Red Headed Woman
Well brunettes are fine man And blondes are fun But when it comes to getting a dirty job done I'll take a red headed woman A red headed woman It takes a red headed woman To get a dirty job done Well listen up stud Your life's been wasted Til you've got down on your knees and tasted A red headed woman A red headed woman It takes a red headed woman To get a dirty job done Tight skirt, strawberry hair Tell me what you've got, baby, waiting under there Big green eyes that look like, son They can see every cheap thing that you ever done Well, I don't know how many girls you dated, man But you ain't lived til you've had your tires rotated By a red headed woman A red headed woman It takes a red headed woman To get a dirty job doneBetter Days
Well my soul checked out missing as I sat listening To the hours and minutes tickin' away Yeah just sittin' around waitin' for my life to begin While it was all just slippin' away I'm tired of waitin' for tomorrow to come Or that train to come roarin' 'round the bend I got a new suit of clothes a pretty red rose And a woman I can call my friend These are better days baby Yeah there's better days shining through These are better days baby Better days with a girl like you Well I took a piss at fortune's sweet kiss It's like eatin' caviar and dirt It's a sad funny ending to find yourself pretending A rich man in a poor man's shirt Now my ass was draggin' when from a passin' gypsy wagon Your heart like a diamond shone Tonight I'm layin' in your arms carvin' lucky charms Out of these heard luck bones These are better days baby These are better days it's true These are better days There's better days shining through Now a life of leisure and a pirate's treasure Don't make much for tragedy But it's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin And can't stand the company Every fool's got a reason to feelin' sorry for himself And turn his heart to stone Tonight this fool's halfway to heaven and just a mile outta hell And I feel like I'm comin' home These are better days baby There's better days shining through These are better days Better days with a girl like you These are better days baby These are better days it's true These are better days Better days are shining throughAtlantic City
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 Now there's trouble busin' in from outta State and the D.A. can't get no relief Gonna be a rumble out on the Promenade and the gamblin' Commissions hangin' on by the skin of his teeth CHORUS Everything dies baby that's a fact But maybe everything that dies someday comes back Put your makeup on fix your hair up pretty And meet me tonight in Atlantic City Well I got a job and tried to put my money away But I got in too deep and I could not pay So I drew what I had from the Central Trust And I bought us two tickets on that Coast City bus CHORUS Now our luck may have died and our love May be cold but with you forever I'll stay We're goin' out where the sands turnin' to Gold so put on your stockin's cause the Nights gettin' cold and maybe everything dies That's a fact but maybe everything that Dies someday comes back Now I been lookin' for a job but it's hard to find Down here it's just winners and losers And don't get caught on the wrong side of that line Well I'm tired of comin' out on the losin' end So honey last night I met this guy and I'm Gonna do a little favor for him Well I guess everything dies baby that's a fact But maybe everything that dies someday comes back Put your makeup on fix your hair up pretty And meet me tonight in Atlantic CityDarkness On The Edge Of Town
They're still racing out at the Trestles, But that blood it never burned in her veins, Now I hear she's got a house up in Fairview, And a style she's trying to maintain Well, if she wants to see me, You can tell her that I'm easily found, Tell her there's a spot out 'neath Abram's Bridge, And tell her, there's a darkness on the edge of town Everybody's got a secret, Sonny, Something that they just can't face, Some folks spend their whole lives trying to keep it, They carry it with them every step that they take Till some day they just cut it loose Cut it loose or let it drag 'em down, Where no one asks any questions, or looks too long in your face, In the darkness on the edge of town Some folks are born into a good life, Other folks get it anyway, anyhow, I lost my money and I lost my wife, Them things don't seem to matter much to me now Tonight I'll be on that hill 'cause I can't stop, I'll be on that hill with everything I got, Lives on the line where dreams are found and lost, I'll be there on time and I'll pay the cost, For wanting things that can only be found In the darkness on the edge of townMan's Job
Well you can go out with him Play with all of his toys But takin' care of you darlin' Ain't for one of the boys Oh there's somethin' in your soul That he's gonna rob And lovin' you baby lovin' you darlin' Lovin' you woman is a man's man's job Lovin' you's a man's job baby Lovin' you's a man's job Lovin' you's a man's job baby Lovin' you's a man's job Well now his kisses may thrill Those other girls that he likes But when it comes to treatin' A real woman right Well of all of his tricks No they won't be enough 'Cause lovin' you baby lovin' you woman Lovin' you darlin' is a man's man's job Lovin' you's a man's job baby Lovin' you's a man's job Lovin' you's a man's job baby Lovin' you's a man's job You're dancin' with him he's holding you tight I'm standing here waitin' to catch your eye Your hand's on his neck as the music sways All my illusions slip away Now if you're lookin' for a hero Someone to save the day Well darlin' my feet They're made of clay But I've got somethin' in my soul And I wanna give it up But gettin' up the nerve Gettin' up the nerve Gettin' up the nerve is a man's man's job Lovin' you's a man's job baby Lovin' you's a man's job Lovin' you's a man's job woman Lovin' you's a man's jobHuman Touch
You and me we were the pretenders We let it all slip away In the end what you don't surrender Well the world just strips away Girl ain't no kindness in the face of strangers Ain't gonna find no miracles here Well you can wait on your blessings my darlin' But I got a deal for you right here I ain't lookin' for prayers or pity I ain't comin' 'round searchin' for a crutch I just want someone to talk to And a little of that human touch Just a little of that human touch Ain't no mercy on the streets of this town Ain't no bread from heavenly skies Ain't nobody drawin' wine from this blood It's just you and me tonight Tell me in a world without pity Do you think what I'm askin's too much? I just want something to hold on to And a little of that human touch Just a little of that human touch Oh girl that feeling of safety you prize Well it comes with a hard hard price You can't shut off the risk and the pain Without losin' the love that remains We're all riders on this train So you been broken and you been hurt Show me somebody who ain't Yeah I know I ain't nobody's bargain But hell a little touch up And a little paint... You might need somethin' to hold on to When all the answers they don't amount to much Somebody that you could just to talk to And a little of that human touch Baby in a world without pity Do you think what I'm askin's too much? I just want to feel you in my arms And share a little of that human touch...Lucky Town
House got too crowded clothes got too tight And I don't know just where I'm going tonight Out where the sky's been cleared by a good hard rain There's somebody callin' my secret name I'm going down to Lucky Town Going down to Lucky Town I wanna lose these blues I've found Down in Lucky Town Down in Lucky Town Had a coat of fine leather and snakeskin boots But that coat always had a tread hangin' loose Well I pulled it one night and to my surprise It led me right past your house and on over the rise I'm going down to Lucky Town Down to Lucky Town I'm gonna lose these blues I've found Down in Lucky Town Down in Lucky Town I had some victory that was just failure in deceit Now the joke's comin' up through the soles of my feet I been a long time walking on fortune's cane Tonight I'm steppin' lightly and feelin' no pain Well here's to your good looks baby now here's to my health Here's to the loaded places that we take ourselves When it comes to luck you make your own Tonight I got dirt on my hands but I'm building me a new home Down in Lucky Town Down in Lucky Town I'm gonna lose these blues I've found Down in Lucky TownI Wish I Were Blind
I love to see the cottonwood blossom In the early spring I love to see the message of love That the bluebird brings But when I see you walkin' with him Down along the strand I wish I were blind When I see you with your man I love to see your hair shining In the long summer's light I love to watch the stars fill the sky On a summer night The music plays you take his hand I watch how you touch him as you start to dance And I wish I were blind When I see you with your man We struggle here but all our love's in vain Oh these eyes that once filled me with your beauty Now fill me with pain And the light that once entered here Is banished from me And this darkness is all baby that my heart sees And though the world is filled With the grace and beauty of God's hand Oh I wish I were blind When I see you with your manThunder Road
The screen door slams Mary's dress waves Like a vision she dances across the porch As the radio plays Roy Orbison singing for the lonely Hey that's me and I want you only Don't turn me home again I just can't face myself alone again Don't run back inside Darling you know just what I'm here for So you're scared and you're thinking That maybe we ain't that young anymore Show a little faith, there's magic in the night You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright Oh and that's alright with me You can hide 'neath your covers And study your pain Make crosses from your lovers Throw roses in the rain Waste your summer praying in vain For a saviour to rise from these streets Well now I'm no hero That's understood All the redemption I can offer, girl Is beneath this dirty hood With a chance to make it good somehow Hey what else can we do now? Except roll down the window And let the wind blow Back your hair Well the night's busting open These two lanes will take us anywhere We got one last chance to make it real To trade in these wings on some wheels Climb in back Heaven's waiting on down the tracks Oh-oh come take my hand Riding out tonight to case the promised land Oh-oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road Oh Thunder Road Lying out there like a killer in the sun Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run Oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold Thunder Road Well I got this guitar And I learned how to make it talk And my car's out back If you're ready to take that long walk From your front porch to my front seat The door's open but the ride it ain't free And I know you're lonely For words that I ain't spoken But tonight we'll be free All the promises'll be broken There were ghosts in the eyes Of all the boys you sent away They haunt this dusty beach road In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets They scream your name at night in the street Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet And in the lonely cool before dawn You hear their engines roaring on But when you get to the porch they're gone On the wind, so Mary climb in It's a town full of losers And I'm pulling out of here to winLight Of Day
Well I've been out of the woods for six days and nights now I'm a little hot wired, but I'm feeling alright I got some money in my pocket and a long lean ride I got to make it down to Galveston by Saturday night, now Well I'm a little down under, but I'm feeling O.K. Got a little lost along the way I'm just around the corner to the light of day Well, I'm just around the corner to the light of day Been driving five hundred miles, got five hundred to go, yeah I got rock and roll music on the radio I got a brother on a rig just off the gulf coast He says the girls down there, well they're really the most, man Well I'm a little down under, but I'm feeling O.K. Got a little lost along the way Just around the corner to the light of day Just around the corner to the light of day I'm just around the corner to the light of day I'm just around the corner to the light of day Well I got thrown out of work on the Kokomo Don't ask me what I'm doing, I don't know He wasn't joking when he wrote me that letter Things can't get any worse, they got to get better I'm a little down under, but I'm feeling O.K. Got a little lost along the way I'm just around the corner to the light of day Just around the corner to the light of day Just around the corner to the light of day Just around the corner to the light of dayIf I Should Fall Behind
We said we'd walk together baby come what may That come the twilight should we lose our way If as we're walking a hand should slip free I'll wait for you And should I fall behind Wait for me We swore we'd travel darlin' side by side We'd help each other stay in stride But each lover's steps fall so differently But I'll wait for you And if I should fall behind Wait for me Now everyone dreams of a love lasting and true But you and I know what this world can do So let's make our steps clear that the other may see And I'll wait for you If I should fall behind Wait for me Now there's a beautiful river in the valley ahead There 'neath the oak's bough soon we will be wed Should we lose each other in the shadow of the evening trees I'll wait for you And should I fall behind Wait for me Darlin' I'll wait for you Should I fall behind Wait for meLiving Proof
Well now on a summer night in a dusky room Come a little piece of the Lord's undying light Crying like he swallowed the fiery moon In his mother's arms it was all the beauty I could take Like the missing words to some prayer that I could never make In a world so hard and dirty so fouled and confused Searching for a little bit of God's mercy I found living proof I put my heart and soul I put 'em high upon a shelf Right next to the faith the faith that I'd lost in myself I went down into the desert city Just tryin' so hard to shed my skin I crawled deep into some kind of darkness Lookin' to burn out every trace of who I'd been You do some sad sad things baby When it's you you're tryin' to lose You do some sad and hurtful things I've seen living proof You shot through my anger and rage To show me my prison was just an open cage There were no keys no guards Just one frightened man and some old shadows for bars Well now all that's sure on the boulevard Is that life is just a house of cards As fragile as each and every breath Of this boy sleepin' in our bed Tonight let's lie beneath the eaves Just a close band of happy thieves And when that train comes we'll get on board And steal what we can from the treasures treasures of the Lord It's been a long long drought baby Tonight the rain's pourin' down on our roof Looking for a little bit of God's mercy I found living proofMy Beautiful Reward
Well I sought gold and diamond rings My own drug to ease the pain that living brings Walked from the mountain to the valley floor Searching for my beautiful reward Searching for my beautiful reward From a house on a hill a sacred light shines I walk through these rooms but none of them are mine Down empty hallways I went from door to door Searching for my beautiful reward Searching for my beautiful reward Well your hair shone in the sun I was so high I was the lucky one Then I came crashing down like a drunk on a barroom floor Searching for my beautiful reward Searching for my beautiful reward Tonight I can feel the cold wind at my back I'm flyin' high over gray fields my feathers long and black Down along the river's silent edge I soar Searching for my beautiful reward Searching for my beautiful rewardNOTES
Bruce Springsteen (voce, chitarra), Zachary Alford (percussioni), Roy Bittan (tastiere), Shane Fontayne (chitarra), Tommy Simms (basso), Crystal Talifiero (chitarra, percussioni, voce), Gia Ciambotti (coro), Carol Dennis (coro), Cleopatra Kennedy (coro), Bobby King (coro), Angel Roges (coro), and Patti Scialfa. Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar), Zachary Alford (drums), Roy Bittan (keyboards), Shane Fontayne (guitar), Tommy Sims (bass), -~ Crystal Taliefero (guitar, percussion, vocals), Gia Ciambotti (vocals), Carol Dennis (vocals), Cleopatra Kennedy (vocals), Bobby King (vocals), Angel Rogers (vocals), and Patti Scialfa. Director: Larry Jordan. Producers: Alex Coletti/JoeI Gallen Executive Producer: Jon Landau. Live Sound Recording: Toby Scott Audio Remixing: Bob Clearmountain Produced by: Bruce Springsteen and Jon Landau. Recording Engineer: Toby Scotě. Mix Engineer: Bob Clearmountain. Mastering: Scott HulI Remote Recording Truck: Design FX Remotes. Mixed at: A&M Studio 'B'. Mastered at: Masterdisk. Engineering Assistant: Greg Goldman Stage Crew: Scott Peets, Brent Whalton. Technicians; Design FX: Iack Crvmes, Ai len Baca. A&M: Mike Morongell, Gary Myerberg, Fred Bova Jon Landau/Barbara Carr: Jon Landau Management. George Travis: Tour Director, Sandra Choron: Pockage Design. Neo Preston: Photography All 5Ofl9S written by Bruce Springiteen Publi5hed by Bruce Springsteen/Zomba Music Pub. Ltd. MCPS/BIEM/STEMRA Lyrics reproduced by kind permission of the publishers. All rights reserved. ®1992 Bruce Springsteen ©1992 Bruce Springuteen Original sound recording mode by Bruce Springsteen. The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Bruce Springsteen. COLUMBIA is the exclusive trodemork of Sony Music Entertoinment Inc. Distribution: Sony Music BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - EUROPEAN TOUR 1993 MARCH 31 Glasgow Scotland, APRIL 3/4 Dortmund Germany, 7/8 Zurich Switzerland, 11 Verona Italy, 13 Lyon France, 15/16 Sheffield England, 19/20 Rotterdam Holland, 23/24 Ghent Belgium, MAY 1 Lisbon Portugal, 5 Madrid Spain, 7 Gijon Spain, 9 Santiago Spain, 11 Barcelona Spain, 14 Berlin Germany, 16 Munich Germany, 17 Mannheim Germany, 20 Dublin Ireland, 22 Milton Keynes England, 25 Rome Italy, 28 Stockholm Sweden, 30 Copenhagen Denmark, JUNE 1 Oslo Norway