Jungleland (LIVE) - Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen (Jungleland) live at Hammersmith Odeon, 1975
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Jungleland
by Bruce Springsteen

The rangers had a homecoming
in harlem late last night
And the magic rat drove his sleek machine over the jersey state line

Barefoot girl sitting on the hood of a dodge
Drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain
The rat pulls into town
rolls up his pants
Together they take a stab at romance
and disappear down flamingo lane

Well the maximum lawman run down flamingo chasing the rat and the barefoot Girl
And the kids round here look just like shadows always quiet, holding hands

From the churches to the jails tonight all is silence in the world
As we take our stand
Down in jungleland

The midnight gangs assembled and picked a rendezvous for the night
Theyll meet `neath that giant exxon sign that brings this fair city light

Man theres an opera out on the turnpike
Theres a ballet being fought out in the alley
Until the local cops,
cherry tops,
rips this holy night

The streets alive as secret debts are paid
Contacts made, they vanished unseen
Kids flash guitars just like switch-blades hustling for the record machine

The hungry and the hunted explode into rock&roll bands
That face off against each other out in the street...
Down in jungleland

In the parking lot the visionaries
dress in the latest rage
Inside the backstreet
girls are dancing to the records
that the d.j. plays
Lonely-hearted lovers
struggle in dark corners
Desperate as the night moves on,
In just a look and a whisper,
and they're gone

Beneath the city
Two hearts beat
Soul engines running through a night so tender
In a bedroom locked
In whispers of soft refusal
and then surrender

In the tunnels uptown
The rats own dream guns him down
as shots echo down them hallways in the
Night
No one watches when the ambulance pulls away
Or as the girl shuts out the bedroom light

Outside the streets on fire in a real death waltz
Between flesh and whats fantasy
and the poets down here
Dont write nothing at all,
they just stand back and let it all be

And in the quick of the night
they reach for their moment
And try to make an honest stand
but they wind up wounded,
not even dead
Tonight in jungleland

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[utvolsfan13]

I wish I could give it 6 stars.

[SleepingZombies]

this song's an emotional rollercoaster

[overjoylee]

i was born in 75 and my ma has had the born to run lp has been playing in our home since, and i can honestly say not 1 song of that lp has diluted or aged, every time i listen to it it still brings tears to my eyes and makes me want to blow up with PURE joy, the best lp for me EVER written and played, perfect band and . . . . the bruce!

[daverp1913]

there may be some as good but none better

[bollo666666]

the big man came and joined the band,god bless big C

[MegaLongview]

rip big man ;-(

[BLUEFIRE444]

the 2 people who did not like this should go fuck their moms fat hairy asses

[jhmoonman]

Dam he's good!!! How the heck can he memorize all those words,I know he's not reading m in the dark!! B. S. N the band are just great!!!

[RaNdOmGaMeTrAiLeRs]

Clarence is the most amazing and extraordinary sax player ever. The solo is played with so much feeling and talent that no one can turn it down. It is one of the best solos ever by far.

[red4512]

Intro to Prove It All Night, Point Blank, and Jungleland! Enough said.

[stoneponyNJ]

hammersmith show was amazing!

[Obelix5150]

Same. :)