HUNGRY HEART^©

Live/1975-85 version

Alright!
One two!

Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack
I went out for a ride and I never went back
Like a river that don't know where it's flowing
I took a wrong turn and I just kept going

Everybody's got a hungry heart
Everybody's got a hungry heart
Lay down your money and you play your part
Everybody's got a hu-hu-hungry heart

Whoa! Right!

I got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack
I went out for a ride and I never went back
Like a river that don't know where it's flowing
I took a wrong turn and I just kept going

Everybody's got a hungry heart
Everybody's got a hungry heart
Lay down your money and you play your part
Everybody's got a hu-hu-hungry heart
Oh yeah

I met her in a Kingstown bar
We fell in love I knew it had to end
We took what we had, we ripped it apart
Now here I am down in Kingstown again
Come on!

(Everybody's got a hungry heart)
Oh yeah!
(Everybody's got a hungry heart)
Oh yeaaah
(Lay down your money and you play your part)
Alright!
(Everybody's got a hu-hu) hungry heart

Everybody needs a place to rest
Everybody wants to have a home
Don't make no difference what nobody says
Ain't nobody like to be alone, whoa ho ho

Everybody's got a hungry heart
Everybody's got a hungry heart
Lay down your money and you play your part
Everybody's got a hu (hungry heart)
Once more!
(Everybody's got a hungry heart)
Ooh yeah!
(Everybody's got a hungry heart)
Ooh yeah!
(Lay down your money and you play your part)
Alright!
(Everybody's got a hungry heart)
Ooh yeah, oh yeaaah
La la la la la la
Ooh hungry yeah
La la la la la la
Oh yeaaah
La la la la la la
Oh yeaaah
La la la la la la
Come on!
(La la la la la la)
(La la la la la la)

The above lyrics refer to the live 28 Dec 1980 performance at the Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, during The River tour. That version was officially released on the Live/1975-85 box set in Nov 1986.

Other live versions: Berlin 95 version, 19 Nov 1984, 10 Jul 1992, 28 Oct 1999, and 09 Aug 2003.

Check also the studio versions: album's version, The Ties That Bind version, original speed version, instrumental take, 21 Jun 1979 alternate mix #1, 21 Jun 1979 alternate mix #2, and different harmonies version.

Italic: crowd singing
(Between parentheses): background vocals, probably Flo and Eddie since they guested on that song that night.