SAD EYES / BACKSTREETS

a.k.a. BACKSTREETS / SAD EYES

15 Feb 1977 version

Til the end
Just me and you baby
Just me and you girl
I remember
I-i-i-i remember
I was gonna take all the money out of the bank
And you were gonna quit your job
And I was gonna quit my job too.
And I remember that you promised, I remember you swore you was never...
Never gonna leave, never gonna go anyplace...without me
I remember you promised, we both swore that you were never gonna go anyplace
(?)
(sings) I remember, I remember
I remember it was chilly and I was standing at the bus station
Standing there in the rain
(sings) And the rain came tumbling down
I remember the buses were pulling in
And I was standing there and I remember that you promised that you
were never gonna go anyplace without me
(sings) And the rain came tumbling down
I was standing there waiting for you I was just thinking of all of the
things that you promised. That you were never gonna go anyplace
without me.

(sings) And the rain came tumbling down
And the rain came tumbling down

I was standing there in the rain. That's when...
(piano, then bells start, then build)

I was standing there waiting for you
And I figured it all out
Had it all figured out

(bells build)

YOU LIED!!!!
YOU LIED!!!!
YOU LIED!!!!
YOU LIED!!!!
(screamed at the TOP of his lungs)

Hiding on the backstreets...

This interlude was sang after BACKSTREETS and evolved night by night, from 1976/1977 (where it contained some references to NEW YORK CITY SERENADE lyrics) to end 1978, throwing the base of what will later become DRIVE ALL NIGHT. It has nothing to do with SAD EYES Tracks version. Three states of this evolution are presented: 15 Feb 1977, 07 Jul 1978, 19 Sep 1978, 15 Dec 1978. An alternative version (unknown date) also exists. This song was performed massively in 1978.

These lyrics refer to the version performed on 15 Feb 1977 at the Masonic Temple Auditorium, Detroit.

The SAD EYES interlude came to prominence during the Darkness On The Edge Of Town tour. Lyrically, it varied considerably, however it was almost always a short tale about betrayal and lost love. The cut of BACKSTREETS on the Live 1975-85 set features the SAD EYES part edited out. Quite simply, it remains a testament of Bruce's passion on stage.