Got to be a Better Way Home
(S. Van Zandt)

Baby just believe me don't try to read me 
I've got to catch the 5:05 
I've got a ragged hungry band full of stone survivors 
We're out here tryin' to keep it alive 

No more favors fuckin' strangers say I owe 
Don't care about your problems baby all I want to know 
How am I gonna get it 
How am I gonna get it 
How am I gonna get it tonight? 

I work hard enough 
I'm tired of smiling at liars 
I never said I'd try to set the world on fire 
Leave me alone 
Got to find a better way home 

I do it all in an hour 
Could you talk a little louder 
I don't open my eyes until midnight 
They're screamin' to please me, got to make it look easy 
'Cause I'm fighting for my life in the spotlight 

I'm dancin' in my corner but the bell won't ring 
I've got no time to argue, baby, but tell me one thing 
How am I gonna get it 
How am I gonna get it 
How am I gonna get it tonight? 

I work hard enough 
Tired of smiling at liars 
I never said I'd try to set the world on fire 
Leave me alone 
Got to find a better way home 

I hear the motor revvin' baby, I've got to go 
But just before I leave there's one thing I've got to know 
How am I gonna get it 
How am I gonna get it 
How am I gonna get it tonight? 

I work hard enough 
Tired of smiling at liars 
I never said I'd try to set the world on fire 
Leave me alone 
Got to find a better way home

Comin' home, baby
Comin' home, baby
Comin' home, baby
Comin' home, baby

Blue Midnight Music

This Time Baby's Gone for Good
(S. Van Zandt)

You're restless baby - the good is gone from your eyes 
I've seen that look before but it's different this time 
I wonder how long you've been living in this lie 

I can't hold on girl 
And I can't give up, no, no 
I just can't turn and walk away 

The night won't make it right, baby, not this time 
I know there's nothing left that's gonna change your mind 
We played the hard way as long as we could 
But this time baby's gone for good 

You're running scared, girl
You've lost what you once believed
Do you lie awake at night do you think about me?
Have you found somebody who can give you what you need?

But I can't stay here
It hurts so badly
But I can't just turn and walk away

The night won't make it right, baby, not this time
I know there's nothing left that's gonna change your mind
We played the hard way as long as we could
But this time baby's gone for good

Baby worries, baby bleeds
Baby must have what she sees
Was it so hard, couldn't you see me?

The night won't make it right baby not this time
I know there's nothing left that's gonna change your mind
We played the hard way but it took a little bit too long
But this time baby knows she's wrong
This time baby knows she's wrong
This time baby knows she's wrong
So wrong

Blue Midnight Music/Almo Music Corp ASCAP

I Played the Fool
(S. Van Zandt)

Like the child who's soul's a flame that loves to burn
I'm just the kind of guy who never learns 
I guess you had to go 
Why was I the last to know?

I played the fool, girl 
I did just what you expected 
I played the fool 
And you're making it so hard to leave this time 

I see so much when I look in your eyes 
I just can't help myself - I'm hypnotized 
It's my turn to walk away 
But, baby, I'll be back someday 

I played the fool, girl 
I did just what you expected 
I played the fool 
And you're making it so hard to leave this time 

It's my turn to walk away 
But baby I'll be back someday 
I played the fool, girl 
I did just what you expected 
I played the fool, girl
And you're making it so hard to leave this time

It's my turn to walk away 
But baby I'll be back someday 
I played the fool, girl 
I did just what you expected 
I played the fool

Blue Midnight Music ASCAP

Hearts of Stone
(B. Springsteen)

You stare in the mirror at the lines in your face
And you try so hard to see
The way things were when we were at your place
Everyday was just you and me
And you cry because things ain't like before
Well, don't you know it can't be that way anymore
But don't worry baby

I can't talk now, I'm not alone
So put your ear close to the phone
This is the last dance, the last chance
For hearts of stone

If there was something, baby, that I could do
Something that would last, honey, I would
But you should know better than to think that you
Can return to the past
So close your eyes and I'll be there
Hold you once more,not go anywhere
I wish I could, babe

But I can't talk now, I'm not alone
So put your ear close to the phone
This is the last dance, the last chance
For hearts of stone

And you cry because things get so strange so fast
And you cry because nothing good ever lasts
Well, I know babe
Yes, I know, babe

But I can't talk now, I'm not alone
So put your ear close to the phone
'Cause this is the last dance, the last chance
For hearts of stone

This is the last dance, the last chance
For hearts of stone

Bruce Springsteen Music ASCAP

Take It Inside
(S. Van Zandt)

Try to understand
Before you judge
Now I'm the kind of man
That looks before he touch
But I ain't never touched nothin'
That didn't hit me back, oh no

And the way we live is the way we die
How bad do you want it?
How hard do you try?
You don't ask no questions
You don't find out why
As you watch your life pass you by

You've got to take it inside
Take it inside
Take it inside
Take it inside

Now I do believe
A wound heals if you let it
I can learn to forgive
But I will never forget it
You call my name
And like a fool I'm back again

And I'm watching you die girl
A little at a time
While I stay hard pretending
That I don't mind
I turn my head
But I can't deny
The hurt that I try to hide

You got to take it inside
Take it inside
Take it inside
Take it inside

It's your life, girl
I can't take you there
I try to help
But you're still nowhere
I tell myself, girl
That I don't care
I still can't let it ride

Blue Midnight Music ASCAP

Talk To Me
(B. Springsteen)

Well every night I see a light up in your window 
But every night you won't answer your door 
But although you won't ever let me in 
From the street I can see your silhouette sittin' close to him 

What must I do?
What does it take?
To get you to
Talk to me
Until the night is over
Come on, baby
Talk to me
Well until the night is over

I got a full week's pay 
And, baby, I've been working hard each day 
I'm not asking for the world you see 
I'm just asking, girl 
Talk to me 

Well late at night I hear the music that you're playing soft and low 
Yes and late at night I see the two of you swayin' so close 
I don't understand, darling, what was my sin? 
Why am I down here below while you're up there with him?

What did I do?
What did I say?
What must I pay?
To get you to
Talk to me
Until the night is over
Little darling, won't you
Talk to me
Well until the night is over
Yea yea yea
I got a full week's pay
And baby I've been working hard each day
I'm not asking for the world you see 
I'm just asking girl 
Talk to me

I don't understand, darling, what was my sin?
Why am I down here below while you're up there with him?

What did I do?
What did I say?
What must I pay?
To get you to
Talk to me
Until the night is over
Come on, baby
Talk to me
Well until the night is over
Yea yea yea
I got a full week's pay
And baby
I've been working hard each day
I'm not asking for the world you see
I'm down on my bended knees 
I'm just asking darling please won't you 
Talk to me
Until the night is over
Come on talk to me
Until the night is over
Talk to me
Till the sun comes up

Bruce Springsteen Music ASCAP

Next To You
(S. Van Zandt)

The same old places hurt inside
But I still take that one sweet ride 
Baby, when I can 
The same old faces I despise 
Coming 'round here tellin' lies 
Sayin' they understand 
I'm trying to make it, baby, but it's no good 
I wouldn't give the satisfaction even if I could 

Well there's nothing that I wouldn't do
There's nothing that I wouldn't do 
There's nothing that I wouldn't do 
To get next to you

The money came, the money went 
And all the time, baby, we knew it wouldn't last too long 
You spent your life on easy street 
Well that's one game I never beat 
You know, on me it always looked so wrong 

You can't walk away, baby, without getting scarred 
I want it so badly, I'm trying too hard 

Well there's nothing that I wouldn't do
There's nothing that I wouldn't do 
There's nothing that I wouldn't do 
To get next to you

You say there's nothing left to believe in 
That somehow it wasn't meant to be 
Oh don't you believe in me?

Oh, baby, there is nothing that I wouldn't do 
There's nothing that I wouldn't do 
There's nothing that I wouldn't do 
To get next to you

Oh, I gotta get next to you, girl
Baby, I gotta get next to you
Honey there's nothing, nothing I wouldn't do
Oh, baby, I got to, got to, got to get next to you, girl

Acro Music Corp ASCAP

Trapped Again
(B. Springsteen/J. Lyon/S. Van Zandt)

Here I am, baby, right where you found me 
Trying to break these chains that surround me 
If I look a little different it's 'cause I've changed 
Half-painted pictures are all that remains 

I can't let my past mistakes, let 'em bring me down 
I ain't waitin' on no angel of mercy 
I tried my best and I can't help myself 

I'm trapped again 
I can't get out without losing you 
I'm trapped again 
Why can't you feel what I'm going through?
I'm trapped again 
I need an answer, girl, can't you see?
I'm trapped again 
Come and rescue me 

Monday morning came so fast 
What a fool to think that dreams would last 
Close my eyes and it's still so clear 
Remember the night, girl, the world disappeared 

Can't let the hand of fate, let it drag me down 
I can't get no angel of mercy 
I came to stay but I got swept away 

I'm trapped again 
I can't get out without losing you 
I'm trapped again 
Why can't you feel what I'm going through?
I'm trapped again 
I need an answer, girl, can't you see?
I'm trapped again 
Come and rescue me 

Can't let the hand of fate, let it drag me down 
I can't get no angel of mercy 
I came to stay but I got swept away 

I'm trapped again 
I can't get out without losing you 
I'm trapped again 
Why can't you feel what I'm going through?
I'm trapped again 
I need an answer, girl, can't you see?
I'm trapped again 
Come and rescue me

Bruce Springsteen Music/Almo Music Corp./Blue Midnight Music ASCAP

Light Don't Shine
(S. Van Zandt)

The streets are dark tonight 
The city is quiet now 
It's good to be away 
Those people they talk too loud 
It's too early to go home 
This is no time to be alone

Something inside died today 
Our last chance just slipped away 
The blues this morning came to stay 
There's nothing left to say 

It's over now, my friend 
It's over now, my friend 
The child's dream's been swept away 
What fools we must have been 
For good or worse we've lost forever 
What we were before 
It's over - the light don't shine no more 

They came to shake my hand 
I don't want them to touch me now 
They said, "Congratulations" but it's too late now 
Where were they when I called?
How could they forget it all?

Didn't you get what you need?
The fight was lost, it wasn't meant to be 
It isn't as hard for you to leave 
There's no easy way for me 

It's over now, my friend 
It's over now, my friend 
The child's dreams been swept away 
What fools we must have been 
For good or worse we've lost forever 
What we were before 
It's over, the light don't shine no more
It's over, the light don't shine no more
No more
It just don't shine no more

Blue Midnight Music ASCAP

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