Bruce Springsteen 2019
Vandaag is Bruce Springsteen 70 jaar oud geworden. Ter ere van die gelegenheid aandacht voor één van zijn mooiste liedjes, volgens mijn oudste zoon zelfs zijn allermooiste: Racing In The Street, afkomstig van zijn fantastisch album Darkness On The Edge Of Town uit 1978, maar wellicht nóg beter op het weergaloze live-album Live 1975-85 uit 1986.
Racing In The Street
I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a 396, Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor
She’s waiting tonight down in the parking lot outside the Seven-Eleven store
Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch and he rides with me from town to town
We only run for the money, got no strings attached, we shut ‘em up and then we shut ‘em downTonight, tonight the strip’s just right, I wanna blow ‘em off in my first heat
Summer’s here and the time is right for racing in the streetWe take all the action we can meet and we cover all the northeast state
When the strip shuts down we run ‘em in the street from the fire roads to the interstate
Now some guys they just give up living and start dying little by little, piece by piece
Some guys come home from work and wash up and go racing in the streetTonight, tonight the strip’s just right, I wanna blow ‘em all out of their seats
We’re calling out around the world, we’re going racing in the streetI met her on the strip three years ago in a Camaro with this dude from L.A.
I blew that Camaro off my back and drove that little girl away
But now there’s wrinkles ‘round my baby’s eyes and she cries herself to sleep at night
When I come home the house is dark, she sighs “Baby did you make it all right”
She sits on the porch of her daddy’s house but all her pretty dreams are torn
She stares off alone into the night with the eyes of one who hates for just being born
For all the shut down strangers and hot rod angels rumbling through this promised land
Tonight my baby and me we’re gonna ride to the sea and wash these sins off our handsTonight, tonight the highway’s bright, out of our way mister you best keep
‘Cause summer’s here and the time is right for racing in the street© 1978 Bruce Springsteen
Ik ben zo blij dat ik hem het nummer twee keer live heb zien (en horen) spelen.
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