EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY

Home demo version


They caught Robert E. Lee by Lakeford Row
Staring at the story, wondering how it got so
The found him in a corner with his head in the sand
He wanted me, the US Army man
He wrote me a letter, asking if I'd think he'd move over there
Go Bobby help 'em, in Blackwood
Oh yeah
He said put 'em up and nobody gets hurt
In Blackwood, oh yeah

Everybody's looking for somebody
Everybody's looking for
Everybody's looking for
Everybody's looking for somebody
Oh yeah


Info

EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY is a song written by Bruce Springsteen. It remains officially unreleased and apparently it was not recorded in studio.

The above lyrics are for a demo take of EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY. It was recorded solo on acoustic guitar at Springsteen's home in Holmdel, NJ, sometime in 1979.

Springsteen recorded many demos at his home around the time The River was being cut in studio. These home demos were not professionally recorded; it seems that Springsteen used a regular cassette recorder. They were just song fragments, and there is much stopping and starting heard as Springsteen records bits and pieces, manually stops the recorder, and then returns sometime later to add more ideas.

Bootleg Releases

This home demo version of EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY can be found on The Definitive River Outtakes Collection Volume 1 (E. St. Records) [disc 1, track 01] bootleg.

Bruce Springsteen -- The Definitive River Outtakes Collection Volume 1 (E. St. Records)
Bruce Springsteen -- The Definitive River Outtakes Collection Volume 1 (E. St. Records)

Credits

Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.

Available Versions

List of available versions of EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY on this website:

EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY [Home demo version]

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