18 Traks
18 Traks
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Pubblicato il 13 aprile 1999 18 canzoni contenenti il meglio del cofanetto Tracks pubblicato nel novembre 1998
1 Growin' Up
2 .Seaside Bar Song
3.Rendezvous
4.Hearts Of Stone
5.Where The Bands Are
6.Loose Ends
7.I Wanna Be With You
8.Born In The U.S.A.
9.My Love Will Not Let You Down
10.Lion's Den
11.Pink Cadillac
12.Janey Don't You Lose Heart
13.Sad Eyes
14.Part Man, Part Monkey
15.Trouble River
16.Brothers Under The Bridge
17.The Fever
18.The Promise
1 GROWIN' UP I stood stonelike at midnight suspended in my masquerade I combed my hair till it was just right and commanded the night brigade I was open to pain and crossed by the rain and I walked on a crooked crutch I strode all alone through a fallout zone and came out with my soul untouched I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd but when they said `Sit down' I stood up Ooh-ooh growin' up The flag of piracy flew from my mast my sails were set wing to wing I had a jukebox graduate for first mate she couldn't sail but she sure could sing I pushed B-52 and bombed `em with the blues with my gear set stubborn on standing We broke all the rules I strafed my old high school never once gave thought to landing I hid in the clouded warmth of the crowd but when they said `Come down' I threw up Ooh-ooh growin' up I took month-long vacations in the stratosphere and you know it's really hard to hold your breath I swear I lost everything I ever loved or feared I was the cosmic kid in full costume dress Well my feet they finally took root in the earth but I got me a nice little place in the stars I swear I found the key to the universe in the engine of an old parked car I hid in the mother breast of the crowd but when they said `pull down' I pulled up Ooh-ooh growin' up Ooh-ooh growin' up 2 SEASIDE BAR SONG Well Billy bought a Chevy '40 Coupe Deluxe Chrome wheels, stick shift Give her gas, pop the clutch Little girls on the corner Like a diamond they shine Someday Billy I'm gonna make 'em all mine Hey girl, you wanna ride in Daddy's Cadillac? Because I love the way your long hair falls down your back Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley's at the Seaside Bar We'll run barefoot in the sand, listen to his guitar You say your mama's gonna meet you when the morning comes And your papa's gonna beat you 'cause he knows you're out on the run I'm gonna live a life of love and tonight you're the one The highway is alive tonight So baby do not be frightened There's something 'bout a pretty girl on a sweet summer night That gets this boy excited Radio man finally understands and plays you something you can move to You lay back easy, cut loose your drive power Your girl leans over and says "Daddy, can you turn that radio up any louder?" The juke joint's humming Everybody came down Little Willy and his Soul Brooms layin' all that stuff down Well don't let that daylight steal your soul Get in your wheels and roll, roll, roll, roll, roll Oh mama's gonna meet you when the morning comes And your daddy's gonna beat you 'cause he knows you're out on the run But I don't care I'm gonna live and laugh and love while the night's still young 3 RENDEZVOUS I had a dream our love would last forever I had a dream tonight my dream comes true Well if you'll hold me tight We'll be riders girl on the night Oohh, I want a rendezvous Haven't I told you, girl, How much I like you I got a feeling that you like me, too Well if you'll hold me tight We'll be riders girl on the night Oohh, I want a rendez-vous You deserve so much more than this, girl Well I'm running on the power And living on the promise In your last kiss Because I had a dream Our love would last forever I had a dream tonight my dream comes true And if you'll hold me tight We'll be riders girl on the night Oohh, rendezvous I want a rendezvous 4 HEARTS OF STONE You stare in the mirror at the lines in your face And you try to see girl The way things were when we were at your place In the days it was just you and me girl And you cry because things ain't like before Well, don't you know it can't be that way anymore But don't worry baby CHORUS: I can't talk now, I'm not alone So put your ear close to the phone 'Cause this is the last dance This is the last chance For hearts of stone If there was something, baby, That I could do, Something that would last, honey, I would But we all know, girl, especially you do How you can't return to your past, no So girl close your eyes and I'll be there Hold me once more and we can go anywhere Ah we could... (CHORUS) And you cry because things ain't like before Well don't you know they can't be like that anymore Well I know it, baby
5 WHERE THE BANDS ARE I hear the guitars ringing out Ringing out down Union Street I hear the lead singer shouting out girl I wanna be a slave to the beat Yeah tonight I wanna break my chains Somebody break my heart Somebody shake my brains Downtown there’s something that I wanna hear It's the sound little girl keeps ringing in my ear CHORUS: I wanna be where the bands are I wanna be where the bands are Where the bands are I wanna be where the bands are I get off from work and I grab something to eat I turn the corner and I drive down your street Little gray houses, darling, looks like nowhere But hey I know you're hiding in there Come on out for just a little while You know that heart of stone Girl it just ain't your style Tonight I want to feel the beat of the crowd And when I tell you that I love you I wanna shout it out loud Shout it out loud (CHORUS) I hear the guitars ringing out Ringing out down Union Street I hear the lead singer shouting out girl I wanna be a slave to the beat Yeah tonight I wanna break my chains Something to break my heart Something to shake my brains There’s a rocker’s special out tonight So meet me on down ‘Neath the neon lights 6 LOOSE ENDS We met out on open streets When we had no place to go I remember how my heart beat When you said "I love you so" Then little by little We choked out all the life that out love could hold Oh no CHORUS: It was like we had a noose And baby without check We pulled until it grew tighter around our necks Each one waiting for the other Darling to say when Well baby you can meet me tonight on the loose end We didn't count tomorrows We took what we could and baby we ran There was no place for sorrow Every place we went I held your hand And when the night closed in I was sure your kisses told me all I had to know But oh no (CHORUS) Our love has fallen around us Like we said it never would We saw it happen to all the others But to us it never would Well how could something so bad, darling Come from something that was so good I don't know (CHORUS)
7 I WANNA BE WITH YOU Let the frozen cities crumble, crumble and fall That's alright, I don't mind at all Let’em all tumble right into the sea Well that's all right, that's fine with me Since you came down the line I can't sleep at night I got one thing on my mind That’s every day, every night I wanna be with you I wanna be with you That's what I wanna do 'Cause you're just so out of sight I wanna be with you That's what I wanna do Now I lost my job at the Texaco station Cause instead of pumpin' gas I’d dream of you I got thrown out of my house I got such a bad reputation 'Cause all I wanna do is be seen with you They gave me my pay and said walk I don't care what they say Go ahead and let 'em all talk ‘Til the world falls apart I wanna be with you I wanna be with you That's what I wanna do Until they will rip out my heart I wanna be with you I wanna be with you Well that's all I wanna do Hold tight, love me just a little bit Alright, a little bit more Tonight, tonight give me just a little kiss No I don't know, I don't know, I don’t I just can't understand it, you’re not pretty at all But I come when you whisper I run when you call When I see you on the streets I fall on my face I fall on my knees, I plead my case Oh, oh I wanna be with you I wanna be with you, that’s what I wanna do I wanna be with you Because I love you so 8 BORN IN THE U.S.A. Born down in a dead man's town The first kick I took was when I hit the ground You end up like a dog that's been beat too much Till you spend half your life just covering up CHORUS: Born in the U.S.A. I was born in the U.S.A. I was born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. Got in a little hometown jam So they put a rifle in my hand Sent me off to Vietnam To go and kill the yellow man (CHORUS) Come back home to the refinery Hiring man said "Son if it was up to me" Went down to see my V.A. man He said "Son, don't you understand" I had a brother at Khe Sahn Fighting off the Viet Cong They're still there, he's all gone He had a woman he loved in Saigon I got a picture of him in her arms now Down in the shadow of the penitentiary Out by the gas fires of the refinery I'm ten years burning down the road Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go (CHORUS) I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A. (CHORUS) I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A. 9 MY LOVE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN At night I go to bed but I just can't sleep I got something running around my head That just won't keep In the silence I hear my heart beating, time slippin' away I got a time bomb ticking deep inside of me I gotta tell you what I wanna say I keep searching for you, darling Searching everywhere I go And when I find you there's gonna be Just one thing that you gotta know My love will not let you down My love will not let you down At night I walk the streets looking for romance But I always end up stumbling in a half-trance I search for connection in some new eyes But they're hard for protection from too many dreams passed by I see you standing across the room watching me without a sound Well I'm gonna push my way through that crowd, I'm gonna tear all your walls down Tear all your walls down My love will not let you down My love will not let you down Well hold still now darling, hold still for God's sake 'Cause I got me a promise I ain't afraid to make My love will not let you down My love will not let you down 10 LION'S DEN You broke my heart, tore it apart Thought it was cute, thought it was smart But now I'm back and I've got the strength of ten So I got a message for you my friend CHORUS I'm Daniel waitin' in the lion's den Daniel waitin'for that lion to come Daniel waitin'in the lion's den Dum dum dee dum dum dee dee dum dum That old lion's mean and long in the tooth And like you, baby, he's out on the loose Messin' hearts up for that messin' to end CHORUS At night I hear you out prowling around Tearing guys up, scaring 'em down Now all that growling's gonna come to no end 'Cause I'm just bidding my time, my little friend CHORUS 11 PINK CADILLAC You may think I'm foolish For the foolish things I do You may wonder how come I love you When you get on my nerves like you do Well baby you know you bug me There ain't no secret 'bout that Well come on over here and hug me Baby I'll spill the facts Well honey it ain't your money 'Cause baby I got plenty of that I love you for your pink Cadillac Crushed velvet seats Riding in the back Oozing down the street Waving to the girls Feeling out of sight Spending all my money On a Saturday night Honey I just wonder what you do there in back Of your pink Cadillac Pink Cadillac Well now way back in the Bible Temptations always come along There's always somebody tempting Somebody into doing something they know is wrong Well they tempt you, man, with silver And they tempt you, sir, with gold And they tempt you with the pleasures That the flesh does surely hold They say Eve tempted Adam with an apple But man I ain't going for that I know it was her pink Cadillac Crushed velvet seats Riding in the back Oozing down the street Waving to the girls Feeling out of sight Spending all my money On a Saturday night Honey I just wonder what it feels like in the back Of your pink Cadillac Now some folks say it's too big And uses too much gas Some folks say it's too old And that it goes too fast But my love is bigger than a Honda It's bigger than a Subaru Hey man there's only one thing And one car that will do Anyway we don't have to drive it Honey we can park it out in back And have a party in your pink Cadillac 12 JANEY DON'T UOU LOSE HEART You got your book with all your fears Let me, honey, and I'll catch your tears I'll take your sorrow if you want me to Come tomorrow that's what I'll do Listen to me CHORUS: Janey don't you lose heart Janey don't you lose heart Janey don't you lose heart Janey don't you lose heart Well you say you got no new dreams to touch You feel like a stranger who knows too much Well you come home late and get undressed You lie in bed, feel this emptiness Well listen to me (CHORUS) 'Til every river runs dry Until the sun honey's torn from the sky 'Til every fear you've felt burst free And's gone tumblin' down into the sea Listen to me (CHORUS)
13 SAD EYES Every day here you come walking I hold my tongue, I don't do much talking You say you're happy and you're doin' fine Well go ahead, baby, I got plenty of time Sad eyes never lie Sad eyes never lie Well for a while I've been watching you steady Ain't gonna move 'til you're good and ready You show up and then you shy away But I know pretty soon you'll be walkin' this way Sad eyes never lie Sad eyes never lie Baby don't you know I don't care Don't you know that I've been there Well if something in the air feels a little unkind Don't worry darling, it'll slip your mind I know you think you'd never be mine Well that's okay, baby, I don't mind That shy smile's sweet, that's a fact Go ahead, I don't mind the act Here you come all dressed up for a date Well one more step and it'll be too late Blue blue ribbon in your hair Like you're so sure I'll be standing here 14 PART MAN PART MONKEY They prosecuted some poor Sucker in these United States For teaching that man descended from the apes They coulda settled that case without a fuss or fight If they'd seen me chasin' you, sugar, through the jungle last night They'da called in that jury and a one two three said Part man, part monkey, definitely Well the church bell rings from the corner steeple Man in a monkey suit swears he'll do no evil Offers his lover's prayer but his soul lies Dark and driftin' and unsatisfied Well hey bartender, tell me whaddaya see Part man, part monkey, looks like to me Well the night is dark, the moon is full The flowers of romance exert their pull We talk awhile, my fingers slip I'm hard and crackling like a whip Well did God make man in a breath of holy fire Or did he crawl on up out of the muck and mire Well the man on the street believes what the Bible tells him so Well you can ask me, mister, because I know Tell them soul-suckin' preachers to come on down and see Part man, part monkey, baby that's me 15 TROUBLE RIVER There's a river runs through this valley Cold and deep and black Comin' like a tombstone shadow across my back CHORUS Trouble river, six foot high and risin Trouble river, I can't keep from cryin' I woke up last night shakin' Shakin' from a dream That all I seen was smiling faces staring back at me CHORUS Snakes crawling in the hi house I'm stuck in muddy ground Tonight I'm gonna shed this skin And I'll be breathin' free air now CHORUS 16 BROTHERS UNDER THE BRIDGES Saigon, it was all gone The same Coke machines As the streets I grew on Down in a mesquite canyon We come walking along the ridge Me and the brothers under the bridge Campsite's an hour's walk from the nearest road to town Up here there's too much brush and canyon For the CHP choppers to touch down Ain't lookin' for nothin', just wanna live Me and the brothers under the bridge Come the Santa Ana's, man, that dry brush'll light Billy Devon got burned up in his own campfire one winter night We buried his body in the white stone high up along the ridge Me and the brothers under the bridge Had enough of town and the street life Over nothing you end up on the wrong end of someone's knife Now I don't want no trouble And I ain't got none to give Me and the brothers under the bridge I come home in '72 You were just a beautiul light In your mama's dark eyes of blue I stood down on the tarmac, I was just a kid Me and the brothers under the bridge Come Veterans' Day I sat in the stands in my dress blues I held your mother's hand When they passed with the red, white and blue One minute you're right there ... and something slips... 17 THE FEVER When I get home from my job I turn on my T.V. But I can't keep my mind on the show When I lay down at night, oh I can't get no sleep So I turn on my radio But the only sound I hear is you whisperin' in my ear The words that you used to say Now my days grow longer 'Cause my love grows stronger And the fever gets worse And I've got the fever for this girl CHORUS Got the fever, oh I've got the fever Nothing that a po' boy can do When he's got the fever for this girl Got the fever, oh I've got the fever Left this little boy blue I can remember comin' home See you standin' at the stove With the dishes on the table Dinner ready to go We'll maybe go out to a movie show Something that you like to see Well now you are my sun in the morning And my moon at night I think about you baby I feel alright Now my days grow longer 'Cause my love grows stronger And the fever gets worse And I've got the fever for this girl 18 THE PROMISE Johnny works in a factory and Billy works downtown Terry works in a rock and roll band Lookin' for that million-dollar sound I got a little job down in Darlington But some nights I don't go Some nights I go to the drive-in, or some nights I stay home I followed that dream just like those guys do up on the screen And I drive a Challenger down Route 9 through the dead ends and all the bad scenes And when the promise was broken, I cashed in a few of my dream Well now I built that Challenger by myself But I needed money and so I sold it I lived a secret I should'a kept to myself But I got drunk one night and I told it All my life I fought this fight The fight that no man can never win Every day it just gets harder to live This dream I'm believing in Thunder Road, oh baby you were so right Thunder Road there's something dyin' on the highway tonight I won big once and I hit the coast But somehow I paid the big cost Inside I felt like I was carryin' the broken spirits Of all the other ones who lost When the promise is broken you go on living But it steals something from down in your soul Like when the truth is spoken and it don't make no difference Something in your heart goes cold I followed that dream through the southwestern flats That dead ends in two-bit bars And when the promise was broken I was far away from home Sleepin' in the back seat of a borrowed car Thunder Road, for the lost lovers and all the fixed games Thunder Road, for the tires rushing by in the rain Thunder Road, Billy and me we'd always say Thunder Road, we were gonna take it all and throw it all away CHORUS