Home demo version
Well...
I know you're just running scared, I know you're now scared baby
The times ??? and you just got a, got a man down somewhere
If you need a helping hand baby, it might be somewhere I can go ???
You need a helping hand ??? just stand up, stand up, shout out
Don't back down, don't back down
Don't back down, don't back down
Don't back down, don't back down
Don't back down, don't back down baby
Oh my love [recording cut]
The above lyrics are for an acoustic home demo take of DON'T BACK DOWN recorded, according to Brucebase, at Thrill Hill Recording (Springsteen's home studio) in Colts Neck, NJ, sometime between mid-September 1981 and May 1982. This is an incomplete work-in-progress take. It shares some lyrics with studio version 10.
This home demo version of DON'T BACK DOWN can be found on the Castaway (Classics Limited) [track 09] bootleg. The song is wrongly titled "Goin' Back" on the bootleg's artwork.
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List of available versions of DON'T BACK DOWN on this website:
DON'T BACK DOWN [Studio version 1]