LINDA LET ME BE THE ONE

Born To Run outtake

Midnight boys are outside
Scrapin' tears up off the street
Standing guard over the window
Where the lonely Linda sleeps
There's a kid named Eddie
Walks like an angel in defeat
The ashes of a romance come
Traces Linda's name in a seat
Calls out

Linda will you let me be the one
Linda will you, hey let me be the one
Linda will you let me be the one
Linda will you let me be the one

In a room full of contenders
Shadow boxin', Eddie's strong
Till he drops through a feigned surrender
To the canvas draped in the scarves
Stole from Linda's bedroom
The night he laid at her feet
And the midnight boys were wasted
Down on King Street
He calls out

Linda will you let me be the one
Linda will you, hey let me be the one
Linda will you let me be the one
Linda will you let me be the one

Midnight's base is St Mary's
Midnight boys hide from the rain
Stay with the stolen sisters
Till the streets are dry again
Talking fast cars and chrome parts
Different worlds and strange girls
Empty homes, busted hearts
And kneeling with Linda in the dark

Linda will you let me be the one
Linda will you, hey let me be the one
Whoa whoa, yeah
Linda will you let me be the one
Whoa, let me be the one
Linda will you let me be the one
Linda will you let me be the one
Linda will you let me be the one whoa
Linda will you let me be the one whoa
Linda will you let me be the one whoa

This is the Born To Run outtake, circulated before the release of the Tracks version. It was recorded between Mar and Jul 1975 at The Record Plant, New York City.

Coming to light for the first time officially on Tracks, this is yet another love song that treads a similar path to ZERO AND BLIND TERRY, love on the wrong side of the law. Although more implied and less obvious than the aforementioned song, the boys lurk in the shadows, out of sight from society, on the run perhaps? This was the last track left off the album.

Available on:

1. Tracks (disc 1- track 9)