12.02.81 Mobile, AL, intro to “Independence Day”
“I remember when I was living at home with my folks…it seemed like…it seemed like everybody was always…angry (?)…I remember my father, he´d sit in the kitchen at night…and he wouldn´t talk, he´d just sit there by himself, smoking a cigarette, drinking beer and…[the sound of a firework going off]…alright, if you brought fireworks and if you wanna throw ´em, you can come to the front of the stage, I´ll give you your money back, you can go out into the fucking parking lot (crowd cheers) you guys paid money to be here and you have the right to sit here and feel safe and (crowd cheers) if see anybody doing that shit or throwing that shit, tell somebody because I want them to get thrown the fuck out of here, alright? (crowd cheers)…and I remember at night I used to come home and I used to hate to go in and walk through the kitchen… because he´d always been sitting there all night and the only time he´d seem to wanna talk to me was after he´d been sitting in the dark, drinking too long…and it seemed that the one thing we´d always want to say to each other…through all the years we argued and all the times I went out of the house…never to come back… was we wanted to tell each other that we loved each other (crowd cheers) and if you´re young, that´s a hard thing to say to your folks…and sometimes it´s the only thing that you can say that´s gonna count and make a difference…and I wasn´t able to say that till I grew up to be almost as old as he was…when he lived back in town…so don´t be, don´t be afraid to say that stuff (chuckles)… (?)…”

12.02.81 Mobile, AL, intro to “Sandy”
“This is…this is from “The Wild and the Innocent…and the E Street Shuffle” (crowd cheers)…anybody from New Jersey out there? (some cheers) you took the bus down to the show, right? (some cheers)…alright, this is for all the New Jersey folks…”

12.02.81 Mobile, AL, intro to “For You” (following “Sandy”)
“Dan Federici on the accordion…three-time winner of the Ted Mack Amateur Hour…(someone yells: “Rosalita!”) no, not yet, that comes later (chuckles) this is, uh…this is something from the “Greetings from Asbury Park”-album (crowd cheers)…”

12.02.81 Mobile, AL, middle of “Rosalita”
“We have with us tonight…at the far left of the stage…on the piano, Professor Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) play it, Roy (Roy plays) on the guitar, Miami Steve Van Zandt (crowd cheers) he´s got the moves…on the bass, Garry W. Tallent (crowd cheers) on the drums, the Mighty Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) on the organ, Phantom Dan Federici (crowd cheers) do I have to say his name? (crowd cheers) let me just say…king of the world...master of the universe ...emperor of all things...faster than a speeding bullet...more powerful than a locomotive....able to leap tall women, I mean tall buildings in a single bound...is it a bird? (crowd: “No!”) is it a plane? (crowd: “No!”) then what the hell is it?...Clarence Clemons on the saxophone, “Big Man”…”

12.02.81 Mobile, AL, intro to “Born to Run”
“I wanna thank everybody for coming out to the show tonight, thank you very much (crowd cheers)…(?)…”

Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi