Bruce Springsteen

[fox69]

BAD MOON RISING

BAD MOON RISING


I see a bad moon rising
I see troubles on the way
I see earthquakes and lightning
I see bad times today

Don't go 'round tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise

I hear hurricanes a-blowin'
I know the end it's coming soon
I fear rivers overflowing
I hear the voice of rage and ruin

Don't go 'round tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise

Hope you got your things together
Hope you're quite prepared to die
Looks like we're in for nasty weather
One eye is taken for an eye

Don't go 'round tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise

Don't go 'round tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise

 

[fox69]

BADLANDS

BADLANDS


Lights out tonight,
Trouble in the heartland,
Got a head on collision,
Smashin'in my guts, man,
I'm caught in a cross fire,
That I don't understand,
I don't give a damn,
for the same old played out scenes,
I don't give a damn,
for just the in betweens,
Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul,
I want control right now
Talk about a dream,
try to make it real
You wake up in the night,
with a fear so real,
Spend your life waiting,
for a moment that just don't come,
Well, don't waste your time waiting,

(Chorus)

Badlands, you gotta live it everyday,
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay,
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood,
and these badlands start treating us good.

Workin'in the fields
till you get your back burned,
Workin' 'neath the wheel
till you get your facts learned,
Baby, I got my facts
learned real good right now,

Poor man wanna be rich,
rich man wanna be king,
And a king ain't satisfied,
till he rules everything,
I wanna go out tonight,
I wanna find out what I got

I believe in the love that you gave me,
I believe in the faith that can save me,
I believe in the hope
and I pray, that someday it may raise me,
Above these badlands

(Chorus)

For the ones who had a notion,
A notion deep inside,
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
I wanna find one face that ain't looking through me
I wanna find one place.
I wanna spit in the face of these badlands

(Chorus)

 

[fox69]

BALBOA PARK

BALBOA PARK


He lay his blanket underneath the freeway
As the evening sky grew dark
Took a sniff of toncho from his cocaine
And headed thru Balboa Park
Where the men in their Mercedes
Come nightly to employ
In the cool San Diego evening
The services of the border boys
He grew up near the Zona Norte
With the hustlers and smugglers he hung out with
He swallowed their balloons of cocaine
Brought them across to the 12th streetstrip
Sleepin' in a shelter
If the night got to cold
Runnin' from the migra
Of the border patrol

Past the salvage yard 'cross the train tracks
And in thru the storm drain
They stretched their blankets out 'neath the freeway
And each one took a name
There was X-man and Cochise
Little Spider his sneakers covered in river mud
They come north to California
End up with the poison in their blood

He did what he had to for the money
Sometimes he sent home what he could spare
The rest went to high-top sneakers and toncho
And jeans like the gavachos wear

One night the border patrol swept 12th Street
A big car came fast down the Boulevard
Spider stood caught in its headlights
Got hit and went down hard
As the car sped away
Spider held his stomach
Limped to his blanket 'neath the freeway
Lay there tasting his own blood on his tongue
Closed his eyes and listened to he cars
Rushin' by so fast

 

[fox69]

BALLAD OF A SELF-LOADING PISTOL

BALLAD OF A SELF-LOADING PISTOL


Father, i have come.

To tell you about somethin' i done.

Well as the night reared its light head

Into a baby's sun,

We rolled down into the town

From where the black throats come.



And you know there was a robb'ry.

There was a holdup.

Ooh, there was a shootout.

And there was a killin'.

And there's blood on my hands.

Today i killed a man.



Well now, sister, you know me well.

And you ask me well, how it was i felt.

Well, she had an appetite for lovin'

Only a fadin' beauty could posses.

She knew just what she wanted

And she wouldn't take less.



I figured it was a small town.

It was at sundown.

It was just a small crowd of people around.

Oh! but he wouldn't put his guns down.

No, he wouldn't put his guns down.

Oh, he wouldn't put his guns down.

Now his blood's on my hands.

Today i killed a man.



And, papa, you showed me the beauty of buckshot.

Well, that song a bullet sings as she whistles.

And showed me the story of the self-loading pistol.



Well now, father. i have come.

To tell you about somethin' i done.

He had a widow, runnin' through town screamin'.

He had a brother, and his tears were streamin'.

Now i'm movin' on the border

With a rifle on my shoulder.



'cuz, daddy, you showed me the beauty of buckshot.

The love song a bullet sings as she whistles.

And showed me the glory of the self-loading pistol.



And i just come to tell ya,

That it don't hurt no more.

No, it don't hurt no more,

'cuz your son, he's an outlaw.

Oh, your son, he's an outlaw.

Yes, your son, he's an outlaw.

Oh, your son, he's an outlaw.

Now, your son, he's an outlaw.

Oh, your son, he's an outlaw.

And this blood feels good on my hands.

Today i killed a man.

 

[fox69]

BE TRUE

BE TRUE


Your scrapbook's filled with pictures of all your leading men
Well baby don't put my picture in there with them
Don't make us some little girl's dream that can't ever come true
That only serves to hurt and make you cry like you do
Well baby don't do it to me and I won't do it to you

You see all the romantic movies, you dream and take the boys home
But when the action fades you're left all alone
You deserve better than this, little girl, can't you see that you do
Do you need somebody to prove it to you?
Well you prove it to me and I'll prove it to you

Now every night you go out looking for true love's satisfaction
But in the morning you end up settling for just lights, camera, action

And another cameo role with some bit player you're befriending
You're gonna go broken-hearted looking for that happy ending
Well girl you're gonna end up just another lonely ticket sold
Cryin' alone in the theater as the credits roll
You say I'll be like those other guys
Who filled your head with pretty lies
And dreams that can never come true
Well baby you be true to me
And I'll be true to you

 

[fox69]

BECAUSE THE NIGHT

BECAUSE THE NIGHT


Take me now baby here as I am
Pull me close try an understand
I work all day out in the hot sun
Stay with me now till the mornin' comes
Come on now try and understand
The way I feel when I'm in your hands
Take me now as the sun descends
They can't hurt you now
They can't hurt you now
They can't hurt you now

Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us

What I got I have earned
What I'm not I have learned
Desire and hunger is the fire I breathe
Just stay in my bed till the morning comes
Come on now try and understand
The way I feel when I'm in your hands
Take me now as the sun descends
They can't hurt you now
They can't hurt you now
They can't hurt you now

Because the night...

Your love is here and now
The vicious circle turns and burns without
Though I cannot live forgive me now
The time has come to take this moment and
They can't hurt you now

Because the night...

 

[fox69]

BETTER DAYS

BETTER 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 at these hard 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 III In his own skin
And can't stand the company
Every tool's got a reason for feelin' sorry for himself
And turning 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 through

 

[fox69]

BISHOP DANCE

BISHOP DANCE


Bishop danced with a thumbscrew womanDid a double-quick back-flip and slid across the floorThe catholic traffic flowed freely across the riverAnd fiddlestick fiddled quick out the front doorBaby dumpling, mama?s in the back treeIf the bough breaks mama might fallLittle sad and only, baby don?t be lonelyMama knows ?rithmetic, knows how to take a fallMama knows ?rithmetic, knows how to take a fallAnd the kids are cryingFlapjacks, make?em fat, early in the morningLittle jack, grab your hatHear the breakfast callMuskrat, bad old cat, kick him in the fireplaceThere?s someone in the kitchen blowing dinah on theirHornThere?s someone in the kitchen blowing dinah like they?reBornMaverick daddy got one-night prizeThe glides like a monkey-mule kickin? on the backslideOver hill, over hill, daddy don?t you spill nowPapa got a switch-stick, he?s pumping little billPapa got a switch-stick, he?s pumping little billAnd bill, he?s cryingTomahawk, tomahawk, daddy better duck outThe mohawks, the mohawks, they?re still out there in the woodsMolatar, okenah, running through my dreams nowWith fire on their fingertips and injun?s screamsFire on their fingertips and feathers made of moonbeamsEarly in the morning the cannoneer criedI seem the sailor?s warning in the western skyOh mountain man, if you can, cut me down a fir treeBranches full of candlesticks for baby and meAnd my darling cried, she said, honey, the weather vaneLately it?s been pointin? the way to heavenScatterbrains, scatterbrains, watch out where you fall champagne, champagne,A round for all the old choirboysThey?re bustin? off the altar chasingDinah through the hallThey?re bustin? off the altar chasingDinah through the hallAnd like kids they?re cryingFlapjacks, make ?em fat, early in the morningLittle jack, grab your hatHear the breakfast callMuskrat, bad old cat, kick him in the fireplaceThere?s someone in the kitchen blowingDinah on their hornThere?s someone in the kitchen blowingDinah like they?re born.

 

[fox69]

BLACK COWBOYS

BLACK COWBOYS


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."

Rainey'd do his work and put his books away.
There was a channel showed a western movie everyday.
Lynette brought him home books on the black cowboys of the Oklahoma range
and the Seminole scouts who fought the tribes of the Great Plains.
Summer come and the days grew long.
Rainey always had his mother's smile to depend on.
Along a street of stray bullets he made his way,
to the warmth of her arms at the end of each day.

Come the fall the rain flooded these homes,
here in Ezekiel's valley of dry bones, it fell hard and dark to the ground.
It fell without a sound.
Lynette took up with a man whose business was the boulevard,
whose smile was fixed in a face that was never off guard.
In the pipes 'neath the kitchen sink his secrets he kept.
In the day, behind drawn curtains, in Lynette's bedroom he slept.

Then she got lost in the days.
The smile Rainey depended on dusted away,
the arms that held him were no more his home.
He lay at night his head pressed to her chest listening to the ghost in her bones.

In the kitchen Rainey slipped his hand between the pipes.
From a brown bag pulled five hundred dollar bills and stuck it in his coat side,
stood in the dark at his mother's bed, brushed her hair and kissed her eyes.

In the twilight Rainey walked to the station along streets of stone.
Through Pennsylvania and Ohio his train drifted on.
Through the small towns of Indiana the big train crept,
as he lay his head back on the seat and slept.
He awoke and the towns gave way to muddy fields of green, corn and cotton
and an endless nothin' in between.
Over the rutted hills of Oklahoma the red sun slipped and was gone.
The moon rose and stripped the earth to its bone.

 

[fox69]

BLINDED BY THE LIGHT

BLINDED BY THE LIGHT


Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce another runner in the night Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night

Madman drummers bummers,Indians in the summer
With a teenage diplomat
In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps His way into his hat
With a boulder on my shoulder, feelin' kinda older
I tripped the merry-go-round
With this very unpleasin', sneezin' and wheezin'
The calliope crashed to the ground

The calliope crashed to the ground
But she was...

Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce another runner in the night Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce another runner in the night Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce another runner in the night

Some silicone sister with a manager mister
Told me I go what it takes
She said "I'll turn you on sonny to something strong,
Play the song with the funky break"
And go-cart Mozart was checkin' out the weather chart To see if it was safe outside
And little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride

Asked me if I needed a ride
But she was...

Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce another runner in the night Blinded by the light....
She got down but she never got tired
She's gonna make it through the night

She's gonna make it through the night

---break---

But mama, that's where the fun is
But mama, that's where the fun is
Mama always told me not to look into the eye's of the sun
But mama, that's where the fun is

Some brimstone baritone anticyclone rolling stone Preacher from the east
Says, "Dethrone the dictaphone, hit it in it's funny bone,
That's where they expect it least"
And some new-mown chaperone was standin' in the corner,
Watching the young girls dance
And some fresh-sown moonstone was messin' with his frozen zone, reminding him of romance
The calliope crashed to the ground

But she was...
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce,

Another runner in the night, blinded by the light,
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce,
Another runner in the night, blinded by the light,
revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce,
Another runner in the night, blinded by the light,
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce,
Another runner in the night, blinded by the light,
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce,
Another runner in the night, blinded by the light

Madman drummers bummers, Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat
In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat
With a boulder on my shoulder, feelin' kinda older,
I tripped the merry-go-round
With this very unpleasin', sneezin' and wheezin,
the calliope crashed to the ground
Now Scott with a slingshot finally found a tender spot and throws his lover in the sand
And some bloodshot forget-me-not said daddy's within earshot save the buckshot, turn up the band Some silicone sister with a manager mister told me I go what it takes
She said "I'll turn you on sonny to something strong"