TAKE 'EM AS THEY COME

Outtake version 1

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Last night I dreamed we was runnin' through the avalanche
Tears streaming your pretty face all burned red
With your daddy's gun in my trembling hands
Down the highway another stranger comes
You gotta take 'em baby when they come

Little girl put on your red dress
'Cause we're goin' out on the town tonight
Better bring along a switchblade
Cause be sure some fools gonna want to fight
You gotta Take 'em baby as they come

You gotta Take 'em
Take 'em as they come girl
Take 'em as they come girl
Take 'em as they come girl
Take 'em baby as they come

God save the rider in the black night
Save the man who taught that it was right
To do what they have done girl
To become what we have become
You gotta Take 'em baby when they come

Little girl gone are the birthdays
Faded away into the clear blue night
And all the promises we made
Lie shattered and broken in the morning light
You gotta Take 'em baby when they come

You gotta Take 'em
Take 'em as they come girl
Take 'em as they come girl
Take 'em as they come girl
Take 'em baby as they come

I know your heart is breaking
I can feel it too girl
Though my finger on the trigger is shakin'
There's just one thing to do girl

There's winners and losers
All look the same from the other side
If we could choose we could
We could try couldn't we honey
To take 'em as they come

Take 'em as they come girl
Take 'em as they come girl
Take 'em as they come girl
Take 'em baby as they come

Take 'em as they come girl
Take 'em as they come girl
Take 'em as they come girl
Take 'em baby as they come
Take 'em baby as they come
Take 'em baby as they come
Take 'em baby as they come
Take 'em baby as they come

An amazing The River outtake. It deserved to be on The River album, but was left out. Finally published on Tracks in 1998 and played in the Reunion tour. These lyrics refer an outtake version recorded between Apr 1979 and Aug 1980 at The Power Station, New York City, NY.

Check also Tracks version and outtake version 2.

Available on:

1. Tracks (disc 2- track 9)