Bruce Springsteen

[fox69]

DRY LIGHTNING

DRY LIGHTNING


I threw my robe on in the morning
Watched the ring on the stove turn red
Stared hypnotized into a cup of coffee
Pulled on my boots and made the bed
Screen door hangin' off its hinges
Kept bangin' me awake all night
As I look out the window
The only thing in sight
Is dry lightning on the horizon line
Just dry lightning and and you on my mind
I chased the heat of her blood
Like it was the holy grail
Descend beautiful spirit
Into the evening pale
Her appaloosa's
Kickin' in the corral smelling rain
There's a low thunder rolling'Cross the mesquite plain
But there's just dry lightning on the horizon line
It's just dry lightning and and you on my mind

I'd drive down to Alvarado Street
Where she'd dance to make ends meet
I'd spend the night over my gin
As she'd talk to her men
Well the piss yellow sun
Comes bringin' up the day
She said 'Ain't nobody can give nobody
What they really need anyway.'
Well you get so sick of the fightin'
You lose your fear of the end
But I can't lose your memory
And the sweet smell of your skin
And it's just dry lightning on the horizonline
Just dry lightning and and you on my mind

 

[fox69]

EASY MONEY

EASY MONEY


you put on your coat, i'll put on my hat
you put out the dog, i'll put out the cat
you put on your red dress for me tonight, honey
we're going on the town now looking for easy money

there's nothing to it mister, you won't hear a sound
when your whole world comes tumbling down
and all them fat cats they just think it's funny
i'm going on the town now looking for easy money
whoa!

i got a smith & wesson .38
i got a hellfire ??? and i got me a taste
got me a date on the far shore, it's bright and sunny
i'm going on the town now looking for easy money
whoa!

(na-na-na-na-na) whoa! whoa! (na-na-na-na) whoa! whoa!
(na-na-na-na-na) whoa! whoa! (na-na-na-na) whoa! whoa!
(na-na-na-na-na) whoa! whoa! (na-na-na-na) whoa! whoa!
(na-na-na-na-na) whoa! whoa! (na-na-na-na)



you put on your coat, i'll put on my hat
you put out the dog, i'll put out the cat
you put on your red dress, you're looking real good, honey
we're going on the town now looking for easy money
we're going on the town now looking for easy money

(na-na-na-na-na) whoa! whoa! (na-na-na-na) whoa! whoa!
(na-na-na-na-na) whoa! whoa! (na-na-na-na) whoa! whoa!
(na-na-na-na-na) whoa! whoa! (na-na-na-na) whoa! whoa!
(na-na-na-na-na) whoa! whoa! (na-na-na-na) whoa! whoa!
(na-na-na-na-na) whoa! whoa! (na-na-na-na)

(na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na)
(na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na)
(na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na)
(na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na)

 

[fox69]

EMPTY SKY

EMPTY SKY


I woke up this morning
I could barely breathe
Just an empty impression
In the bed where you used to be
I want a kiss from your lips
I want an eye for an eye
I woke up this morning to the empty sky

Empty sky, empty sky
I woke up this morning to an empty sky
Empty sky, empty sky
I woke up this morning to an empty sky

Blood on the streets
Yeah blood flowin' down
I hear the blood of my blood
Cryin' from the ground

Empty sky, empty sky
I woke up this morning to an empty sky
Empty sky, empty sky
I woke up this morning to an empty sky

On the plains of Jordan
I cut my bow from the wood
Of this tree of evil
Of this tree of good
I want a kiss from your lips
I want an eye for an eye
I woke up this morning to an empty sky

Empty sky, empty sky
I woke up this morning to an empty sky
Empty sky, empty sky
I woke up this morning to an empty sky
Empty sky, empty sky
I woke up this morning to an empty sky

 

[fox69]

ENGLISH SONS

ENGLISH SONS


One, two, three, four

Girl, on the edge flippin' off the lamp
There'll be an end darling to your endless night
On the other side of the street.
Yea, the light on your portrait and the light in your face
And you'll be looking for another pretty place
Baby, this side of the street.

Well, keep dreaming baby that your desire brings and girl
I know the sadness that you find in things, it's true
Well, baby if you can't take the heat, what can I do?

Well, you and your poetry and your boku world
Behind the face you hide the face of a modern girl
On the other side of the street.
Yea, you've got the look as if you owe the world
Therefore, you go out there and say what you can earn
On the wrong side of the street.

Well, you tire of every day bringing the same and so you
Go out looking for some strange new games
Well, pretty soon you don't know the score anymore.

All right now... (guitar break)

I know the danger that your desire brings
And I know the strangeness that you'll find
Wait and it will seem straighter for you and for me.
Well, turn on the end and baby turn off the lamps
There'll be an end darling to this endless night
On the other side of the street.

Yea, and everyday well it just brings the same
You started looking for some very strange new games
On the wrong side of the street.
Well, you and your desires lead to confusion
Well, walk away as I don't follow your illusions
And see, open your eyes and see, girl.

All right...

 

[fox69]

ERIE CANAL

ERIE CANAL


I've got a mule, and her name is Sal,
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
She's a good ol' worker an' a good ol' pal,
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
We've hauled some barges in our day,
Filled with lumber, coal, and hay,
And we know every inch of the way
From Albany to Buffalo.

Low bridge, everybody down!
Low bridge, for we're comin' through a town!
And you'll always know your neighbor,
You'll always know your pal,
If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal.

We'd better look around for a job, ol' gal,
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal!
'Cause you bet your life I'd never part with Sal,
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal!
Git up there, mule, here comes a lock,
We'll make Rome 'bout six o'clock,
One more trip and back we'll go
Right back home to Buffalo.

 

[fox69]

EVACUATION OF THE WEST

EVACUATION OF THE WEST


It was on the day the cowboys were abandoned from the ranch
Middle touch world as a master
They rode their ponies down in the cities of gold
To leave them for ever after
Now the sun was swollen red and old
The earth it was windy, dark and cold
Were the highway ends the desert takes its toll
Sodusty, red and angry
It was a time when men died out on the praire
From not having a decent friend
At nights the ghosts to the more of riders
Was a howl in the candid winds

You can here them crying
Good god, i think they're dying

When them rangers down in dallas
Had all, but given it up and left
And those that hang on hoping
Was trying their best to, to forget
The way those outlaws and desperadoes
Right from the cheapest to the best
Rode in on ponies made of skin and bones
Keep up their rusty guns and went back home
And the governor was sent down from population control
And marshall all was past
Riverboat gamblers put their money on faith
For the time for hope they passed

In the cold blue light of the desert night
There was a thousand starry ships
And men came down from still i don't now where
With death on their fingertips
Now there's no more kings in texas
I swear they rounded up each and everyone
And old atlanta canastoga
Reached from the rocky mountains into the old dead sun
Now anna maria walks the blames alone
The last of a struggling people
She thinks of all those outlaws who wanted to reach for the skies
And got stuck up on a steamboat
Oh, you can hear them crying
Good god, i think they're dying
In the wind you can hear them sighing

 

[fox69]

EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY

EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY


They caught Bobby by Lakefoot Road
Saying how the story gets told
(?)
(?)

(2nd verse unintelligible)
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Everybody's looking for somebody
Everybody's looking
Everybody's looking
Everybody's looking for somebody

 

[fox69]

EYES ON THE PRIZE

EYES ON THE PRIZE


Paul and Silas were bound in jail
Had no Money for to go their bail
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on! Hold on!
Hold on! Keep your Eyes on the Prize

Hold on! Hold on!
Keep your Eyes on the Prize, hold on!

Paul and Silas began to shout
Doors popped open, and they walked out
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on

Hold on! Hold on!
Keep your Eyes on the Prize, hold on!

Well, the only chains that we can stand
Are the chains of hand in hand
Keep your eyes on the prize

Hold on! Hold on!
Keep your Eyes on the Prize, hold on!

Got my hand on the freedom plow
Wouldn't take nothing for my journey now
Keep your eyes on the prize

Hold on! Hold on!
Keep your Eyes on the Prize, hold on!
Hold on! Hold on! Hold on! Hold on

 

[fox69]

FACTORY

FACTORY


Early in the morning factory whistle blows,
Man rises from bed and puts on his clothes,
Man takes his lunch, walks out in the morning light,
It's the working, the working, just the working life.

Through the mansions of fear, through the mansions of pain,
I see my daddy walking through them factory gates in the rain,
Factory takes his hearing, factory gives him life,
The working, the working, just the working life.

End of the day, factory whistle cries,
Men walk through these gates with death in their eyes.
And you just better believe, boy, somebody's gonna get hurt tonight,
It's the working, the working, just the working life

 

[fox69]

FADE AWAY

FADE AWAY


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 between me and you girl
But I can't believe what you say
No I can't believe what you say
'cause baby
(Chorus)
I don't wanna fade away
Oh I don't wanna fade away
Tell me what can I do what can I say
Cause darlin' I don't wanna fade away

Well now you say that you've made up your mind it's been such a long, long time since it's been good with us
And that somewhere back along the line you lost your love and I lost your trust
Now rooms that once were so bright are filled with the coming night, darlin'

(Chorus)

You say it's not easy for you
And that you've been so lonely
While other girls go out doing what they want to do
You say that you miss the nights when we'd go out dancing
The days when you and I walked as two
Well girl I miss them too
Oh I swear that I do
Oh girl

Now baby I don't wanna be just another useless memory holding you tight
Or just some other ghost out on the street to whom you stop and politely speak when you pass on by
Vanishing into the night
left to vanish into the night
No baby

(Chorus)