4th Of July, Asbury Park (sandy) Lyrics - Live: 1975-85 (3cd) - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

Sandy the fireworks are hailin' over Little Eden tonight 

Forcin' a light into all those stoned-out 

Faces left stranded on this Fourth of July 

Down in town the circuit's full with switchblade 

Lovers so fast so shiny so sharp 

And 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 along the shore 

Chasin' all them silly New York girls 

Sandy the aurora is risin' behind us 

The pier lights our carnival life forever 

Love me tonight for I may never see you again 

Hey Sandy girl 

Now the greasers they tramp the streets or get busted 

For trying to sleep on the beach all night 

Them boys in their spiked 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 promise 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 that Joey kept me spinnin' I didn't think I'd ever get off 

Oh Sandy the aurora is risin' behind us 

The pier lights our carnival life on the water 

Runnin' down the beach at night with my boss's daughter 

Well he ain't my boss no more Sandy 

Sandy, the angels have lost our desire for us 

I spoke to 'em just last night and they said 

They won't set themselves on fire for us anymore 

Every summer when the weather gets hot they ride that road down from heaven on 

Their Harley's they come and they go 

And you can see 'em dressed like stars in all the cheap little seashore bars 

Parked making love with their babies out on the Kokomo 

Well the cops finally busted Madame Marie 

For tellin' fortunes better than they do 

This boardwalk life for me is through 

You know you ought to quit this scene too 

Well Sandy the aurora's rising behind us, 

The pier lights our carnival life forever 

Oh love me tonight and I promise I'll love you forever