Bruce Springsteen - 4th Of July, Asbury Park

Sandy, the fireworks are hailin'
Over Little Eden tonight
Forcin' a light into all those stony faces
Left stranded on this warm July
Down in town the circuit's full
Of switchblade lovers
So fast, so shiny, so sharp
As the wizards play down on Pinball Way
On the boardwalk, way past dark
And the boys from the casino dance
With their shirts open
Like Latin lovers on the shore
Chasin' all them silly New York virgins
By the score

Sandy, the aurora is risin' behind us
Those pier lights
Our carnival life forever
Oh, love me tonight
For I may never see you again
Hey, Sandy, girl
My baby

Now the greasers, they tramp the streets
Or get busted for sleepin'
On the beach all night
Them boys in their high heels
Ah Sandy, their skins are so white
And me, I just got tired of hangin'
In them dusty arcades, bangin' them pleasure machines
Chasin' the factory girls underneath the boardwalk
Where they all promised
To unsnap their jeans
And you know that Tilt-a-Whirl down
On the south beach drag?
I got on it last night
And my shirt got caught
And it kept me spinnin'
They didn't think I'd ever get off Sandy, the aurora is risin' behind us
Those pier lights
Our carnival life on the water
Runnin', laughin' underneath the boardwalk
With the boss's daughter
I remember, Sandy, girl
My baby

Sandy, the waitress I was seein'
Lost her desire for me
I spoke with her last night
She said she won't
Set herself on fire for me anymore
She worked that joint under the boardwalk
She was always the girl you saw
Boppin' down the beach with the radio
Kids say last night she was dressed
Like a star in one of the cheap little seaside bars
And I saw her parked
With her lover boy
Out on the Kokomo
Did you hear
The cops finally busted Madame Marie
For tellin' fortunes better than they do?
For me this carnival life's through
You ought to quit this scene too

Sandy, the aurora is risin' behind us
Those pier lights
Our carnival life forever
Oh, love me tonight
And I promise I'll love you forever
Oh, I mean it, Sandy, girl