THE E STREET SHUFFLE

a.k.a. E STREET SHUFFLE

Sparks fly on E Street when the boy prophets walk it handsome and hot
All the little girls' souls grow weak when the man-child gives them a double shot
The schoolboy pops pull out all the stops on a Friday night
The teenage tramps in skin-tight pants do the E Street dance and everything's alright
Little kids down there either dancin' or hooked up in a scuffle
Dressed in snake-skin suits packed with Detroit muscle
They're doin' the E Street Shuffle

Now those E Street brats in twilight duel flashlight phantoms in full star stream
Down fire trails on silver nights with blonde girls pledged sweet sixteen
The newsboys say the heat's been bad since Power Thirteen
Gave a trooper all he had in a summer scuffle
And Power's girl, Little Angel, been on the corner keepin' those crazy boys out of trouble
Little Angel steps the shuffle like she ain't got no brains
She's deaf in combat down on Lover's Lane
She drives all them local boys insane
Little Angel says, "Oh, everybody form a line
Oh, everybody form a line."
Sparks fly on E Street when the boy-prophets walk it handsome and hot
All them little girls' souls grow weak when the man-child gives them a double shot
Little Angel hangs out at Easy Joe's, It's a club where all the riot squad
Goes when they're cashin' in for a cheap hustle
But them boys are still on the corner loose and doin' that lazy E Street Shuffle

As them sweet summer nights turn into summer dreams Little Angel picks up
Power and he slips on his jeans as they move on out down to the scene
All the kids are dancin'

The opener to The Wild, The Innocent, And The E Street Shuffle, this electric track is a good lead-in to the rest of the album. A lot more tighter and jazzier than the debut LP, however this track has apparently failed to win the hearts of many fans, being overshadowed by standout performances such as INCIDENT ON 57TH STREET and ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT). Was often performed as a slow, soul song during the mid 70's.

A Bruce's classic until the final rendering on 02 Dec 1975 in Boston, MA. But as many other jewels, a surprise returning in the Reunion tour on 17 Jun 2000 and 01 Jul 2000 Madison Square Garden, New York. Also played during the 2000-2001 Dec shows at the Convention Hall shows in Asbury Park.

Was a B-side to 4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK (SANDY) on a German 7" single in 1974.

Available on:

1. The Wild, The Innocent, And The E Street Shuffle (track 1)