25.03.77 Boston, MA, intro to ´Night´
´´Are you ready for the final moments ? (cheers)....are you ready
for the last time ? (cheers) ....are you ready to step out....out in the street
?....´´
25.03.77 Boston, MA, intro to ´Incident on 57th Street´
´´(?) this is for the Cleveland boys who will never die....´´
25.03.77 Boston, MA, intro to ´Thunder Road´
´´This is for the King and the Little King (chuckles)....´´
25.03.77 Boston, MA, intro to ´Tenth Avenue Freeze Out´
´´(?)...are you prepared ? (cheers) I don´t think you´re
ready yet, are you ready yet ? (cheers) are you ready yet ? (cheers) well, soon
we´ll see....´´
25.03.77 Boston, MA, intro to ´Action in the Street´
´´I wanna know....is do we understand each other ? (cheers) do we
understand each other ? (cheers) and are you alive ? (cheers) are you alive
? (cheers) are you alive ? (cheers) are you alive ? (cheers) are you alive ?
(cheers) are you alive ? (cheers)....´´
25.03.77 Boston, MA, intro to ´It´s Hard to Be a Saint in the City´
´´This is for the Cleveland boys because I promised, I promised,
I promised, I promised....´´
25.03.77 Boston, MA, intro to ´Backstreets´
´´Let the rain fall down....and wash your tears away....open your
eyes....(?)....because it´s branded in your heart....and it´ll be
a part of you now....so, baby (?) little girl, don´t cry.... little girl,
don´t cry, it´s all over now....tonight....tonight....fall into
my arms.....and we will go away....(?)....
(....) Me and you, baby....me and you, girl....well, I remember running back.....I
remember this guy abandoned this car....in this field ´bout a mile and
a half outside of town....and at night me and her and Billy used to hitchhike
out there....I remember the kids, they stripped down the outside of it till
there was almost nothing left....but the interior, the insides were still alright....and
we´d ride....way down by the railroad tracks....we´d go riding in
the backseat....baby, take me riding in the backseat.....in the backseat....in
the backseat....in the backseat of that old Cadillac....Billy´s got cleats
on his boots, oh, her heels are stacked.... yeah, in the backseat....oh, take
me down....hey, Terry, take me down.....and the world and this madness ´round
and ´round and ´round and down and down and down and ´round
and ´round and ´round we go and down and down and down....I remember
these kids that night, they set fire to this abandoned farmhouse that was about....a
half a mile up the tracks and they had these machines down there and they had
these engines down there....we´d see the flames shooting out across the
sky till they caught the field, we set up on the hood and watched it rushing
towards us, watching the flames rushing towards, watching ´em rushing
towards us across the field till we ran back on the tracks and started heading
back into town ....and then....and then....then she kissed me....then she kissed
me.....then she kissed me..... then she kissed me....oh, oh....and then she
promised....and then she promised....and then she promised....and then she lied....and
then she lied....and then she lied....and then she lied.... she lied....she
lied....she lied....pretty li-li-li-lies....pretty li-li-li-lies....and I was
just wishing ....I remember praying....that God would send some angels and blow
this whole damn town right into the sea....I remember wishing that God would
send some angels and blow this whole fucking town right into the sea....just
wishing that God would send some angels and blow this whole damn town right
into the sea....just blow this whole, just blow it into the sea ....just blow
it all away....just blow it all away....just blow it all away....BLOW IT ALL
AWAY....BLOW IT ALL AWAY....MAKE IT GO AWAY....BLOW IT ALL AWAY.... JUST BLOW
IT ALL AWAY....JUST BLOW IT ALL AWAY....JUST BLOW IT ALL AWAY....JUST BLOW IT
ALL AWAY....´´
25.03.77 Boston, MA, intro to ´Rosalita´
´´Well, it was like this.....there was this girl, you know....
(...) Miracle cure....nurse, nurse....to the far left of the stage, in the piano.....on
the piano.... sometimes underneath the piano, Professor Roy Bittan....(?) play
it, Roy....over on the guitar, coming to you from Asbur Park, Miami Steve Van
Zandt (Steve plays) not too much....on the bass guitar, Mr.Garry W.Tallent....on
the drums, the Mighty Max.....on the organ, Phantom Dan Federici.....play it,
D....all the way in the back....we keep them way back there so they can´t
scare you....coming to you all the way from Philadelphia.....via Newark Airport,
the magnificent Miami Horns (Miami Horns play a bit of ´Auld Lang Syne´)....(?)
it´s alright.... and last but not least....do I have to say his name ?....do
I have to speak the words ?....are you ready for the king of the world ? (cheers)
for the master of the universe ? (cheers) for your next president ? (cheers)
for Mr.Hollywood himself ? (cheers) you all know him, you all love him....the
biggest man in the world, the Big Man, Clarence Clemons....´´
25.03.77 Boston, MA, intro to ´Quarter to Three´
´´(?)....alright, hands over your hearts....are you ready, band
?....are the people ready ? (cheers) The Boss ready ? yeah !....
(....)(Clarence: ´(?) hallelujah, hallelujah (?)....hallelujah (?)´)
I feel like a new man, I feel like a new man, I feel like a new man....´´
25.03.77 Boston, MA, intro to ´Little Latin Lupe Lu´
´´(?) gimme me the beat, Max.....let there be rock....and let there
be some goddamn echo on this microphone....alright....hey, Roy, are you ready
? (Roy: ´I´m ready´) gimme the note, gimme the note, oh yeah,
here we go....´´
25.03.77 Boston, MA, intro to ´You Can´t Sit Down´
´´Are you warmed up now ? (cheers) think you got it going little
bit now ? (cheers) then are you ready to be serious ? (cheers) are you ready
to be serious ? (cheers)....´
25.03.77 Boston, MA, intro to ´Higher and Higher´
´´We can´t go home now, it´s too early....(?) go home,
watch TV, watch Tom Snyder (chuckles)....alright, gimme the beat (?) gimme the
beat for me (music starts)....oh yeah (?) ....I wanna thank, uh, come on, Professor....I
wanna thank, uh, all the people in Boston that come down to the show these past
four nights....let you know....through the hard times, through the good times
we appreciate....your support....all the people that came down and saw us when
we´re playing at Oliver´s, in Charlie´s Place, in Joe´s
Place, I wanna thank you all very much, (?) we sincerely appreciate it....I´d
like to dedicate this song to guys that are friends of mine and have worked
their ass off for me every night for a very little pay, to the crew, the light
people and everybody to say we love you very much.....´´
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi