Live 16 Jun 1978 version
[Spoken intro:] Mike's giant submarines? (chuckles) Are you Mike? (chuckles) How's the business? (chuckles) Two number ones and number two, alright? (chuckles) Alright. Mike, this is for you. But you gotta shut up. (chuckles) It's called "Darkness On The Edge Of Town".
Well they're still racing out at the Trestles
But that blood it never burned in her veins
Now I hear she's got a house up in Fairview
And a style she's trying to maintain
Well if she wants to see me
You can tell her that I'm easily found
Tell her there's a spot out 'neath Abram's Bridge
And tell her there's a darkness on the edge of town
There's a darkness on the edge of town
Well everybody's got a secret
Something that they just can't face
Some folks spend their whole lives trying to keep it
They carry it with them every step that they take
Till some day they just cut it loose
Cut it loose or let it drag 'em down
Where no one asks any questions or looks too long in your face
In the darkness on the edge of town
In the darkness on the edge of town
Say!
Well some folks are born into a good life
And other folks get it anyway anyhow
Well now I lost my way and I lost my wife
Them things don't seem to matter much to me now
Tonight I'll be on that hill 'cause I can't stop
I'll be on that hill with everything I've got
Lives on the line where dreams are found and lost
I'll be there on time and I'll pay the cost
For wanting things that can only be found
In the darkness on the edge of town
In the darkness on the edge of town
Say!
Huh!
The above lyrics are for the live 16 Jun 1978 performance of DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, KS, during the Darkness On The Edge Of Town Tour.
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