Bruce Springsteen - Johnny Bye Bye (Live 1985)

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Johnny Bye Bye at Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte NC on January 16/1985

Contains a line of Mystery Train (Elvis Presley) at the end
"Train I ride, sixteen coaches long"

Spoken Intro:
("Here's a song uh..that I wrote about, I guess three years ago)....and uh...at that time, like I'd go through these periods where like I remember I was nine years old when I first saw Elvis on television and my mother had him on....'cause my mother, she used to like I had the radio on in the kitchen every morning, I would come down for breakfast....and she'd had like the rock and roll AM-station on all the time...(?) and she had him on TV that night, I remember I was about nine years old and I was watching, watching him and I went out and my mother rented me a little guitar...that I couldn't play 'cause my hands were, my hands were too small at that time so (?)...but uh...I guess, uh, this is a song I wrote I guess a little while after a friend of mine called me and told me that he'd died...and trying to understand how...how somebody that seemed like they had so much, was filled with so much life...and so much spirit...could've seemed like he got so cheated in the end , something happened, something happened, something went wrong.... you know...but uh, I guess in America a dream that comes true can be a dangerous thing..."

Thanks To Brucebase

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Bruce
• Springsteen
• E-Street
• Band
• Johnny
• Bye-Bye
• Mystery
• Train
• Elvis
• Presley
• Charlotte
• Coliseum
• NC
• 1985

[MarkRogersTV]

"Train I ride, 16 coaches long" is a lyric from one of Elvis' first songs "Mystery Train"

[MsBrucejuice]

@MarkRogersTV See info

[1sassysoutherngirl]

The best Will....♥

[MsBrucejuice]

@1sassysoutherngirl Thanks Lorri ♥

[MrBl0nd3]

proof that all you need is 3 chords and 2 minutes to make a truely inspirational and emotional song

[MsBrucejuice]

@MrTuryn See my info!!:-)

[MrTuryn]

@colincwal89 hey, i think he says "Train I ride, 16 coaches long" sounds good

[Tigerpuffer]

@DAVINOENTERPRISES: Go fuck yourself

[bjorntooski]

I love you ANGEL

[DAVINOENTERPRISES]

@Tigerpuffer is a true decipherer of the apparent...

shud up

[DAVINOENTERPRISES]

Fuckin' Best Bruce Song Ever ImO.

[colincwal89]

What does he say at the end of the song? I can make out the "16 coaches long" but what comes right before that and what is it referring to? Thanks