filled with pictures of all your leading men
Well baby don't put my picture in there with them
MARY LOU

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