03.06.78 Uniondale, NY, intro to ‘For You ‘:
”Back in 1971....was uh....I was living in this drugstore, ups, living
on top of this drugstore in Asbury Park (crowd cheers) and uh.....and I didn’t
have a band, I was playing by myself, I was doin’ some gigs....at old
Gaslight Cafe and Max’s Kansas City by myself....and uh, I remember I
was breaking up with this girlfriend and I went away for a week and I came back
and she’d painted all the walls to my room black .....that’s not
true....I made that, I made that up.....actually she’d painted ‘em
all blue .....”
03.06.78 Uniondale, NY, middle of ‘Growin’Up’:
”There I was about.....six years ago.....Big Man took me down to this
bar in Manasquan, New Jersey (crowd cheers)....and Bo Diddley was playing out
on the coast....and we finally got in, I’d never got drunk before....so
Big Man’s feeding me these shots of Tequila all night long (crowd cheers)...and
we’re having a good time and ....I remember that night, remember I met
that girl I went to high school with .....and I went home with her and Big Man
came home with a girlfriend of his ..... except out on this Highway 33 he threw
us out of the car....’cause we weren’t listening to the words of
this song that was on the radio....so it’s about three or four in the
morning , we’re standing on the highway....wondering how we were gonna
get back home....and just as we were standing there....shooting down the highway
at about 200 miles an hour, bam !......’bout ten feet off the ground......was
this green flying saucer that had on the side ”Big Daddy (?) Born to Lose’....so
it stopped about a mile down the road , came back.....said he was lost and wanted
to know which way it was to the New Jersey Turnpike (crowd cheers).....might
have been ....might have been the Pennsylvania Turnpike (crowd boos)....now
that I think it was the New Jersey Turnpike (cheers)....so we’re not dummies
(crowd cheers)(chuckles).....we said ”Ok, mister spaceman, you want directions,
what you gonna do for us ? We need a ride back home”, he said ”I
tell you whaat , I give you guys one wish each......or one big one for the both
of youse”.....so we got together and started thinking and we said ok......thought
about million dollars......no, it’s not.....thought about (someone in
the audience screams out a suggestion)....no, no (chuckles)....throw this guy
out (chuckles).....so we said ”Ok, mister spaceman , what we want.....is
.......we wanna be .....we wanna be.....movie stars (cheers)” he said
”would you settle for rock’n’roll ?”
03.06.78 Uniondale, NY, middle of ‘Backstreets’:
”And I remember....you standing on the corner....looking so fine.....in
that pretty blue dress.....you were walking like (?).....that pretty blue dress.....and
your sad sad sad eyes.....oh, your sad eyes.....they were so lonely, lonely,
lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely.... you were my little girl....I remember you
were my little girl....oh, how you cried..... them sad eyes cried.....how many
times....oh, how many times.....I seen them crying....did I hold you in my arms.....I’d
see them crying, hold you in my arms.....hold you in my arms.......the way that
they lied.....baby, don’t they lie.....they can tell such pretty li-li-li-lies.....they
can tell such pretty li-li-li-lies.....they tell such li-li-lies....oh, baby.....don’t
you know I’d walk down .....you could dress (?).....baby you know I’d
walk down each and every one.....each and every one.....and I .....baby I know
why.....baby I remember why....(?)....you got my heart and soul.....you got
my heart and soul......you got my heart and soul....”
03.06.78 Uniondale, NY, intro to ‘The Promise’:
”I wrote .....this is the first song I wrote just after I wrote ‘Born
to Run’.....this is called....called ‘The Promise’...”
03.06.78 Uniondale, NY, intro to ‘Sandy’:
”I promised these guys , these guys met me at the hotel six o’clock
this morning, they were waiting outside.....and I promised them I’d do
this song, we haven’t done this song since last (?), I might not remember
all the words, I might have to hum some of them, so......this for these guys
at the casino....they were busted......(?) busted (?) (chuckles).... this is
for everyone from up the coast...”
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi