22.07.88 West Berlin, West Germany, intro to ‘You Can Look’
”Ever since I was little bitty baby....I remember my mama telling me....there are things in this world....that you can look at....but that you cannot touch.....I remember in my little diaper I was crawling across the livingroom floor.....heading for that T.V set....she looked down at me and said ‘Son....Oh Bruce’....she said ‘Oh Bruce....’ (singing:) Son, don’t you touch that thing....son, don’t you touch that thing....yeah, you can look but you can’t touch that thing .....(talking:) I remember going to a department store , I was about ten years old, went into the toy department....headed for all them little toy soldiers.....seen the saleslady come sneaking down the aisle.....she said ‘Boy.....Hey boy!....’ (singing:) Son , don’t you touch that thing.....son, don’t you touch that thing ....yeah, you can look but you can’t touch that thing....(talking:) Then I remember taking my girlfriend out on a date, I was about 17 years old (cheers).....took her to a nice dark place to park....sat there for a minute, took a look at her....she looked at me, I looked at her....I put my hand on her knee.....whispered sweet things in her ear....I put my hand on her thigh.....and I whispered sweeter things in her ear....I went to put my hand on her.....on her....aah....and she said (singing:) Son don’t you touch that thing....son , don’t you touch that thing....yeah you can look but you can’t touch that thing.....”

22.07.88 West Berlin, West Germany, intro to ‘I’m a Coward’
‘‘....Do we have any brave.....heroic....courageous.....badass....Berlin men in the audience tonight ? (cheers).....do we have any macho men out there ?.....oh yeah..... because I’ve known men that would swim rivers.....that would climb mountains..... that would wrestle with the beasts of the jungle.....but there was a one thing that they was afraid of.....there was one thing that scared them to death.....do you want to know what that one thing was ?.....do you want to know what that one thing that frightened those brave men to death was ?.....I’m talking about L....U...V....I’m talking about love..... when they got next to love, they ran home to their mommies like little babies....like little boys.....that’s right.....and do we have any sweet.....courageous.....sexy.....Berlin women out there tonight ? (cheers)....do we have any heroic Berlin girls out there tonight, come on girls , let me hear you (cheers)....’cause I’m talking to you too.... I’ve known women that when they got next to love, they ran home to their isolation and to their loneliness.....that’s right....now, I’m not just here tonight pointing my finger .... I’m here ‘cause I’ve got a confession that I have to make.....and what I want to say is ...I have sinned !.....and I’m not ashamed.....and I don’t need no Jimmy Falwell or Jimmy Swaggert to forgive me, both boys can kiss my ass, baby (cheers)..... what I want to say is and I’m a brave man if I don’t say so myself.....but what I’ve got to confess to....what I’ve got to testify....what I’ve got to confess to is....I’m a coward ... when it comes to love......”

Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi