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KITTY'S BACK 
Live 07 May 2008 version
Catlong sighed holding Kitty's black tooth
She left to marry some
[Crowd:] Top cat
Ain't it the cold truth
There hasn't been a tally since Sally left the alley
Since Kitty left with Big Pretty things have got pretty thin
It's tight on this fence since them young dudes are musclin' in
Jack Knife cries 'cause baby's in a bundle
She goes running nightly, lightly through the jungle
Them tin cans are exploding out in the ninety-degree heat
Cat somehow lost his baby down on Bleecker Street
It's sad, but it sure is true
Cat shrugs his shoulders, sits back and sighs
Oh, what can I do?
Oh, oh, what can I do?
Oh, what can I do?
Oh, oh, what can I do?
Catlong lies back bent on a trash can
Flashing lights cut the night, dude in white says he's the man
Well, you better learn to move fast when you're young or you're not long around
Cat somehow lost his Kitty down in the city pound
Get right, get tight, get down
Here she comes, (here she comes)
Here she comes, (here she comes)
Here she comes, (here she comes)
Here she comes, (here she comes)
Here she comes, (here she comes)
Here she comes, (here she comes)
Here she comes, (here she comes)
Here she comes, (here she comes)
Here she comes, (here she comes)
Here she comes, (here she comes)
Come on, boys!
Kitty's back in town (here she comes, now)
Kitty's back (oh, oh, all right)
Kitty's back in town (here she comes, now)
Kitty's back (oh, oh, all right)
Kitty's back in town (here she comes, now)
Kitty's back (oh, oh, all right)
Kitty's back in town (here she comes, now)
Kitty's back (oh, oh, all right)
Cat knows his Kitty's been untrue
That she left him for a city dude
She's so soft, she's so blue
When he looks into her eyes
He just sits back and sighs
Oh, what can I do?
Oh, oh, what can I do?
Oh, what can I do?
Oh, oh, what can I do?
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, all right, well, it's all right)
Yeah, everybody, now
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, all right, well, it's all right)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, all right, well, it's all right)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, all right, well, it's all right)
Yeah, come on, C!
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, all right, well, it's all right)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, all right, well, it's all right)
Come on, let me hear you, Charles!
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, all right, well, it's all right)
Yeah, everybody
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, all right, well, it's all right)
Come on, Max!
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, all right, well, it's all right)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, all right, well, it's all right)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, all right, well, it's all right)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, all right, well, it's all right)
Come on, Max!
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, all right, well, it's all right)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, all right)
Kitty's back! Kitty's back, and there's somebody with her! There's somebody with her! Bring in up, band!
Page last updated: 01 Jan 2012
Info
The above lyrics are for the live 07 May 2008 performance of KITTY'S BACK at
Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ, during a benefit show for the Count Basie Theatre. The song
was played in a full-band arrangement featuring a horns section.
The 07 May 2008 Show
On 07 May 2008, during a break in the Magic Tour between a North
American and a European leg, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played a benefit show for the
82-year-old Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ. The concert was significant for venue, raising
alone over $3 million for its restoration fund.
For the very first time ever Springsteen and the band played, not one, but two
complete albums from their catalogue: Darkness On The Edge Of Town and Born To
Run, live and in sequence. Springsteen said that they "decided to do something we've
never done before, and that you're not going to see someplace else." However,
performances of entire albums would later become a feature of the last two months of the
Working On A Dream Tour.
To wrap the night up, Springsteen and the band played a four-song encore
featuring a full horn section. "The Mighty Max Horns," as Springsteen later called them,
consisted of Mark Pender on trumpet, Richie "LaBamba" Rosenberg on trombone, and Jerry
Vivino and Ed Manion on saxophones.
Ticket stub for the 07 May 2008 show at Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ
[Taken from Brucebase] |
Setlist for the 07 May 2008 concert:
- BADLANDS
- ADAM RAISED A CAIN
- SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT
- CANDY'S ROOM
- RACING IN THE STREETS
- THE PROMISED LAND
- FACTORY
- STREETS OF FIRE
- PROVE IT ALL NIGHT
- DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
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- THUNDER ROAD
- TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT (with The Mighty Max Horns)
- NIGHT
- BACKSTREETS
- BORN TO RUN
- SHE'S THE ONE
- MEETING ACROSS THE RIVER (with Mark Pender)
- JUNGLELAND
- SO YOUNG AND IN LOVE (with The Mighty Max Horns)
- KITTY'S BACK (with The Mighty Max Horns)
- ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) (with The Mighty Max Horns)
- RAISE YOUR HAND (with The Mighty Max Horns)
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The theatre opened as the Carlton Theater in 1926, was renamed the Monmouth
Arts Center in 1973, and in 1984 it was renamed the Count Basie Theatre, in memory to the recently
deceased jazz pianist, bandleader, composer, and Red Bank native William "Count" Basie.
The theatre had been hosting Bruce Springsteen since the mid-seventies -- he played there during
The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle Tour in 1974, the Born To Run
Tour in 1975, and the Lawsuit Tour in 1976. He has since outgrown the small venue,
but he kept making surprise appearances over the years.
Available Versions
List of available versions of KITTY'S BACK on this website:
Credits
Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake).
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