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Rosalita
spread out now, rosie - doctor, come cut loose her mama's reins
you know playin blindman's bluff is a little baby's game
you pick up little dynamite, i'm gonna pick up little gun
and together we're gonna go out tonight and make that highway run
you don't have to call me lieutenant rosie and i don't want to be your son
the only lover i'm ever gonna need's your soft sweet little girl's tongue
aw, rosie you're the one
dynamite's in the belfry n playin with the bats
little gun's downtown in front of woolworth's tryin out his attitude on all the cats
papa's on the corner waitin for the bus
mama she's home in the window waitin up for us
she'll be there in that chair when they wrestle her upstairs cuz you know we ain't gonna come
i ain't here for business, baby - i'm only here for fun
and rosie you're the one
rosalita, jump a little lighter
senorita, come sit by my fire
i just want to be your love, ain't no lie
rosalita, you're my stone desire
jack the rabbit and weak knees willie, you know they're gonna be there
ah, sloppy sue and big bones billie, they'll be comin up for air
we're gonna play some pool, skip some school, act real cool
stay out all night, it's gonna feel all right
so rosie, come out tonight - baby, come out tonight
windows are for cheaters, chimneys for the poor
closets are for hangers, winners use the door
so use it, rosie - that's what it's there for
now i know your mama, she don't like me cuz i play in a rock and roll band
and i know your daddy, he don't dig me - but he never did understand
papa lowered the boom, he locked you in your room - i'm comin to lend a hand
i'm comin to liberate you, confiscate you - i want to be your man
someday we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny
but now you're sad, your mama's mad
and your papa says he knows that i don't have any money...
tell him this is last chance to get his daughter in a fine romance
because a record company, rosie - just gave me a big advance
my tires were slashed and i almost crashed - but the lord had mercy
my machine she's a dud, i'm stuck in the mud somewhere in the swamps of jersey
hold on tight, stay up all night cuz rosie i'm comin on strong
by the time we meet the morning light i will hold you in my arms
i know a pretty little place in southern california down san diego way
there's a little cafe - where they play guitars all night and day
you can hear them in the back room strummin
so hold tight baby cuz don't you know daddy's comin
Rosalita
bass tab
intro
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verse 1
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Thunder Road
the screen door slams, mary's dress waves
like a vision she dances across the porch, as the radio plays
roy orbison singing for the lonely
hey, that's me and i want you only
don't turn me home again, i just can't face myself alone again
don't run back inside - darlin, you know just what i'm here for
so you're scared and you're thinkin that maybe we ain't that young anymore
show a little faith, there's magic in the night
you ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
oh, and that's alright with me
you can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain
make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
waste your summer praying in vain - for a savior to rise from these streets
well now i'm no hero, that's understood
all the redemption i can offer - girl, is beneath this dirty hood
with a chance to make it good somehow
hey what else can we do now
except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
well, the night's busting open - these two lanes will take us anywhere
we got one last chance to make it real
to trade in these wings on some wheels
climb in back, heaven's waiting on down the tracks
oh oh come take my hand
riding out tonight to case the promised land
oh thunder road...
lying out there like a killer in the sun
hey, i know it's late we can make it if we run
oh thunder road, sit tight take hold
thunder road
well i got this guitar and i learned how to make it talk
and my car's out back, if you're ready to take that long walk
from your front porch to my front seat
the door's open but the ride it ain't free
and i know you're lonely for words that i ain't spoken
but tonight we'll be free - all the promises'll be broken
there were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
they haunt this dusty beach road in the skeleton frames of burned out chevrolets
they scream your name at night in the street
your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
and in the lonely cool before dawn
you hear their engines roaring on
but when you get to the porch they're gone, on the wind
so, mary, climb in
it's a town full of losers n i'm pulling out of here to win
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
tear drops on the city - bad scooter searching for his groove
seem like the whole world walking pretty n you can't find the room to move
well everybody better move over, that's all
i'm running on the bad side n i got my back to the wall
tenth avenue freeze-out...
i'm stranded in the jungle, taking all the heat they was giving
the night is dark but the sidewalk's bright n lined with the light of the living
from a tenement window a transistor blasts
turn around the corner things got real quiet real fast
she hit me with a tenth avenue freeze-out...
and i'm all alone...
and kid you better get the picture
and i'm on my own...
and i can't go home
when the change was made uptown n the big man joined the band
from the coastline to the city, all the little pretties raise their hands
i'm gonna sit back right easy and laugh
when scooter and the big man bust this city in half
with a tenth avenue freeze-out...
Born to Run
in the day we sweat it, out in the streets of a runaway american dream
at night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines
sprung from cages out on highway 9
chrome wheeled, fuel injected n steppin out over the line
baby this town rips the bones from your back
it's a death trap, it's a suicide rap - we gotta get out while we're young
cuz tramps like us, baby we were born to run
wendy, let me in i wanna be your friend - i want to guard your dreams and visions
just wrap your legs round these velvet rims and strap your hands across my engines
together we could break this trap
we'll run till we drop, baby we'll never go back
oh, will you walk with me out on the wire
cuz baby i'm just a scared and lonely rider, but i gotta find out how it feels
i wanna know if love is wild - girl, i wanna know if love is real
beyond the palace hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard
the girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors n the boys try to look so hard
the amusement park rises bold and stark
kids are huddled on the beach in the mist
i wanna die with you wendy on the streets tonight, in an everlasting kiss
the highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive
everybody's out on the run tonight, but there's no place left to hide
together wendy we'll live with the sadness
i'll love you with all the madness in my soul
oh, someday girl i don't know when, we're gonna get to that place
where we really want to go n we'll walk in the sun
but till then tramps like us - baby, we were born to run
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
but there's one thing i know for sure girl
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
ya better listen to me, baby
talk about a dream, try to make it real
you wake up in the night with a fear so real
you spend your life waiting for a moment that just don't come
well, don't waste your time waiting
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 til 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
you better get it straight, darling
poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king
and a king ain't satisfied til he rules everything
i wanna go out tonight, i wanna find out what i got
well, i believe in the love that you gave me
i believe in the faith that could save me
i believe in the hope and i pray
that some day it may raise me
above these badlands...
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...
Badlands
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Prove It All Night
i've been workin real hard, trying to get my hands clean
we'll drive that dusty road from monroe to angeline
to buy you a gold ring and pretty dress of blue
baby just one kiss will get these things for you
a kiss to seal our fate tonight
a kiss to prove it all night...
girl there's nothing else that we can do
and girl i'll prove it all night for you
everybody's got a hunger, a hunger they can't resist
there's so much that you want, you deserve much more than this
but if dreams came true, oh, wouldn't that be nice
but this ain't no dream we're living through tonight
girl, you want it, you take it, you pay the price
prove it all night... and call the bluff
prove it all night... for your love
baby, tie your hair back in a long white bow
meet me in the field, behind the dynamo
you hear the voices tellin you not to go
they made their choices n they'll never know
what it means to steal, to cheat, to lie
what it's like to live n die
to prove it all night...
Hungry Heart
got a wife and kids in baltimore, jack
i went out for a ride and i never went back
like a river that don't know where it's flowin
i took a wrong turn and i just kept goin
everybody's got a hungry heart...
lay down your money and ya play your part
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
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
The River
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 seventeen
we'd ride out of this valley down to where the fields were green
we'd go down to the river
n 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 did ride
i got a job working construction for the johnstown company
but lately there ain't been much 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 - mary acts like she don't care
but i remember us riding in my brother's car
her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
at night on them 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 ride
Atlantic City
well, they blew up the chicken man in philly, last night
now, they blew up his house too
down on the boardwalk, they're gettin ready for a fight
gonna see what them racket boys can do
now there's trouble busin in from outta state
and the d.a. can't get no relief
gonna be a rumble out on the promenade
and the gamblin commission's hangin on by the skin of its teeth
everything dies baby that's a fact
but maybe everything that dies, someday comes back
put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
and meet me tonight in atlantic city
well, i got a job n tried to put my money away
but i got debts that no honest man can pay
so, i drew what i had from the central trust
n i bought us two tickets on that coast city bus
now, our luck may have died and our love may be cold
but with you forever i'll stay
we're goin out where the sand's turnin to gold
so put on your stockin's baby cuz the night's getting cold
now i been lookin for a job but it's hard to find
down here it's just winners and losers
n don't get caught on the wrong side of that line
well i'm tired of comin out on the losin end
so honey last night i met this guy
n i'm gonna do a little favor for him
I'm On Fire
hey, little girl, is your daddy home
did he go away and leave you all alone
i got a bad desire
oh, i'm on fire
tell me now, baby, is he good to you
can he do to you the things that i do
oh, i can take you higher
oh, i'm on fire
sometimes it's like someone took a knife - baby, edgy and dull
n cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my soul
at night i wake up with the sheets soaking wet
n a freight train running through the middle of my head
only you can cool my desire
oh, i'm on fire
I'm Going Down
we sit in the car outside your house, i can feel the heat comin round
i go to put my arm around you n ya give me yer look a like i'm way out of bounds
well, you let out one of your bored sighs
well, lately when i look into your eyes
i'm goin down...
we get dressed up and we go out - baby, for the night
we come home early burning - burning in some fire fight
i'm sick and tired of you setting me up, yeah
setting me up just to knock-a knock-a knock-a me down
i'm goin down...
i pull you close now, baby - but when we kiss i can feel a doubt
i remember back when we started, my kisses used to turn you inside out
i used to drive you to work in the morning - friday night i'd drive you all around
you used to love to drive me wild, yeah
but lately girl, you get your kicks from just driving me down
i'm goin down...
Glory Days
i had a friend was a big baseball player, back in high school
he could throw that speedball by ya, make you look like a fool boy
saw him the other night at this roadside bar - i was walkin in, he was walkin out
we went back inside sat down had a few drinks
but all he kept talking about
glory days - well, they'll pass you by
glory days - in the wink of a young girl's eye
glory days...
well, there's a girl that lives up the block - back in school she could turn all the boy's heads
sometimes on a friday i'll stop by n have a few drinks after she put her kids to bed
her and her husband bobby - well, they split up - i guess it's two years gone by now
we just sit around talking about the old times
she says when she feels like cryin, she starts laughing thinking about
think i'm going down to the well tonight n i'm gonna drink til i get my fill
n i hope when i get old i don't sit around thinking about it - but, i probably will
yeah, just sittin back tryin to recapture a little of the glory of
well, the time slips away n leaves ya with nothin, mister
but boring stories of glory days...
My Hometown
i was eight years old n running with a dime in my hand
into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man
i'd sit on his lap in that big old buick - steer as we drove through town
he'd tousle my hair and say son take a good look around
this is your hometown...
in '65 tension was running high at my high school
lotta of fights between the black and white - there was nothing you could do
two cars at a light on a saturday night in the back seat there was a gun
words were passed in a shotgun blast, troubled times had come
to my hometown...
now main street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores
seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more
they're closin down the textile mill across the railroad tracks
foreman says these jobs are going boys and they ain't coming back
to your hometown...
last night me and kate we laid in bed, talkin bout gettin out
packin up our bags maybe headin south
i'm thirty-five we got a boy of our own now
last night i sat him up behind the wheel n said son take a good look around
this is your hometown
Brilliant Disguise
i hold you in my arms as the band plays
what are those words whispered, baby - just as you turn away ?
i saw you last night out on the edge of town
i wanna read your mind, to know just what i've got in this new thing i've found
so tell me what i see when i look in your eyes
is that you, baby - or just a brilliant disguise ?
i heard somebody call your name from underneath our willow
i saw something tucked in shame underneath your pillow
well i've tried so hardm baby - but i just can't see
what a woman like you is doing with me
so tell me who i see when i look in your eyes
is that you, baby - or just a brilliant disguise ?
now look at me, baby - struggling to do everything right
and then it all falls apart - oh, when out go the lights
i'm just a lonely pilgrim - i walk this world in wealth
i want to know if it's you i don't trust
cuz i damn sure don't trust myself
now you play the loving woman, i'll play the faithful man
but just don't look too close into the palm of my hand
we stood at the alter, the gypsy swore our future was right
but come the wee wee hours - well, maybe baby, the gypsy lied
so when you look at me, you better look hard and look twice
is that me, baby - or just a brilliant disguise ?
tonight our bed is cold - i'm lost in the darkness of our love
god have mercy on the man who doubts what he's sure of
Human Touch
you n me, we were the pretenders - we let it all slip away
in the end what you don't surrender - well, the world just strips away
girl, ain't no kindness in the face of strangers - ain't gonna find no miracles here
well, you can wait on your blesses my darlin - i got a deal for you, right here
i ain't lookin for praise or pity - i ain't comin round searchin for a crutch
i just want someone to talk to n a little of that human touch...
ain't no mercy on the streets of this town - ain't no bread from heavenly skies
ain't nobody drawin wine from this blood - it's just you and me tonight
tell me, in a world without pity - do you think what i'm askin's too much
i just want somethin to hold on to - n a little of that human touch...
oh, girl - that feeling of safety you prize
well, it comes at a hard, hard price
you can't shut off the risk and the pain
without losin the love that remains
we're all riders on this train
so you've been broken and you've been hurt - show me somebody who ain't
yeah, i know i ain't nobody's bargain - but, hell, a little touchup n a little paint
you might need somethin' to hold on to when all the answers, they don't amount to much
somebody that you could just to talk to - n a little of that human touch
baby, in a world without pity
do you think what i'm askin's too much
i just want to feel you in my arms
share a little of that human touch...
feel a little of that human touch...
give a little of that human touch...
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 n a pretty red rose
n a woman i can call my friend
these are better days, baby
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 of these heard luck bones
these are better days, baby
these are better days it's true
these are better days, baby
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 livin in his own skin
and can't stand the company
every fool's got a reason to feel sorry for himself
and turn 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
