MURDER INCORPORATED

Bobby's got a gun that he keeps beneath his pillow
Out on the street your chances are zero
Take a look around you (come on down)
It ain't too complicated
You're messin' with Murder Incorporated

Now you check over your shoulder everywhere that you go (oh yeah)
Walkin' down the street, there's eyes in every shadow (oh yeah)
You better take a look around you (come on down)
That equipment you got's so outdated
You can't compete with Murder Incorporated
Everywhere you look now, Murder Incorporated

So you keep a little secret down deep inside your dresser drawer
For dealing with the heat you're feelin' down on the killin' floor
No matter where you step you feel you're never out of danger
So the comfort that you keep's a gold-plated snub-nose thirty-two
I heard that you

You got a job downtown, man it leaves your head cold (oh yea)
And everywhere you look life ain't got no soul (oh yeah)
That apartment you live in feels like it's just a place to hide
When your walkin' down the streets you won't meet no one eye to eye
Now the cops reported you as just another homicide
I can tell that you was just frustrated
from livin' with Murder Incorporated

Incorporated
Everywhere you look now
Murder Incorporated
Down on your knees
Murder Incorporated
Everywhere that you turn it's murder Incorporated

Published on the Greatest Hits, it is an E Street Born In The USA outtake from 1982 and it's an all out searing track. Played acoustically in the The Ghost Of Tom Joad tour and with full band in the Reunion tour (every night).

A live version was included on a bonus CD-5 that comes with the Blood Brothers video (VHS format). Also included on singles in 1995 and 1996 in studio version, 21 Feb 1995 version, and 05 Apr 1995 version, with BECAUSE THE NIGHT (28 Dec 1980), PINK CADILLAC, 4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK (SNADY), SECRET GARDEN, THUNDER ROAD (22 Sep 1992), ROULETTE, HUNGRY HEART, STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA, BLOOD BROTHERS (alternate version), HIGH HOPES, and WITHOUT YOU.

Available on:

1. Greatest Hits (track 16)
2. Live In New York City (disc 1- track 8)

Liner notes by Bruce Springsteen in the Greatest Hits booklet:

For the long-time fans that have been asking me for this for years. Cut in '82 for "USA" + remixed by Bobby C. a couple of months ago in N.Y.C.