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Darkness on the Edge of Town: Side A

by Roy Orbitron

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1.
Badlands 03:07
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LIGHTS OUT TONIGHT TROUBLE IN THE HEARTLAND GOT A HEAD-ON COLLISION SMASHIN IN MY GUTS MAN I'M CAUGHT IN A CROSSFIRE THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND BUT THERE'S ONE THING I KNOW FOR SURE GIRL I DON'T GIVE A DAMN FOR THE SAME OLD PLAYED OUT SCENES BABY I DON'T GIVE A DAMN FOR JUST THE IN-BETWEENS HONEY I WANT THE HEART I WANT THE SOUL I WANT CONTROL RIGHT NOW YOU BETTER LISTEN TO ME BABY TALK ABOUT A DREAM TRY TO MAKE IT REAL YOU WAKE UP IN THE NIGHT WITH A FEAR SO REAL YOU SPEND YOUR LIFE WAITING FOR A MOMENT THAT JUST DON'T COME DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WAITING BADLANDS YOU GOTTA LIVE IT EVERY DAY LET THE BROKEN HEARTS STAND AS THE PRICE YOU GOTTA PAY KEEP PUSHIN TILL IT'S UNDERSTOOD AND THESE BADLANDS START TREATING US GOOD WORKIN IN THE FIELDS TILL YOU GET YOUR BACK BURNED WORKIN NEATH THE WHEELS TILL YOU GET YOUR FACTS LEARNED BABY I GOT MY FACTS LEARNED REAL GOOD RIGHT NOW YOU BETTER GET IT STRAIGHT DARLIN POOR MAN WANNA BE RICH, RICH MAN WANNA BE KING AND A KING AINT SATISFIED TILL HE RULES EVERYTHING I WANNA GO OUT TONIGHT I WANNA FIND OUT WHAT I GOT I BELIEVE IN THE LOVE THAT YOU GAVE ME I BELIEVE IN THE FAITH THAT COULD SAVE ME I BELIEVE IN THE HOPE AND I PRAY THAT SOME DAY IT MAY RAISE ME ABOVE THESE BADLANDS FOR THE ONES WHO HAD A NOTION, A NOTION DEEP INSIDE THAT IT AIN'T NO SIN TO BE GLAD YOU'RE ALIVE I WANNA FIND ONE FACE THAT AIN'T LOOKIN THROUGH ME I WANNA FIND ONE PLACE I WANNA SPIT IN THE FACE OF THESE BADLANDS
2.
Adam Raised a Cain 02:58
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IN THE SUMMER THAT I WAS BAPTIZED MY FATHER HELD ME TO HIS SIDE AS THEY PUT ME INTO THE WATER HE SAID HOW ON THAT DAY I CRIED WE WERE PRISONERS OF LOVE A LOVE IN CHAINS HE WAS STANDIN IN THE DOORWAY I WAS STANDIN IN THE RAIN WITH THE SAME HOT BLOOD BURNIN IN OUR VEINS ADAM RAISED A CAIN ALL OF THE OLD FACES AS YOU WHY YOU'RE BACK THEY FIT YOU WITH POSITION AND THE KEYS TO YOUR DADDY'S CADILLAC IN THE DARKNESS OF YOUR ROOM YOUR MOTHER CALLS YOU BY YOUR TRUE NAME YOU REMEMBER THE FACES, THE PLACES, THE NAMES YOU KNOW IT'S NEVER OVER IT'S RELENTLESS AS THE RAIN ADAM RAISED A CAIN IN THE BIBLE MAMA CAIN SLEW ABEL AND EAST OF EDEN HE WAS CAST YOU'RE BORN INTO THIS LIFE PAYING FOR THE SINS OF SOMEBODY'S ELSE'S PAST WELL DADDY WORKED HIS WHOLE LIFE FOR NOTHING BUT THE PAIN NOW HE WALKS THESE EMPTY ROOMS LOOKIN FOR SOMETHING TO BLAME BUT YOU INHERIT THE SINS - YOU INHERIT THE FLAMES ADAM RAISED A CAIN LOST BUT NOT FORGOTTEN FROM THE DARK HEART OF A DREAM ADAM RAISED A CAIN
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Something in the Night 04:26
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I'M RIDIN DOWN KINGSLEY FIGURIN I'LL GET A DRINK I TURN THE RADIO UP LOUD SO I DON'T HAVE TO THINK AT ALL I TAKE HER TO THE FLOOR LOOKIN FOR A MOMENT WHEN THE WORLD SEEMS RIGHT AND I TEAR INTO THE GUTS OF SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT YOU'RE BORN WITH NOTHIN AND BETTER OFF THAT WAY SOON AS YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THEY SEND SOMEONE TO TRY AND TAKE IT AWAY YOU CAN RIDE THIS ROAD TILL DAWN WITHOUT ANOTHER HUMAN BEING IN SIGHT JUST KIDS WASTED ON SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT NOTHING IS FORGOTTEN OR FORGIVEN WHEN IT'S YOUR LAST TIME AROUND AND I'VE GOT STUFF RUNNIN ROUND MY HEAD THAT I JUST CAN'T LIVE DOWN WHEN WE FOUND THE THINGS WE LOVED THEY WERE CRUSHED AND DYIN IN THE DIRT WE TRIED TO PICK UP THE PIECES AND GET AWAY WITHOUT GETTING HURT BUT THEY CAUGHT US AT THE STATE LINE AND BURNED OUR CARS IN ONE LAST FLIGHT LEFT US BURNED AND BLIND CHASIN SOMETHIN IN THE NIGHT
4.
Candy's Room 02:27
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IN CANDY'S ROOM THERE ARE PICTURES OF HER HEROES ON THE WALL TO GET TO CANDY'S ROOM YOU GOTTA WALK THE DARKNESS OF CANDY'S HALL STRANGERS FROM THE CITY CALL MY BABY'S NUMBER AND THEY BRING HER TOYS WHEN I COME KNOCKING SHE SMILES PRETTY SHE KNOWS I WANNA BE CANDY'S BOY THERE'S A SADNESS HIDDEN IN HER PRETTY FACE A SADNESS ALL HER OWN FROM WHICH NO MAN CAN KEEP CANDY SAFE WE KISS AND MY HEART'S PUMPIN TO MY BRAIN THE BLOOD RUSHES IN MY VEINS FIRE RUSHES TOWARDS THE SKY WE GO DRIVING DEEP INTO THE NIGHT I GO DRIVING DEEP INTO THE LIGHT IN CANDY'S EYES SHE SAYS BABY IF YOU WANNA BE WILD YOU GOT A LOT TO LEARN CLOSE YOUR EYES LET THEM MELT LET THEM FIRE LET THEM BURN CUZ IN THE DARKNESS THERE'LL BE HIDDEN WORLDS THAT SHINE WHEN I HOLD CANDY CLOSE SHE MAKES THESE HIDDEN WORLDS MINE SHE HAS FANCY CLOTHES AND DIAMOND RINGS SHE HAS MEN WHO'LL GIVE HER ANYTHING SHE WANTS BUT THEY DON'T SEE THAT WHAT SHE WANTS IS ME OH AND I LOVE HER SO I'LL NEVER LET HER GO NO NO NO SHE KNOWS THAT I'D GIVE ALL THAT I GOT TO GIVE ALL THAT I WANT THAT I LIVE TO MAKE CANDY MINE TONIGHT
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Racing in the Street 03:54
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I GOT A '69 CHEVY WITH A 396 FUELIE HEADS AND A HURST ON THE FLOOR SHE'S WAITING TONIGHT DOWN IN THE PARKING LOT OUTSIDE THE 7-11 STORE ME AND MY PARTNER SONNY BUILT HER STRAIGHT OUTTA SCRATCH AND HE RIDES WITH ME FROM TOWN TO TOWN WE ONLY RUN FOR THE MONEY GOT NO STRINGS ATTACHED WE SHUT EM UP AND THEN WE SHUT EM DOWN TONIGHT TONIGHT THE STRIP'S JUST RIGHT I WANNA BLOW EM OFF IN MY FIRST HEAT SUMMER'S HERE AND THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR RACING IN THE STREET WE TAKE ALL THE ACTION WE CAN MEET AND WE COVER ALL THE NORTHEAST STATES WHEN THE STRIP SHUTS DOWN WE RUN EM IN THE STREETS FROM THE FIRE ROADS TO THE INTERSTATE NOW SOME GUYS THEY JUST GIVE UP LIVIN AND START DYIN LITTLE BY LITTLE PIECE BY PIECE SOME GUYS COME HOME FROM WORK AND WASH UP AND GO RACING IN THE STREET TONIGHT TONIGHT THE STRIP'S JUST RIGHT I WANNA BLOW EM ALL OUT OF THEIR SEATS WE'RE CALLIN OUT AROUND THE WORLD WE'RE GOIN RACING IN THE STREET I MET HER ON THE STRIP 3 YEARS AGO IN A CAMARO WITH THIS DUDE FROM L.A. I BLEW THAT CAMARO OFF MY BACK AND I DROVE THAT LITTLE GIRL AWAY BUT NOW THERE'S WRINKLES ROUND MY BABY'S EYES AND SHE CRIES HERSELF TO SLEEP AT NIGHT WHEN I COME HOME THE HOUSE IS DARK SHE SIGHS "BABY DID YOU MAKE IT ALRIGHT?" SHE SITS ON THE PORCH OF HER DADDY'S HOUSE BUT ALL HER PRETTY DREAMS ARE TORN SHE STARES OFF ALONE INTO THE NIGHT WITH THE EYES OF ONE WHO HATES FOR JUST BEING BORN FOR ALL THE SHUT DOWN STRANGERS AND HOT ROD ANGELS RUMBLING THROUGH THIS PROMISED LAND TONIGHT MY BABY AND ME WE'RE GONNA RIDE TO THE SEA AND WASH THESE SINS OFF OUR HANDS TONIGHT TONIGHT THE HIGHWAY'S BRIGHT OUT OF OUR WAY MR. YOU BEST KEEP CUZ SUMMER'S HERE AND THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR RACING IN THE STREET

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released October 1, 2012

all songs written by Bruce Springsteen, all songs performed by Roy Orbitron

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