12.07.88 Frankfurt, Germany, intro to ´All That Heaven Will Allow´
´´So is this summer in Frankfurt here ? (cheers)....it´s nice, very nice.....sing it, Ritchie.....”

12.07.88 Frankfurt, Germany, intro to ´Spare Parts´
´´´This is a song about a woman....struggling to understand the value of her own independent existence....trying to put away her past....and find something new and beautiful in her life now....”

12.07.88 Frankfurt, Germany, intro to ´You Can Look´
”When I was a little boy, matter of fact I was a little bitty baby....I remember my mama whispering those famous words in my ear....that there are things in this world that you can look at....but you cannot touch.....I was in my diapers crawling across the floor heading for that television set and she said....´Oh, Son, don’t you touch that thing....yeah, Son, don’t you touch that thing....well you can look but you can’t touch that thing´....I was little, I was ten years old, going down to the department store, heading for the toy department to pick out a little toy soldier.....saleswoman came up behind me and she said....´Oh, son , don’t you touch that thing.....oh, son, don’t you touch that thing ....yeah, you can look but you can’t touch that thing´....then I took my girlfriend out on our first date....oh yeah, took her to a little, dark place to park....I whispered sweet things in her ear....put my hand on her knee....slipped my hand up to her thigh....and just as I was about to head north, she said ´Oh son don’t you touch that thing....oh, son , don’t you touch that thing....yeah you can look but you can’t touch that thing´....oh, son don’t you touch that thing....oh, son , don’t you touch that thing ...yeah you can look but you can’t touch that thing´....”

12.07.88 Frankfurt, Germany, intro to ´I´m a Coward´
´´Is there anybody alive out there tonight ? (cheers)....is there anybody that can feel the living, breathing spirit down in their souls tonight ? (cheers)....that´s good....because I have a question that I want to ask you....are there any rough, tough Frankfurt men in the audience tonight ? (cheers)....I mean do we have any macho men out there tonight ? (cheers) .... because I’ve known men that would swim rivers, climb mountains, wrestle with grizzly bears ....but there was one thing they was afraid of.....and I´m gonna tell you what that one thing was....what scared them to death was something called L....U...V, I’m talking about love, love, love scared them to death....when they got next to love, they ran home to their mommies like little babies....do we have any brave, heroic Frankfurt women out there tonight ? (cheers)....do we have any sweet, sexy, German girls out there tonight ? (cheers)....come on, let me hear you, girls (cheers)....one more time now (cheers)....because I’m talking to you too.... I’ve known women that when they got next to love, they ran home to their loneliness and their isolation.....now, I’m down here tonight....I´m not just trying to point a finger at you....I´m down here because I´ve got a confession I´ve got to make.....and what I want to say is I have sinned !....and I ain´t ashamed and Jimmy Swaggert and all those boys can kiss my ass, baby....because I´m a brave man, I´m a brave man if I don´t say so myself ....but what I´ve got to testify to is, what I´ve got to confess tonight to is, what I´ve got to testify to is....that I’m a coward when it comes to love......”

12.07.88 Frankfurt, Germany, intro to ´Sweet Soul Music´
´´You´re looking a little tired now to me.....yeah, we´ve been rocking all night....this is where I check the audience to see if they´re looking a little tired out there.....your ass is dragging now, baby....you look a little tired to me, I don´t think you can take it, man....I don´t think so ....are you sure ? (cheers) are you sure ? (cheers) are you sure ? (cheers) then I got a question that I wanna ask you.....´´

12.07.88 Frankfurt, Germany, intro to ´Raise Your Hand´
´´I think I see a train coming....I think I hear a train coming....I think I hear a train....let me hear that whistle, boys....I think I hear that train coming.....I think I see a train coming.....are you ready to get on board ? (cheers) are you ready to get on board ? (cheers) are you ready for a little religious liberation ? (cheers) for a little spiritual affirmation ? (cheers) for a little sexual consummation ? (cheers) then just raise your hand one time.....
(....) Before I go, there´s one last thing that I´ve got to know, is there something that you need out there ? (cheers) is there something that you want ? (cheers) is there something that deep down inside of your heart you´ve just got to have ? (cheers) then show a little guts and raise your hand....´´

12.07.88 Frankfurt, Germany, intro to ´Twist and Shout´
´´Too late now....we´ve been working our asses off for three and a half hours, it´s too late.... are you talking to me ? (cheers) are you talking to me ? (cheers) well, you´re gonna have to talk louder than that, babe (cheers) alright, give me that guitar, man.....´´

Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi