The song is also known as performed by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band and released as the B-side of his 1984 hit single "Cover Me".[3] Springsteen introduced the song in July 1981 during the encores of a special River Tour homecoming stand that opened Meadowlands Arena in New Jersey, saying "I just want to say that you guys made tonight for us ... this is something special that we learned for ya."[4] He slightly rewrote it to replace a Waits line about "whores on Eighth Avenue" with "the girls out on the avenue", and added a verse about taking "that little brat of yours and drop[ping] her off at your mom's
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