Bruce Springsteen : LA Garage Sessions '83

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If your heart is restless from waiting so long

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If you're tired and weary, and you can't go on

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If a distant dream is calling you

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And there's just one thing you can do

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Follow that dream, wherever it may lead

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Come on follow that dream, to find the love you need

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Come on follow that dream Now I've been searching for a heart that's free And searching for someone, to search with me I need a love, a love I can trust Together we'll search for the things that come to us In dreams, wherever they may lead Come on follow that dream to find the love you need Come on follow that dream

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Now every man has the right to live The right to a chance, to give what he has to give The right to fight for the things he believes For the things that come to him in dreams Yeah, follow that dream, wherever it may lead Come on, follow that dream, to find the love you need

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When the night wind rustles far away

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Rolling down the Kayona Valley through the cottonwood trees

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And the wide river rises with the last season's rain

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I awake in the darkness and I call your name

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Don't back down on our love

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Don't back down on our love

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Repeat chorus

I lie awake and I know that sleep won't come soon So I watch the headlights crawl up and down the wall of the lonesome room I think of that club by the river we danced on and on Swore our love would last forever and you laughed on and on Don't back down on our love Don't back down on our love Don't back down on our love Don't back down

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Yeah, I wanna weep but I'm broken inside and the tears won't run

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I want to sleep but there ain't no dream and the sleep won't come |

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Last night I stood on black mountain and looked out to the sea

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Where the waters of mystery river go rushing endlessly

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And the love we swore would last as long as the waters roared on

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I awoke in the darkness, it was gone, gone, gone Don't back down on our love Don't back down on our love Don't back down on our love Don't back down

Repeat chorus x2 and fade

Capo:

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I want a little house on a little hill

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I wanna settle down, yeah, I think I will

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Settle down and find a little love that's true

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Settle down with a girl like you I've seen a lot of girls, had a lot of fun Ran around a lot, now my running's done Honey, all I wanna, wanna be running to In the arms of a girl like you

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You start livin' life like you just don't care

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You done everything, you been everywhere

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But what I done ain't nothin' to what I wanna do

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When I find a little girl like you

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We'll get married in a church down a winding pat Tell a lot of jokes, have a lot of laughs Do whatever it is that we wanna do As long as I do it with a girl like you Hey, little stranger who walkin' down the street You're the only one who can make my life complete I got a plan but it's made for two So I need a little girl like you

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Yeah, hey, I need a little girl like you

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Oh honey, I need a little girl like you

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Oh baby, I need a little girl like you

Born in the USA outtake; released on Tracks

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She drew out all her money from the Southern Trust

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And put her little boy on a Greyhound bus

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Leaving Memphis with a guitar in his hand

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On a one-way ticket to the promised land Hey little girl with the red dress on There's party tonight down in Memphis town I'll be going down there if you need a ride The man on the radio says Elvis Presley's died

Instrumental verse

We drove down into Memphis, the sky was hard and black Up over the ridge came a white Cadillac They'd drawn out all his money and they laid him in the back A woman cried from the roadside "Ah he's gone, he's gone" They found him slumped up against the drain With a whole lot of trouble running through his veins Bye-bye Johnny, Johnny bye-bye You didn't have to die, you didn't have to die

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Grains in the field, covered with tarp

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Can't get a price to see my way clear

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I'm sitting down at the sugarland bar

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You might as well bury my body right here Tractor and combines out in the cold Sheds piled high with the wheat we ain't sold Silos filled with last years crop If something don't break yeah, we're all gonna drop

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My wife's got another coming in July She's just laying up in bed all she does is cry, cry, cry Tommy, oh, Tommy, I'm so alone Tommy, oh, Tommy, oh won't you stay home Pa don't say nothing 'cept when it rains He sits by the window listening to the sound of passing trains Roaring out of the night carrying an empty load We got a whole lotta grain that ain't got nowhere to go |

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Well if them wheat prices don't get no higher I'll fill this duster with gas and set these fields on fire Sit up on the ridge where the bluebirds fly And watch the flames rise up against the sugarland sky |

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I had a wife, I had a child

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I had a home upon a hill

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Had a good life for seven years

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Now all I've got is seven tears Went down to see my gypsy man He said now son I understand When I said I want one for every year He tattooed on my face, these seven tears

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| When I walk out into the lights of town People see me coming and they gather round They wanna know how I ended up here With this tattoo on my face of seven tears Oh, seven tears, oh, seven tears I want one for every happy year My baby's gone she's gone, gone, gone And I'll cry forever, ever on |

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Capo:

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Sir, I am a pilgrim and a stranger in this land

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Once, I had a home here, my salvation was at hand

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I lived in a fine home on a far hillside

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I had two beautiful children and a kind and loving wife |

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| One day, a man came to town with nothing and nowhere to go He came to me and he mentioned something I'd done a long time ago I allowed him into my home on his vow our secret had never see the light At night, I'd lay awake in my wife's arms, she sighed, "Joe, are you alright?" |

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| I thought I could hold on, my vows, I tried to keep Day after day, I felt myself grow weak One night, I dressed by moonlight and kissed my wife on the cheek And I fled into the darkness of Union Street |

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And night after night, the same dream keeps coming 'round I'm standing high in the green hills on the outskirts of town The night air fills my lungs and rustles my shirt In the distance, I can see the building where I used to work I break through the open fields and out onto Old Town Road I run faster and faster 'til I feel like my chest 'll explode As I draw near, the town's lit by a red summer moon I feel your arms around me, I wake up in this room |

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When the night wind rustles the faraway eaves

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Rolling down the long valley through the cottonwood trees

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And the wild river rises with last season's rain

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I awake in the darkness and call your name |

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| I lie awake, and I know that sleep won't come soon I watch the headlights crawl up and down the wall of my lonely room I think of that club by the river where we danced on and on I swore our love could last forever, and you laughed on and on |

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| There's a highway over yonder, lit by a moon pale and cold Where together we would wander before our love grew old There were roadside stands and a hundred faces we would never know But we held tight to each other, and you said, "John, I love you so" |

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I wanna weep, but the tears won't run

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I wanna sleep, but the sleep don't come Last night, I stood on Black Mountain and looked out to the sea Where the waters of the Mystery River go rushing endlessly All she said was, "I'm sorry, Joe, but I gotta go" We had it once, but we ain't got it anymore |

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My name's James Lucas Deer, I was born in Remington

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Now my home is Richfield prison, where I pay for the wrongs I done

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Once, I was free and on the streets of Indiana when I was twenty-two

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Yeah, just a kid lookin' for some fun, no better or worse than you, sir |

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| Me and Pat, we married in the spring, moved in with her ma and pa On our wedding night, she sighed, "Jimmy, we can have anything we want" Well, it was for those things we wanted, I did all the stealing that I could do I stole from the law, I stole from her pa, I probably stole from you, sir |

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| Well, Pat, she had a brother, a brother name of Sil He made a living stealing farm equipment down in Luthersville He'd sit at my kitchen table, and that roll of dough he'd flash He said, "Jimmy, you need little extra work? All you gotta do is ask" |

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| Was on a job down in Oxford, we woke that farm boy from his bed We took off runnin', Sil dropped his rifle and shot himself in the leg Well, they caught up with us out on Highway 61 Yeah, when we seen them coming, we didn't even run |

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| Well, the trial was short and sweet, me and Sil got our stories crossed The judge said, "Boys, first you played, and now you pay the cost I'm gonna give you some time to get straight your facts Yeah, two years dead and even in the Richfield County rack"

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Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah |

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Every year when summer comes around

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They stretch a banner 'cross the main street in town

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You can feel somethin's happenin' in the air

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Well, from Carol's house up on Telegraph Hill

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You can see the lights going up out in Soldiers Field

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Getting ready, for the county fair County fair, county fair Everybody in town 'll be there So come on, hey we're goin' down there Hey little girl with the long blonde hair Come win your daddy one of them stuffed bears Baby, down at the country fair Now you'll be hangin' tight when we hit the top And that rollercoaster's ready to drop And your braggin', how you wasn't even scared Well baby you know I just love the sound Of that pipe organ on the merry-go-round Baby, down at the county fair County fair, county fair, Everybody in town 'll be there So come on, hey we're goin' down there Hey little girl with the long blonde hair Come win your daddy one of them stuffed bears Baby, down at the country fair At the north end of the field they set up a stand And they got a little rock and roll band People dancin' out in the open air It's James Young and the Immortal Ones Two guitars, baby, bass and drums Just rockin', down at the county fair Well, county fair, county fair Everybody in town'll be there So come on, we're goin' down there Little girl with the long blonde hair Come win your daddy one of them stuffed bears Baby, down at the county fair Now it's getting late before we head back to town We let that fortune wheel spin around Come on mister tell me what's waiting out there On my way out I steal a kiss in the dark Hope I can remember where our car's parked Baby, out at the county fair Now off down the highway there's the last stream of cars We sit a while in my front yard With the radio playin' soft and low I pull Carol close to my heart And I lean back and stare up at the stars Oh I wish, I'd never have to let this moment go

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One girl, one love

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One dream in our hearts

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Two hearts as one

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One hope never to be torn apart

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Hey yeah, come on, baby, rock me way down low

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Shake me, darling, shake me, don't let me go

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You're the one, yeah, you're the one for me One dream, one dream Is all, is all I need One reason to believe In you, I've found the thing I need Hey yeah, come on, baby, rock me way down low Shake me, darling, come on, don't let me go You're the one, yeah, you're the one for me |

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| Once, I was alone So alone, so all alone Then you came along With a love you said I could call on Hey yeah, come on, baby, rock me way down low Shake me, darling, come on, don't let me go You're the one, yeah, you're the one for me Come on, baby, rock me all night long I've been searching for you for so long You're the one, yeah, you're the one for me |

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If you're out on your own and you ain't got a home And it feels like the whole worlds just gonna fall on you

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You're just running scared, look around, there's nothing there And you ain't got the strength and your friends all just stall on you

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Well along comes a cloud, and you're lost in the crowd Once you thought you might make it, but babe, these days you doubt it

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If you need a hand, honey, I understand Just stand on up, yeah, stand up and shout it, girl

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Don't back down, don't back down

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Don't back down, don't back down on me

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Don't back down, don't back down

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Don't back down, don't back down, baby Now you see all the ones worn out and you're tired Fool and broken down by the wayside With two hearts call out for hire Filled with hurt, defeated by their foolish pride Girl, you hear the sound of a one passing down And you don't think that these days you can make it, babe Just step on up, I'll give you a hand And if you ain't got a problem now, maybe we can shake it, baby Don't back down, don't back down Don't back down, don't back down, baby Don't back down, don't back down Don't back down, don't back down, baby

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Na na, yeah If you're out on your own and you ain't got a home And it feels like the whole world's just gonna fall on you You're just running scared, look around, there's nothing there And you ain't got the strength and your friends all just stall on you Well along comes a cloud, and you're lost in the crowd Once you thought you might make it, babe, but these days you doubt it I understand if you need a helping hand Baby, don't be afraid, just stand up and shout it girl Don't back down, don't back down Don't back down, don't back down Don't back down, don't back down Don't back down, don't back down Don't back down, don't back down Don't back down, don't back down, baby Don't back down, don't back down Don't back down, don't back down, baby Don't back down, don't back down Don't back down, don't back down, baby Don't back down, don't back down Don't back down, don't back down

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My name is James Lucas, I was born in Remington

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And paroled from Richfield Prison in the winter of '81

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I was freed on the streets of Indiana, I'd just turned 32

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Same man with nowhere left to run, no different, sir, than you Me and Pat, we married in the spring, moved in with her Ma and Pa On our wedding night she sighed, "Jimmy, we can have anything we want" It was for those things we wanted, we worked as hard as two people could But somehow in the end, mister, this didn't do no good The prison got me driving delivery for Mr. Wills over in Ridgeside Well I started loading a little extra and I'd sell it on the side I didn't like what I was doing, I didn't lose no sleep at night Mr. Wills he was a rich man, he'd been a rich man all his life I was on the loading dock one evening when I heard the warehouse phone A dispatcher said, "Jim, they wanna see you in the front office before you go home" All Mr. Wills said was, "I don't understand, I could send you back to Richfield fast If you needed some extra money, Jim, all you had to do was ask" |

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| Well that night me and Pat we had a fight, I was out driving 'round in the rain With a fifth of gin and a half tank of gas and ten dollars to my name I passed a deserted liquor store way out on Highway One I turned and pulled into that parking lot, got out but I let my motor run Well I stood looking in the window for a long, long while When I walked in the man behind the register, he looked at me and smiled "That's some weather we're having out there. Can I help you find something, friend?" I didn't answer, I just stood there, then I turned and I went I don't know how long I sat in my driveway, my shirt was covered in sweat The house was dark when I went in, Pat was lying awake in bed She hit the light, I was standing in the doorway, she said, "I was worried, where you been so long?" I felt her arms around me, she said, "Jimmy, I'm so glad you're home" Richfield Prison stands on a high hill where the county line runs out There's a whistle that blows every time a man comes in or a man gets out At night we lay wrapped in each other's arms listening to the rain I heard that Richfield whistle blowing, just blowing in my dreams |

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Capo:

III

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Word of the trouble spread around

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One day, a man came through my town

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In the kitchen when my pa let him in

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Shook my hand, said, "Son, the Klan's your friend"

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Was a meeting at Lyle Stanton's house On the Jefferson Highway Some they did not listen, some Did not turn away

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Said, "When the holy rain of fire comes Tumbling from above It'll be a Klansman who stands For the land he loves"

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Look away, look away now

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I was ten years old when my pa said, "Son Some day you will see When you grow to wear the robes Like your brother and me"

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"When the war between the races lives As in a fiery dream It'll be a Klansman Who will wipe this country clean

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This, son, is my dream"

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Sir I am a pilgrim, and a stranger in this land

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Once I had a home here and my salvation was at hand

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I lived in a house of gold, yeah on a far hillside

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I had two beautiful children and a kind and loving wife

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Can you live with an unsatisfied heart?

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Can you live with an unsatisfied heart?

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Can you live with an unsatisfied heart?

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Can you live with an unsatisfied heart? One day a man came to town with nothing and nowhere to go He came to me and he mentioned something I'd done a long time ago I allowed him into my home on his vow our secret would never see the light At night I'd lay awake in my wife's arms, she'd sigh, "Joe, you alright?" Can you live with an unsatisfied heart...? The life I had built so carefully, it fell before my sin My home became my prison, my truth hidden deep within One night I woke up and as my wife did sleep I got dressed in the darkness and I fled into the street Can you live with an unsatisfied heart...? |

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| And night after night the same dream keeps coming 'round I'm standing high in the green hills on the outskirts of town The night air fills my lungs, the wind rustles my shirt I can see the house where we lived, the building where I used to work As I draw near the town's on fire, lit by a red summer moon But with your arms around me, I wake up in this room Can you live with an unsatisfied heart...? Can you live with an unsatisfied heart...? Can you live with an unsatisfied heart...?

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Capo:

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Born in the USA outtake; released on Tracks

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Well the runway rushed up at him and he felt the wheels touch down

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He stood out on the blacktop and took a taxi into town

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He got out down on main street and went into a local bar

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He bought a drink and he found a seat in a corner in the dark Well, she called up her momma to get the kids out of the house She checked herself out in the dining room mirror and undid an extra button on her blouse He felt her lying next to him when the clock read 4 AM

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He was starin' at the ceiling, couldn't move his hands

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Oh, momma, momma, momma come quick

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I got the shakes and I'm gonna be sick

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Put your arms around me in the cold dark night

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Hey now momma won't you shut out the light

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Won't you shut out the light

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Won't you shut out the light

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Won't you shut out the light On his porch they stretched a banner that said "Johnny, Welcome Home" Poppa pulled his ford out of the garage and they polished up the chrome His momma said "Johnny oh Johnny, I'm so glad to have you back with me" Hi pa said he's sure they'd give him his job back down at the factory Now, momma, momma, momma come quick... Now deep in the dark forest, a forest filled with rain Beyond a strip of Maryland pines there's a river without a name In the cold grey morning Mel Johnson he here stands He stares out at the lights of the city and dreams of where he's been Oh, momma, momma, momma come quick...

Bruce Springsteen : LA Garage Sessions '83
1983

Follow That Dream

Don't Back Down On Our Love

Little Girl Like You

Johnny Bye-Bye

Sugarland

Seven Tears

Fugitive's Dream

Black Mountain Ballad

Jim Deer

County Fair

One Love

Don't Back Down

Richfield Whistle

The Klansman

Unsatisfied Heart

Shut Out The Light

Bruce Springsteen : LA Garage Sessions '83 1983

Follow That Dream

Don't Back Down On Our Love

Little Girl Like You

Johnny Bye-Bye

Sugarland

Seven Tears

Fugitive's Dream

Black Mountain Ballad

Jim Deer

County Fair

One Love

Don't Back Down

Richfield Whistle

The Klansman

Unsatisfied Heart

Shut Out The Light

Bruce Springsteen : LA Garage Sessions '83
1983