RED HEADED WOMAN

Live 24 Apr 1996 version

[Spoken intro:] (A guy comes up to the stage and offers Bruce a bottle of tequila) Jesus Christ pal, go back to your seat, will you? (chuckles). Presents from Santie! Yes! It's the old fooking-love-you guy, alright (chuckles). Alright. So uh, that was a song usually, you know, my wife always tells me "Hey, talk about that in your next interview Mr. Social Consciousness!" (chuckles). So... (chuckles) Alright, this is uh... Is there any red headed women out there? (cheers) I know there's one... (chuckles) Oh wait a minute, wait minute. (tests his harmonica) I got it.

Yiii...

Well... brunettes are fine man
And blondes are fun
But when it comes to getting the dirty job done

I'll take a red headed woman
A red headed woman
I'll take a red headed woman
To get a dirty job done

Now hold on, hold on man well

Listen up stud
Your life's been wasted
'Til you've got down on your knees and tasted

A red headed woman
A red headed woman
[chuckles] Takes a red headed woman
To get the dirty job done
That's right

Well tight skirt, strawberry hair
Tell me what you've got waiting baby under there
Big green eyes that look like sun
They can see every cheap thing that you ever done
And thought for that matter

Yiii...

Well push come to shove
And shove come to push
And I was Moses kneeling for the burning bush

Of a red headed woman
[chuckles] Of a red headed woman
It takes a red headed woman
To get a dirty job done
Alright

I don't mean green with purple stripes
I don't mean black hair with a skirt so tight
But it ain't red
Are you ready boys?
Singing out loud!

[harmonica and guitar riff outro]
Whoa!

The above lyrics are for the live 24 Apr 1996 performance of RED HEADED WOMAN at Brixton Academy in London, England, during The Ghost Of Tom Joad Solo Acoustic Tour.

Ticket stub for the 24 Apr 1996 show at Brixton Academy, London, England

Handwritten setlist for the 24 Apr 1996 show at Brixton Academy, London, England

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