ICEMAN^©

Live 17 May 2005 version

[Spoken intro:] Alright, in honor of uh, the fabulous Tower Theatre I'm gonna do something rare. And uh, this is a song I cut for Darkness On The Edge Of Town, but uh... didn't, didn't make on the record and I never played it so I wanna give it a shot [cheers]. Probably one of the stinkers we left off, you know, ??? [chuckles]. [cheers] Hold them off, wait till the end! Alright, let's see uh, alright, hold on there, let me get this one right, alright.

Sleepy town ain't got the guts to budge
Baby, this emptiness has already been judged
I wanna go out tonight, I wanna find out what I got

You're a strange part of me, preacher's girl
I don't want no piece of this mechanical world
My arms open wide, my blood is runnin' hot

We'll take the midnight road right to the devil's door
And even the white angels of Eden with their flamin' swords
Won't be able to stop us from hittin' town in this dirty old Ford

Well it don't take no nerve when you got nothin' to guard
I got tombstones in my eyes and I'm runnin' hard
Baby, you're a lover and the world just blew you away

Once they tried to steal my heart, beat it right outta my head
Baby didn't know I was born dead
I am the iceman, fightin' for the right to live

I say better than the glory roads of heaven, better off ridin'
Hellbound in the dirt, better than the bright lines of the freeway
And the shadows of your daddy's church
Better than the waiting, better off is the search

Page last updated: 24 Aug 2008

The above lyrics are for the live 17 May 2005 performance of ICEMAN at the Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, during the Devils & Dust Solo Acoustic Tour. That was the first and – by the time this page was last updated – last known live performance of the song. It was reported that ICEMAN was sound-checked that afternoon. That live version has some minor lyrics differences from the official studio version.