25.11.78 St.Louis, MO, intro to ‘Independence Day’
‘‘You’re gonna hurt yourself (chuckles)....we’ll do that for you later, I promise (chuckles) ...relax, we got a long time to work....now, this is uh....this is a song I originally wrote for the Darkness on the Edge of Town album, it’s uh.....I guess it’s sort of a new song, it’s gonna be on the next album......there will be a next album (chuckles)....this is called..... ´Independence Day’....”

25.11.78 St.Louis, MO, intro to ‘Racing in the Street’
´´Where you from ?....where ?...New York, that figures.....here’s ‘Racing in the Street´...”

25.11.78 St.Louis, MO, intro to ‘For You’
´´(?) (chuckles).....this is for my friends from New York City...this is ‘For You’....

25.11.78 St.Louis, MO, middle of ´Backstreets´
´´Hey there little girl.....it´s good to see you back again....and baby, you´re still looking fine....it´s been such a long, long time....baby, I remember you.....baby, I remember you and I know....you remember me too.....we used to hitchhike outside of town....and in the middle of that old field, they had an abandoned Cadillac....baby´d take me riding in back ....baby´d take me riding in back....little girl, take me riding in back.....on the inside....way on the inside.....way on the inside.....down and down we´d go....and on the outside.....hear the sirens cry down the street.....and on the inside, down and down and down we´d go.... on the outside.....the rain falling....I hear someone calling to me....somebody.....calling to me....oh, oh, calling me.....on the inside now....down and down.....on the inside.....I wanna live....on the inside....I wanna love....on the inside....oh, I wanna live....on the inside.... baby, I wanna love.....let me love you tonight.....let me love you.....on the inside.....I promised that I´d drive all night.....just to buy you some shoes.....and to taste your tender charms.....to hold you in my arms.....and I remember back then you promised.....that you´d never leave without me....you promised you´d never leave without me.....on the inside, you promised you´d never leave without me.....and like everything else back then, you promised....and you lied....you lied....you lied.....baby, you lied....and now you´re back....and I wanna....I wanna.....and I wanna know why.....(?)....and I wanna know why .....I wanna know why.....we can´t.....I wanna know why....we gotta stop....I gotta stop....I have to stop.....why we have to stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, STOP..... ”

25.11.78 St.Louis, MO, intro to ‘Born to Run’
´´I wanna thank everybody , thank you all for coming down to the show tonight ....(?).... and I’d like to thank all the folks who came the last time we were here (?)....anybody new here ? (cheers)....alright....here’s to you....”

25.11.78 St.Louis, MO, middle of ‘Detroit Medley’
´´We got a.....very serious announcement to make here....hall manager , just spoke to him tonight, asked me to announce that please....if there’s anybody in the hall tonight ....that has a weak stomach or....a weak heart, please stop into the lobby..... during the next section of this song....´cause it might be dangerous to your health....”

Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi