THE E STREET SHUFFLE

Live 17 Jun 2000 version



[Spoken intro:] All right! There's something we've never played before in our long and illustriously illustrious careers. I'm not sure we can play it now, but we're gonna try. All right, boys!

Come on, band!

Well, sparks flying on E Street where the boy prophets walk it handsome and hot
The little girls' souls grow weak when the man-child gives them a double shot
Schoolboy pops pull out all the stops on a Saturday night
And them teenage tramps in skin-tight pants do the E Street dance and it's all right
Them kids down, either dancing or hooked up in a scuffle
Dressed in snake-skin suits packed with Detroit muscle
Doing the E Street Shuffle

Well, those E Street brats in twilight duel flashlight phantoms in star stream
Down fire trails on silver nights with blonde girls pledged sweet sixteen
The newsboy says the heat's been bad since Power Thirteen gave a trooper all he had in a late summer scuffle
Power's girl, Little Angel, out on the corner keeping them crazy boys out of trouble
Little Angel step the shuffle like she's got no brains
She's deaf in combat down on Lover's Lane
She drives all those local boys insane
All right, are you ready now?
Well, I say, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yeah, everybody form a line
Yeah, yeah, yeah
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yeah, everybody form a line

One, two, three!
Yeah, sparks light on E Street where the boy-prophets walk it handsome and hot
The little girls' souls grow weak when the man-child gives them a double shot
Little Angel hangs out at Easy Joe's, it's a club where all the riot squad goes when they're cashing in on a cheap hustle
The boys still on the corner loose and doing that lazy E Street Shuffle
As those sweet summer nights turn into summer dreams
Little Angel picks up Power and slips on his jeans
And they move on down to the scene
Yeah, everybody's dancing
Now, wait for it, boys!
Are we ready?
Show the man how!
Well, I said, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yeah, everybody form a line
Whoa, whoa, whoa
(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
Yeah,
everybody form a line
I said, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yeah, everybody form a line
Whoa, whoa, yeah
(Whoa, whoa, yeah)
Yeah, everybody form a line
Come on, C! Let's go!

Come on, Danny!

Come on, Roy!

Once more!
Yeah, yeah, yeah
(Yeah,
yeah, yeah)
Yeah, oh, everybody form a line
One, two, three!

Whoa!

[Spoken outro:] Oh, yeah! (laughs) Thanks!


Info

The above lyrics are for the live 17 Jun 2000 performance of THE E STREET SHUFFLE at Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY, during The Reunion Tour. The song was played in a full-band arrangement reminiscent of the album rendition but without additional horns, which subsequently would become the "stock" version for the E Street Band.

Promotional poster for the Jun-Jul 2000 ten-night stand at Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY
Promotional poster for the Jun-Jul 2000 ten-night stand at Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY
Ticket stub for the 17 Jun 2000 show at Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY
Ticket stub for the 17 Jun 2000 show at Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY

Credits

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

Available Versions

List of available versions of THE E STREET SHUFFLE on this website:

THE E STREET SHUFFLE [Album version]
THE E STREET SHUFFLE [Early draft]
THE E STREET SHUFFLE [Live 31 Oct 1973 (late show) version]
THE E STREET SHUFFLE [Live 03 Mar 1974 (late show) version]
THE E STREET SHUFFLE [Live 09 May 1974 (early show) version]
THE E STREET SHUFFLE [Live 29 Oct 1974 version]
THE E STREET SHUFFLE [Live 05 Feb 1975 version]
THE E STREET SHUFFLE [Live 02 Oct 1975 version]
THE E STREET SHUFFLE [Live 18 Nov 1975 version]
THE E STREET SHUFFLE [Live 17 Jun 2000 version]
THE E STREET SHUFFLE [Live 01 Jul 2000 version]
THE E STREET SHUFFLE [Live 18 Dec 2000 version]
THE E STREET SHUFFLE [Live 08 Dec 2001 version]
THE E STREET SHUFFLE [Live 29 Apr 2003 version]
THE E STREET SHUFFLE [Live 19 Nov 2007 version]
THE E STREET SHUFFLE [Live 23 May 2009 version]
THE E STREET SHUFFLE [Live 07 Nov 2009 version]
THE E STREET SHUFFLE [Live 20 Nov 2009 version]
THE E STREET SHUFFLE [Live 02 Mar 2012 version]
THE E STREET SHUFFLE [Live 09 Mar 2012 version]
THE E STREET SHUFFLE [Live 07 Jul 2012 version]
THE E STREET SHUFFLE [Live 05 Feb 2014 version]

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