LOVE WILL GET YOU DOWN

Home demo version 2

Hey young man will you
I'm hurtin' so
Found someone and you think you'll be safe at night
No pieces, man, keep fighting
If you want somebody you better keep on fighting
Pretty soon
Pretty soon you better watch out
Love turns you around
Hey, mister young man, now love will get you down

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Got something and you try easy
But you don't want to keep it
And you don't want it easy
So you keep it many miles above
Find something and you won't be missing much
Pretty soon
Pretty soon you find out
Pretty soon, you'll
Pretty soon, you'll find out a smile turns to a frown
You better watch it young man, I say
Love will get you down
Oh, love will get you down

Oh
So if you can... be

My steppin' but you can't keep up
And you want to come round but your mind's a curtain
Keep that punch in, baby, keep that line
'Cause you don't know what to do baby on my time
You better keep fighting, if you want to keep it out
A smile turns
If you want to keep it out, you want to keep, want to keep it, want to keep it out
Want to, better keep it out, better keep it out
A smile will turn into a frown
Better watch it young
Better watch it young
Better watch it young girl, yeah
Love will get you down da da da da da
Love will get you down

Da da da all across the big alley, you down, tonight, you down, tonight
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I woke up screeching and my heart was beating
Tonight my mo-, tonight my mon--, tonight my monster's sleeping
Fast asleep, yes fast asleep, pulled your sheets up baby on your, on your bed
Another race you'll tomorrow go, and you're creeping baby creeping away
Maybe someday baby, you'll get what you need
Maybe you'll get it now
You better watch it young man
Love will get you down
Oh yeah, you better watch it young man
Love will get you down
Oh yeah, you better watch it young man
Love will get you down
Oh, you better watch it young man
Love will get you down
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Info

The above lyrics are for an acoustic home demo of LOVE WILL GET YOU DOWN recorded at Springsteen's home in Holmdel, NJ, sometime in early 1979. This is a single long take of Springsteen working on the song, with mostly audible lyrics. See home demo version 1 for more detail.

Bootleg Releases

This home demo version of LOVE WILL GET YOU DOWN can be found on The Lost Masters Vol. 9 (Labour Of Love) [track 10] bootleg.

Bruce Springsteen -- The Lost Masters Vol. 9 (Labour Of Love)

Credits

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

Available Versions

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Page last updated: 02 Mar 2016