DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN

Outtake version

They're still racing out at the Trestles
But that blood it never burned in her veins
And I hear she's got a house up in Fairview
And a style she's trying to maintain
Well if she wants to see me
Tell her that I'm easily found
Tell her there's a spot out 'neath Abram's Bridge
And tell her there's a darkness on the edge of town
There's a darkness on the edge of town

Well now some folks are born into a good life
And other folks get it anyway anyhow
I lost my money and I lost my wife
They don't seem to matter much to me now
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In the darkness on the edge of town
In the darkness on the edge of town

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Tonight I'll be on that hill 'cause I can't stop
I'll be on that hill with everything I got
Lives on the line where dreams are found and lost
I'll be there on time and I'll pay the cost
For wanting things that can only be found
In the darkness on the edge of town
In the darkness on the edge of town

Published on the Darkness On The Edge Of Town album at the last minute to take the place of DON'T LOOK BACK. Played on each tour (except Human Rights Now!) from Darkness On The Edge Of Town on. Regular inclusion during The Ghost Of To Joad tour and quite a stand-point in Darkness On The Edge Of Town and The River tours.

These lyrics refer to the outtake version of The Definitive Darkness Outtakes Collection and The Promise bootlegs. Check also the album version.

Available on:

1. Darkness On The Edge Of Town (track 10)
2. The Essential Bruce Springsteen (disc 1- track 10)
3. Live 1975-85 (disc 2- track 7)
4. MTV UnPlugged (track 4)
5. Tribute 1997: One Step Up / Two Steps Back: The Songs Of Bruce Springsteen (disc 1- track 9), performed by Martin Zellar