Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live from the River Tour 1980

CHEERING

# I come from down in the valley

# Where, mister, when you're young

# They bring you up to do

# Like your daddy done

# Me and Mary we met in high school

# When she was just 17

# We'd ride out of this valley

# Down to where the fields were green

# We'd go down to the river

# And into the river we'd dive

# Oh, down to the river we'd ride

# Then I got Mary pregnant

# And, man, that was all she wrote

# And for my 19th birthday

# I got a union card and a wedding coat

# We went down to the courthouse

# And the judge put it all to rest

# No wedding-day smiles, no walk down the aisle

# No flowers, no wedding dress

# That night we went down to the river

# And into the river we'd dive

# Oh, down to the river we'd ride

# Then I got a job working construction

# For the Johnstown Company

# But lately there ain't been no work

# On account of the economy

# Now all them things that seemed so important

# Well, mister, they vanished right into the air

# Now I just act like I don't remember

# And Mary acts like she don't care

# But I remember us riding in my brother's car

# Her body tanned and wet down at the reservoir

# At night on those banks I'd lie awake

# And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take

# Now those memories come back to haunt me

# They haunt me like a curse

# Is a dream a lie if it don't come true

# Or is it something worse

# That sends me down to the river

# Though I know the river is dry?

# That sends me down to the river tonight

# Down to the river my baby and I

# Oh, down to the river we'd ride

# Oh-ooooh

# Oooooh-oh

# Ooooh-oooh-oooh

# Oooh

# Oooh-oh

# Oooooh-oh-oh

# Oooooh-oh-oh

# Oooh

# Oooooh-oh-oh

# Oooooh-oh-oh

# Oooooh-oh-oh. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

A one, a two.

A one, two, three, four!

# Well, there she sits, buddy, just a gleaming in the sun

# There to greet a working man when his day is done

# I'm gonna pack my pa, I'm gonna pack my aunt

# I'm gonna take them down to the Cadillac Ranch

# Eldorado fins, whitewalls and skirts

# Rides just like a little bit of heaven here on earth

# Well, buddy, when I die throw my body in the back

# And drive me to the junkyard in my Cadillac

# Cadillac, Cadillac

# Long and dark, shiny and black

# Open up your engines, let 'em roar

# Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur

# James Dean in that Mercury '49

# Junior Johnson runnin' through the woods of Caroline

# Even Burt Reynolds in that black Trans-Am

# All gonna meet down at the Cadillac Ranch

# Cadillac, Cadillac

# Long and dark, shiny and black

# Open up your engines, let 'em roar

# Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur

# Hey, little girlie, in the blue jeans so tight

# Drivin' alone through the Arizona night

# You're my last love, you're my last chance

# Don't let 'em take me to the Cadillac Ranch

# Cadillac, Cadillac

# Long and dark, shiny and black

# Pulled up to my house today

# Came and took my little girl away

# Cadillac, Cadillac

# Long and dark, shiny and black

# Open up your engines, let 'em roar

# Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur

# Cadillac, Cadillac

# Long and dark, shiny and black

# Open up your engines, let 'em roar

# Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur

-# Cadillac

-# Cadillac

-# Cadillac

-# Cadillac

# One more

# Cadillac

# Shiny and black

# Open up your engines

# Once more

-# Cadillac

-# Cadillac

-# Cadillac

-# Cadillac

# Long and dark

# Shiny and black

# Open up

# Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur

# Cadillac, Cadillac

# Long and dark, shiny and black

# Open up, open up your engines and let 'em roar

# Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur

# Cadillac. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

All right!

Now, listen.

# I got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack

# I went out for a ride

# And I never went back

# Well, like a river that don't know where it's flowing

# I took a wrong turn and I just kept going

# Everybody's got a hungry heart

# Everybody's got a hungry heart

# Lay down your money and you play your part

# Everybody's got a hungry heart

# Oooh, yeah

# I met her in a Kingstown bar

# We fell in love, I knew it had to end

# We took what we had and we ripped it apart

# Now here I am down in Kingstown again

Sing it!

# Everybody's got a hungry heart

# Yeah, yeah

# Everybody's got a hungry heart

# Lay down your money and you play your part

# Everybody's got a hungry heart

# Everybody needs a place to rest

# Everybody wants to have a home

# Don't make no difference what nobody says

# Ain't nobody like to be alone

# Oh, no

# Everybody's got a hungry heart

# Everybody's got a hungry heart

# Lay down your money and you play your part

# Everybody's got a hungry heart

# Everybody's got a hungry heart

# Oooh, yeah

# Everybody's got a hungry heart

# Ooooh, la-la la-la-laaaaa

# Dah da-da dah-da

# Oooh, la da-da yeah

# Yeah, yeah, yeah

# Oh, yeah

# Oooh, dah da-da dah-da

# Oh, yeah

# Dah da-da dah-da

# Oooh, yeah

# Dah da-da dah-da. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Sherry Darlin'!

One, two, three!

# Hey, hey, hey

# What do you say, Sherry darlin'?

# Your mama's yappin' in the back seat

# Tell her to push over and move them big feet

# Every Monday morning I gotta drive her down to the unemployment agency

# Well, this morning I ain't fighting, tell her I give up

# Tell her she wins, if she'll just shut up

# But it's the last time she's gonna be riding with me

# You can tell her there's a hot sun beating on the black top

# She keeps talkin', she'll be walkin' that last block

# She can take a subway back to the ghetto tonight

# Ooooh

# Well, I got some beer and the highway's free

# I got you and you've got me

# Hey, hey, hey

# What do you say, Sherry darlin'?

Now, listen to this!

# There's girls melting on the beach

# They're so fine but so out of reach

# Cos I'm stuck in traffic down here on 53rd Street

# Now, Sherry, my love for you is real

# But I didn't count on this package deal

# And this car just ain't big enough for her and me

# You can tell her there's a hot sun beating on the black top

# She keeps talkin', she'll be walkin' that last block

# She can take a subway back to the ghetto tonight

# Well, I got some beer and the highway's free

# I got you and you got me

# Hey, hey, hey

# What do you say, Sherry darlin'?

# Well, let there be sunlight, let there be rain

# Let the brokenhearted love again

# Sherry, we can run with our arms open wide before the tide

# To all the girls at Sacred Heart

# And all you operators back in the park

# Say hey, hey, hey

# What do you say, Sherry darlin'?

# Just one time

# Hey, hey, hey

# What do you say, Sherry darlin'?

# Oh, dah-dah-dah-dah

# Say, hey, hey, hey

# What do you say, Sherry darlin'? #

That's for the bums in the bleachers!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Come on!

# Hey, little darlin' with the blue jeans on

# I wanna ramrod with you, honey, till half-past dawn

# Let your hair down, sugar, pick up this beat

# Come on and meet me tonight down on Bluebird Street

# I've been working all week, I'm up to my neck in hock

# Come on out, everybody, let the ramrod rock

# Well, she's a hot-stepping hemi with a four on the floor

# She's a roadrunner engine in a '32 Ford

# Late at night when I'm dead on the line

# I swear I think of your pretty face when I let her unwind

# Well, look over yonder, see them city lights

Look over yonder!

# Come on out, everybody, go ramroddin' tonight

# Well, I said, come on, come on, come on, little baby

# Come on, come on, let's shake it tonight

# Come on, come on, come on, little sugar

# Dance with your daddy and we'll go ramroddin' tonight

Are you ready?

# Hey, little darlin' won't you say you will?

# Meet me tonight up on top of the hill

# Just a few miles across the county line

# Well, there's a cute little chapel nestled down in the pines

# Say you'll be mine, little girl, I'll put my foot to the floor

# Give me the word now, sugar, we'll go ramroddin' forever more

# All right

# Oh, yeah

# All right. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

A one, two, three!

# Yesterday I went shopping, buddy, down to the mall

# Looking for something pretty I could hang on the wall

# I knocked over a lamp, before it hit the floor I caught it

# A salesman turned around said, "Break that thing, you bought it"

# You can look, but you better not touch

# You can look, but you better not touch

# Mess around and you'll end up in dutch

# You can look, but you better not

# No, you better not

# No, you better not touch

# Well, I came home from work and I switched on Channel 5

# There was a pretty little girly lookin' into my eyes

# Well, I watched as she wiggled back and forth across the screen

# She didn't get me excited, she just made me feel mean

# You can look, but you better not touch, boy

# You can look, but you better not touch

# Mess around and you'll end up in dutch

# You can look, but you better not

# No, you better not

# No, you better not touch

# Well, I called up Dirty Annie on the telephone

# I took her out to the drive-in just to get her alone

# I found a lovers' rendezvous, the music low, set to park

# I heard a tappin' on the window and a voice in the dark

# You can look, but you better not touch

# You can look, but you better not touch

# Mess around and you'll end up in dutch

# You can look, but you better not

# No, you better not

# No, you better not touch

# You can look, but you better not touch

# You can look, but you better not touch

# Mess around and you'll end up in dutch

# You can look, but you better not

# No, you better not

# No, you better not

# No, you better not

# No, you better

# No, you better

# You better not

# Oh, no, you better not

# No, you better not

# No, you better

# No, you better

# You better

# You better

# You better not

# You better not

# You better not

# You better not

# You better not

# You better not

# You better not

# You better not

# You better not

# You better not

# You better not

# You better not

# You better not

# Goin' downtown

# Gonna buy a gun

# It's gonna be a long and shiny one

# Goin' downtown

# Gonna buy a gun

# I'm goin' into town, gonna buy a gun

# I'm goin' downtown

# Gonna buy a gun

# I'm goin' downtown

# I'm gonna buy a gun

# I'm goin' downtown

# Gonna buy a gun

# Goin' downtown

# Gonna buy a gun

# Goin' downtown

# Gonna buy a gun

# Goin' downtown

# Whah! #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

# When I lost you, honey

# Sometimes I think I lost my guts, too

# And I wish God would send me the word

# Send me something I'm afraid to lose

# Lying in the heat of the night

# Like prisoners all our lives

# I get shivers down my spine, girl

# And all I wanna do is hold you tight

# Baby, baby, baby

# I swear I'd drive all night again

# Just to buy you some shoes

# And to taste your tender charms

# And I just wanna sleep tonight again in your arms

# Oh, yeah

# Oh, yeah

# Mm-mm

# Ah

# Now, tonight there's fallen angels

# And they're waiting for us down in the street

# And tonight there's calling strangers

# Hear them crying in defeat

# We'll let them go

# Let them go

# Let them go do their dances of the dead

# Let 'em go right ahead, girl

# You just dry your eyes

# And come on, come on, come on, come on

# Let's go to bed

# Baby, baby, baby

# Cos I swear I'd drive all night again

# Just to buy you some shoes

# And to taste your tender charms

# And I just wanna sleep tonight again in your arms

# Oh, my love

# My girl

# My girl

# There's machines and there's fire

# They're waiting on the edge of town

# And they're out there for hire

# But, baby, they can't hurt us now

# Cos didn't I tell you that you've got

# You've got

# You've got my love, girl

# You've got my love, girl

# Through the wind

# And through the rain

# And through the snow

# And through the wind

# And through the rain

# And through the snow

# And through the wind

# And through the storm

# And through the storm

# And through the storm

# And through the storm

# And through the wind

# But you've got it

# You've got it

# You've got my love, girl

# Girl

# Through the wind

# Through the rain

# The storm

# The wind, you've got

# You've got my

# My love

# Oh, girl, you've got my love

# You've got

# You've got my love

# Oh, girl, you've got my love

# You've got

# You've got my love

# Oh, girl, you've got my love

# You've got

# You've got my love

# Oh, girl, you've got my love

# You've got

# You've got my love

# Oh, girl, you've got my love

# You've got

# You've got my love

# Oh, you've got my love

# Heart and soul

# Heart and soul

# Heart and soul

# Heart and soul

Now, don't worry, baby

And don't cry now

Cos you don't have to

Don't cry now

Cos you don't have to

And don't cry now

# Baby, don't cry now

# Don't cry now

Come on, dry your eyes

Come here

Come on over here and see what I've brought you

Come here and see what I've brought you and dry your eyes

Don't cry now

# Don't cry now

See what I've brought you

And don't cry

# Don't cry now

Don't cry now, cos you don't have to

Because...

# Don't cry now

# Because, baby, I'd drive all night

# That's right

# Don't cry now

# Little girl, I'd drive all night

# That's right

# Don't cry now

# Yeah, I'd drive all night

# That's right

# Don't cry now

# I swear I'd drive all night

# That's right

# All the way

# Don't cry now

# All the way from Los Angeles

# I'd drive all night

# That's right

# All the way

# All the way

# All the way from Chicago

# I'd drive all night

# All the way

# All the way

# All the way

# All the way

# All the way

# Don't cry now

# I swear I'd drive all night

# Don't cry now

# I swear I'd driver all night

# Don't cry now

# I swear I'd drive all night

# Don't cry now

# I swear I'd drive all night

# Don't cry now

# I swear I'd drive all night

# Don't cry now

# I swear I'd drive all night

# I swear I'd drive all night

# Don't cry now

# I swear all the way

# All the way

# All the way. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

All right!

This is called I'm A Rocker.

A one, two, three, four!

Are you ready to dance?

Are you ready, audience?

-AUDIENCE:

-Yeah!

All right!

A one, two, three!

# I got a 007 watch and it's a one-and-only

# It's got an I-Spy beeper that tells me when you're lonely

# I got a Batmobile so I can reach you in a fast shake

# When your world's in crisis of an impending heartbreak

# Now, don't you call James Bond or Secret Agent Man

# Cos they can't do it like I can

# I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker

# I'm a rocker

# I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker

# If you're hanging from a cliff or you're tied to the tracks, girl

# I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker

# Columbo's split and you can't find Kojak

# I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker

# True love is broken and your tears are fallin' faster

# I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker

# You're sufferin' from a pain in your heart

# Or some other natural disaster

# I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker

# I don't care what kind of shape you're in

# If they put up a roadblock I'll parachute in

# I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker

# I'm in love

# I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker

# Every day

# I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker

# With you

# I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker

# So you fell for some jerk who was tall, dark and handsome

# I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker

# Then he kidnapped your heart and now he's holdin' it for ransom

# I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker

# Well, like a Mission Impossible I'm gonna go and get it back

# I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker

# Now, I would have taken better care of it, baby, than that

# I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker

# Sometimes I get so hot I can't talk

# But when I'm with you, I cool off

# I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker

# And I walk

# I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker

# And I talk

# I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker

# Every day

# I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker

# Every day

# I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker

# Every day

# I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker

# Every day

# I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker

# Every day

# I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker

# Every day

# I'm a rocker, baby, I'm a rocker

# I'm in love with you. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Oh, yeah!

I've done my thing.

All right.

Well, this is for any of you guys out there

who were at the Celebrity Theatre when we first come into town.

It's for you guys. We've been coming here...for a long time, for us.

And it's always a place that when...

Yeah, I do. I like it a lot, all right?

So...

So here you go...

# Well, the Rangers had a homecoming

# In Harlem late last night

# And the Magic Rat drove his sleek machine

# Over the Jersey state line

# Barefoot girl sitting on the hood of a Dodge

# Drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain

# Rat pulls into town, rolls up his pants

# Together they take a stab at romance

# And disappear down Flamingo Lane

# Well, the Maximum Lawmen run down Flamingo

# Chasing the Rat and the barefoot girl

# And the kids round here look just like shadows

# Always silent, holding hands

# And from the churches to the jails

# Tonight all is silence in the world

# As we take our stand

Sing it now!

# Down in Jungleland

# The midnight gang's assembled

# And picked a rendezvous for the night

# We're gonna meet 'neath that giant Exxon sign

# That brings this fair city light

# Man, there's an opera out on the turnpike

# And there's a ballet being fought out in the alley

# Well, the local cops, cherry tops

# Rip this holy night

# The street's alive, a secret debt to pay

# Contacts made, they vanish unseen

# Kids flash guitars just like switchblades

# Hustling for the record machine

# The hungry and the hunted

# Explode into rock'n'roll bands

# That face off against each other out in the street

Sing!

# Down in Jungleland

# Tonight!

# Tonight!

# The parking lot visionaries

# Dress in the latest rage

# Inside the backstreet, girls are dancing

# To the records that the DJ plays

# Lonely-hearted lovers

# Struggle in dark corners

# Desperate as the night moves on

# Just one look and a whisper

# And they're gone

# Beneath the city, two hearts beat

# Soul engines running through a night so tender

# In a bedroom locked

# In whispers of soft refusal

# And then surrender

# In the tunnels uptown

# The Rat's own dream guns him down

# As shots echo down them hallways in the night

# Nobody's watching when the ambulance pulls away

# Or as the girl shuts out the bedroom light

# Outside the street's on fire

# In a real death waltz

# Between what's flesh and what's fantasy

# And now the poets down here don't write nothing at all

# They just stand back and let it all be

# And in the quick of the night

# They reach for their moment

# And try to make an honest stand

# But they wind up wounded

# Not even dead

# Tonight in Jungleland

# Yeah

# Yeah

# Oooh

# Yeah

# Hey

# Oooh. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you.