16 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) Songtext
von Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

This is something to you from, uh, from Asbury Park with love

One, two, three, four

Sandy, the fireworks are hailin′ over Little Eden tonight
Forcin' a light into all them stoned-out faces left stranded on this fourth of July
Down in town the Circuit′s full with switchblade lovers
So fast, so shiny and sharp
Them 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

Oh, Sandy, the aurora is rising behind us
The pier lights our carnival life forever
Love me tonight, 'cause I, I may never see you again
Hey, Sandy, girl

But 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 all promise to unsnap their jeans

You know that tilt-a-whirl way down on the south beach drag
I got on it last night and my shirt got caught
That Joey kept me spinnin′, didn't think I′d ever get off

Oh, Sandy, the aurora is rising behind us
The pier lights our carnival life on the water
Running crazy 'neath the boardwalk with my old boss′s daughter
Well, he ain't my boss no more, Sandy

Sandy, the angels have lost their desire for us
I spoke to 'em just last night and they said they won′t set themselves on fire for us anymore
But every summer when the weather gets hot
They ride that crazy road down from heaven, on their Harleys they come and they go
You see ′em dressed like stars in all the cheap little seashore bars
And parked with their babies out on the Kokomo

Did you hear 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


Oh, Sandy, the aurora is rising behind us
The pier lights our carnival life forever
Love me tonight and I promise I′ll love you forever
How 'bout it, Sandy?

Whoa-oh
How ′bout it, Sandy?

We played Detriot about a few months ago
We learned a song
This is one of my favorite Detroit artists
Are you ready, Dan?