4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK (SANDY)

Album's version

Sandy the fireworks are hailin' over Little Eden tonight
Forcin' a light into all those stony faces left stranded on this warm Jul
Down in town the circuit's full with switchblade lovers so fast, so shiny, so sharp
As the wizards play down on Pinball Way on the boardwalk way past dark
And the boys from the casino dance with their shirts open like Latin lovers on the shore
Chasin' all them silly New York virgins by the score

Sandy the aurora is risin' behind us
This pier lights our carnival life forever
Oh love me tonight for I may never see you again
Hey Sandy girl
Now now baby

Now the greasers, ahh they tramp the streets or get busted for sleeping on the beach all night
Them boys in their high heels, ah Sandy their skins are so white
And me I just got tired of hangin' in them dusty arcades, bangin' them pleasure machines
Chasin' the factory girls underneath the boardwalk where they all promise to unsnap their jeans
And you know that tilt-a-whirl down on the south beach drag
I got on her last night and my shirt got caught
And they kept me spinnin' baby, they didn't think I'd ever get off

Oh Sandy, the aurora is risin' behind us
This pier lights our carnival life on the water
Runnin', laughin' 'neath the boardwalk with the boss's daughter
I remember Sandy girl
Now now now now now baby

Sandy, that waitress I was seeing lost her desire for me
I spoke with her last night, she said she won't set herself on fire for me anymore
She worked that joint under the boardwalk, she was always the girl you saw boppin' down on the beach with the radio
The kids say last night she was dressed like a star in one of them cheap little seaside bars, and I saw her parked with Loverboy out on the Kokomo
Did you hear the cops finally busted Madame Marie for tellin' fortunes better than they do
For me this boardwalk life is through baby
You ought to quit this scene too

Sandy, the aurora is rising behind us
This pier lights our carnival life forever
Oh love me tonight and I promise I'll love you forever
Oh me and Sandy girl
Now now now now now baby
Yeah promise Sandy girl
Shala la la la baby

Music and lyrics by Bruce Springsteen, 4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK (SANDY) is from his 1973 album The Wild, The Innocent, And The E Street Shuffle.

This page is till under construction. More info about the song can be found on Wikipedia.

The song was recorded as a 1975 single by The Hollies. This version, officially titled "Sandy (4th Of July, Asbury Park)", was recorded in 1974 and released almost a year later, in the summer of 1975. A single was issued in The Netherlands (probably in some other European countries too) and reached #8 in the Top 40 in 1975 (five years prior to Springsteen's own first Top 40 hit, "The River").

The Hollies' version includes heavily altered lyrics, leaving out about half of the original lyrics. The instrumentation is radically different from the Springsteen studio version and the choruses include the trademark Hollies harmonies.

In 2008 EMI Holland released a compilation album by The Hollies, entitled "The Dutch Collection". It includes all the Dutch hits by The Hollies as well as a DVD with performances and promo videos. A promo video of "Sandy" is also featured.

A cover by Ben E. King was released on the 1997 Bruce Springsteen tribute album One Step Up / Two Steps Back: The Songs Of Bruce Springsteen.

Available versions of this website:

• Album's version
• Live 1975-85 version
• Early version
• "Songs" version
• 18 Jul 1973 version
• 31 Jul 1973 version
• Instrumental version

Thank Pierre Oitmann for the help.