Live 07 Jul 2012 version
[Spoken intro:] Oh, Curt. We got our friend... Curt, curt. Curt, curt. We have our friends from The Roots come to sit here with us. The Roots were incredible! The Roots were incredible! Are we ready? Go.
One, two, three!
Sparks fly 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 Friday night
Teenage tramps in skin-tight pants do the E Street dance, it's all right
Little kids down there are dancing or hooked up in a scuffle
In their snake-skin suits, Detroit muscle
Doing the E Street Shuffle
Now those E Street brats in twilight duel flashlight phantoms in full star stream
Down fire trails on silver nights with blonde girls pledged sweet sixteen
Newsboys say the heat's been bad since Power Thirteen gave a trooper all he had in a summer scuffle
Power's girl, Little Angel, on the corner keeping them crazy boys out of trouble
Little Angel steps the shuffle, she got no brains
She's deaf in combat on Lover's Lane
Drives all those local boys insane
Let's go!
Hey!
Yeah-yeah yeah-yeah-yeah
Whoa-whoa whoa-whoa-whoa
Everybody form a line
Whoa-whoa whoa-whoa-whoa
Whoa-whoa whoa-whoa-whoa
Everybody form a line
One, two, three
Sparks fly 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 close up this joint where the riot squad goes when they're checking in on us
Them boys are on the corner loose, lazy doing that crazy E Street Shuffle
Them sweet summer nights turn into summer dreams
Little Angel picks up Power, he slips on his jeans
They move on out down to the scene
Everybody's dancing
Yeah!
Everybody say, yeah-yeah yeah-yeah-yeah
Whoa-whoa whoa-whoa-whoa
Everybody form a line
Whoa-whoa whoa-whoa-whoa
Whoa-whoa whoa-whoa-whoa
Everybody form a line
Yeah-yeah yeah-yeah-yeah
Whoa-whoa whoa-whoa-whoa
Everybody form a line
Whoa-whoa whoa-whoa-whoa
Whoa-whoa whoa-whoa-whoa
Everybody form a line
The Roots!
The above lyrics are for the live 07 Jul 2012 performance of The E STREET SHUFFLE at Festivalpladsen in Roskilde, Denmark, during the Wrecking Ball Tour. This shows was part of that year's Roskilde Festival. The song was played in its traditional full-band arrangement and featured a guest appearance by The Roots, who performed at the festival just prior to Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band.
Pro-shot video of the entire live 07 Jul 2012 performance of The E STREET SHUFFLE was posted two days later on Bruce Springsteen's official website and Bruce Springsteen's YouTube channel. The performance was captured in Chris Hilson line cut with John Cooper's board mix.
List of available versions of THE E STREET SHUFFLE on this website:
THE E STREET SHUFFLE [Album version]
