RESTLESS NIGHTS

Tracks version

Once we ran and lived as one
In another world, my little one
Where whispering trees and dark rivers run
I told a dream to you
Now outside the streets are gray
And the childhood games we played
Have faded away

CHORUS:
My baby, she has restless nights
(She has restless nights)
My baby, she has restless nights

On late-night movie screens
Young lovers look so sure
Lost in wide-wake dreams
That they can't afford
Once I held you in my arms
On a bed of stone
Now we have grown

(CHORUS)

Once we ran and lived as one
In different world, my little one
Where whispering trees and dark rivers run
I told a dream to you
Now I pray, darling, for the night
We'll dance down these darkened halls
Once again to fall
Into a dream

(CHORUS)

A The River outtake. This is the Tracks version recorded on 11 Apr 1980 at The Power Station, New York City. Covered by The Rocking Chairs. Outtake 1 and outtake 2 also exist.

Available on:

1. Tracks (disc 2- track 1)
2. Tribute 1997: One Step Up / Two Steps Back: The Songs Of Bruce Springsteen (disc 2- track 6), performed by The Rocking Chairs

Liner notes from the One Step Up / Two Steps Back: The Songs Of Bruce Springsteen tribute booklet:

When preparing the first of our four albums, we were strongly influenced by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. We discovered "Restless Nights" among many other unpublished gems. We fell in love with that song and we still love it. Bruce himself was very surprised when, after a good swim in a hotel in Rome (it was 1988 the "Tunnel Of Love" tour has just hit Italy), we gave him our album.

-The Rocking Chairs