Valerie
To the east the factories stand
Like fire-breathing dragons against the sky
And from their throats a scarlet river
Burns itself into smoky lullabies
Over neon and fluorescent skies
Valerie, can you hear those engines drone
I wanted to go to Mexico
But I'm stranded here alone
And once I knew true love
It's been three years since he's gone
And if I could get that feeling back
I'd give up everything I own
16 days since I left for Corona
And I traveled to this carnival town near Alberndeel
And I road the coaster there on the fairground
Twisted backbone of a beast that never heals
And I left some skin on fortune's wheel
Valerie, can you hear those engines drone
I wanted to go to Mexico
But I'm stranded here alone
And once I knew a true love
It's been three years since he's gone
And if i could get that feeling back
I'd give up everything I own
Everything's in slow motion now
In this little border town
I've come so close from so far
Just to hide behind these windows here
From the world outside
I watch those cars and trucks raise trails of dust
Down the road as they pass by
Valerie, can you hear those engines drone
I wanted to go to Mexico
But I'm stranded here alone
And once I knew a true love
It's been three years since he's gone
And if I could get that feeling back
I'd give up everything I own
Everything I own
Everything I own
Everything I own
written by patti scialfa
guitars & bass: mike campbell
acoustic guitar: nils lofgren
keyboards: roy bittan, patti scialfa
drums & percussion: gary mallabar
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As Long As I (Can Be With You)
They say there's a light
Through darkness shines
If two hands protect that light
Against the change of time
You can have your gold and silver
Build your kingdoms high
But if it's just one of those things baby
That money can't buy
So I don't care where we go baby
I don't care what we do
As long as I can be with you
Now I've been lost
And I've been found
Been lifted up to the gates of heaven
And put back down
I've walked in chains baby
And I've walked free
But I never walk the way that I do
When you walk with me
So I don't care where we go baby
I don't care what we do
As long as I can be with you
Well maybe I'm just a foolish girl
'Cause I always thought the right kiss
Could wash away some sins of the world
Wash away those sins baby and go walkin' free
'Cause that's just how I feel darlin'
When you walk with me
So I don't care where we go baby
I don't care what we do
As long as I can be with you
As long as I can be with you
written by patti scialfa
guitars & bass: mike campbell
keyboards: benmont tench
drums & percussion: zachary alford
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Big Black Heaven
You promised me there'd be no denials
When I was weak under your spell
When I feel thirsty you would not let me
Take water from your well
Well big black road
Big black river
Big black heaven in the sky above
I need someone I can talk to
I need someone I can love
So I went down to that valley
To a boy that I once knew
And he looked at me so tender
Oh baby like you used to do
Well big black road
Big black road
Big black river
Big black heaven in the sky above
I need someone I can talk to
I need someone I can love
So I crossed that river of temptation
And I lay down in that young boys arms
And there I claimed my destination
Through this one last unforgiving harm
Well big black road
Big black river
Big black heaven in the sky above
I need someone I can talk to
I need someone I can love
written by patti scialfa
lead guitars: bruce springsteen
rhythm guitars: mike campbell
keyboards: bruce springsteen
drums: gary mallabar
percussion: bobbye hall
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Loves Glory
Oh baby tell me stories
About those pretty worlds
Who will deliver us from blame
Who will walk free
Who will walk in chains
And when the sky is falling
What do we believe in
When everything we learned to trust
Turns around and makes a fool of us
Well baby I'll believe in all of loves glory
So don't you try and talk me down
I'm not afraid to stumble
Baby I can fall
Oh my tender dreams
I gave them such fragile wings and
I sent them up to heaven
But heaven was just too high
And I watched them falter against the sky
But baby I still believe in all of loves glory
I gave that promise to the rain
I'm not afraid to stumble
Baby I can fall
Oh if I could I'd play out my part
I'd cup my hands and
I'd collect the rain that falls inside your heart
But I can't stop the rain
I can't hold back the thunder
Oh but I can make one vow
And promise you my heart right now
'Cause baby I believe in all of loves glory
And no one's gonna talk me down
I'm not afraid to stumble
Baby I can fall
I'm not afraid to stumble
Baby I can fall
I'm not afraid to stumble
Baby I can fall
written by patti scialfa
guitars & bass: mike campbell
keyboards: roy bittan, benmont tench
drums: russ kunkel
percussion: rob jaczko
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Lucky Girl
I never wanted nothing
Baby you know it's true
I never wanted nothing
The way I wanted you
I kept my hands clean
I walked a good line
I knew someday baby
Someday you'd be mine
And when fortune came to town
I was standing in with the unsatisfied
So I lay my wishes down
For the things that money can't buy
Oh I guess I'm a lucky girl
Oh baby you know it's true
Oh I guess I'm a lucky girl
I've been lucky since I found you
I used to play it safe
Yeah that's what I'd do
I never wanted nothing
Nothing I could lose
I was just frightened of
Of the price you pay
For every good thing
That ever comes your way
I'm going to lay my worries down
Lay them down baby
Yeah I can't complain
'Cause I'm shining (shining) down
Like a new link in an old chain
Oh I guess I'm a lucky girl
I've been lucky since I found you
I'm a lucky girl
I'm a lucky girl
I'm a lucky girl
I'm a lucky girl
Yeah I got lucky baby
Yeah 'cause I got wise
You can run but you can never hide
Build a house of steel
Raise a cross of stone
When that cold wind blows
It finds you all alone
And when fortune came to town
I was standing in with the unsatisfied
So I lay my wishes down
For the things that money can't buy
Oh I guess I'm a lucky girl
Oh baby you know it's true
Oh I guess I'm a lucky girl
I've been lucky since I found you
Oh I guess I'm a lucky girl
Mmmm baby you know it's true
Oh I guess I'm a lucky girl
I've been lucky since I found you
I've been lucky since
I've been lucky since
I've been lucky since I found you
I've been lucky since
I've been lucky since
I've been lucky since I found you
Oh I guess I'm a lucky girl
Oh such a lucky girl
Oh yeas I'm a lucky girl
Oh such a lucky girl
written by patti scialfa and mike campbell
guitars & bass: mike campbell
drums & percussion: kenny aronoff
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Charm Light
You know I got a string of kisses
Tattooed down my arm
From the love of lonely men
That always came to harm
Tattooed down my arm
To my fingertips
You ain't the only lonely
Man that I've ever kissed
But when the night is sinking low
Hold me baby oh and don't let me go
'Cause when you turn that charm light on me
Yeah you turn all the wrong in my world right
When you turn that charm light on me
You know I saw those fallen crosses
Those broken stones of faith
Knew I could name the sorrow
That haunts the side of your face
Yeah I could name the sorrows
And somehow set you free
I knew you'd be the one
Who'd do the same for me
So when the night is sinking low
Come on baby oh here we go
'Cause when you turn that charm light on me
Yeah you turn all the wrong in my world right
When you turn that charm light on me
Make it so pretty make it all seem right
Now I know love ain't no fairy tale
Ain't so pretty or so pure
There's a train of unforgiveness
For things that came before
But I know who I am
And I wash myself clean
Of all that muddy water
And all those railroad dreams
So when the night is sinking low
Come on baby oh here we go
'Cause when you turn that charm light on me
Yeah you turn all the wrong in my world right
When you turn that charm light on me
Make it so pretty make it all seem right
Turn the light on me
Turn the light on me now
Turn the light on me
Turn the light on me now
Turn the light on me
Turn the light on me now
Turn the light on me
written by patti scialfa
guitars & bass: mike campbell
keyboards: patti scialfa
drums & percussion: gary mallabar
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Baby Don't
Baby don't put the sugar on me
Don't talk me up so sweet
Baby don't dress me in your kisses
When they're not mine to keep
Some boys think I'm carved out of stone
Guess they're not so smart
'Cause just a few kind words from you
And I fall apart
Yes I do I fall apart
So baby don't
Come around here tossing matches
Oh no don't you tempt
No baby don't
Make me steal a little happiness
At anyone's expense
Do you think I'm carved out of stone
Now don't you go get smart
'Cause just a few kind words from you
And I fall apart
Oh yes I do I fall apart
You better stop this little drama
Better drop the curtain around it
You may not be looking for trouble
But boy you sure have found it (you found it)
So baby don't
Go giving me the green light
Oh no don't you do that
No baby don't
'Cause that ring around your finger
This time won't hold me back
I could pretend that I'm carved out of stone
So we never start
But just a few kind words from you
And I fall apart
So baby don't
Oh no no baby don't
Oh oh oh no baby don't
written by patti scialfa
guitars & bass: mike campbell
keyboards: patti scialfa
drums & percussion: jim keltner
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Talk To Me Like The Rain
The night is falling
Under the vesper bells lonely chime
And I ain't nobody's valentine
But I ain't sorry for wanting the things
That you cannot give
And if you want me to walk away
Give me something that I can walk away with
Talk to me like the rain baby
Talk to me like the rain
And I will lie here and listen
All of those promises
They're held like tender dreams
Inside our hands and they're all
Just waiting there for our command
Now I don't want to talk to no one darlin'
I don't want the sun to shine
I'll just lie inside this darkness baby
Until you are mine
Talk to me like the rain baby
Talk to me like the rain
And I will lie here and listen
Yesterdays empires they are all vanishing
And without you those new worlds darlin'
They don't mean a thing
Talk to me like the rain baby
Talk to me like the rain
Talk to me like the rain darlin'
Talk to me like the rain
And I will lie here and listen
written by patti scialfa
guitars: mike campbell, tim pierce, bruce springsteen
keyboards: bruce springsteen
drums & percussion: jeff porcaro
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Spanish Dancer
Oh mama there's this Spanish dancer
Whose steps I follow when he comes near
The red dress of temptation
Over a long black slip of fear
Will I fall beneath the shadow
Of some broken cross
My arms emptied and all my treasures lost
Still like that Spanish dancer
I throw my roses down for him
Across these beds of darkness
He opens his arms and gathers them in
Oh mama the bridges were burning
Over a river black and cold
But I walked when love commanded me
Up to the edges of his soul
But I'm still frightened of that dark divide
Will I gain entrance or be denied
Still like that Spanish dancer
I throw my roses down for him
Across these beds of darkness
He opens his arms and gathers them in
Oh mama when you were a young girl
Did you ever love a man so much
As if he were some fantastic jewel
That you should never be worthy of
But all those illusions strip and fall
And he is just a man after all
And just like that Spanish dancer
I throw my roses down for him
Across these beds of darkness
He opens his arms and gathers them in
Just like that Spanish dancer
I throw my roses down for him
Across these beds of darkness
He opens his arms and gathers them in
Just like that Spanish dancer I (x6)
written by patti scialfa
guitars: mike campbell
keyboards: roy bittan, patti scialfa
drums: gary mallabar
percussion: bobbye hall
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