Live 02 Nov 2002 version
[Spoken (Garland Jeffreys):] Joe!
[Spoken (someone):] Whoa!
[Spoken (Joe Grushecky):] Garland Jeffreys!
[Spoken (Garland Jeffreys):] Yeah baby!
[Spoken (Joe Grushecky):] You're right! Mr. Garland Jeffreys.
[Spoken (Bruce Springsteen):] Oh yeah.
[Spoken (Joe Grushecky):] I'm all fucked up now.
[Spoken (Bruce Springsteen):] (chuckles) Well you tricky man!
[Spoken (Joe Grushecky):] Ah let's give it a go. (chuckles)
[Spoken (Bruce Springsteen):] Alright.
I'm driving in my car, turn on the radio
Pulling you close, you just say no
You say you don't like it, well I know you're a liar
When we kiss, ohh, (fire), whoa, fire
Well late at night, I'm driving you home
I say I wanna stay, you say you wanna be alone
Don't love me, but you can't hide your desire
When we kiss, ohh, fire, fire
You got a hold on me I can't ??? start
A grip so tight I couldn't tear it apart
My nerves all shaking acting like a fool
Your kisses they burn, but your heart (stays cool)
Shh!
Romeo and Juliet, Samson and Delilah
You can bet their love they couldn't deny
Words say split, but your words they lie
When we kiss, ohh, fire, fire
Hold on me, can't tear it apart
Grip so tight I couldn't shake my heart
Nerves all jumping acting like a fool
Your kisses they burn, but your heart stays coo-oo-ool
Romeo and Juliet, Samson and Delilah
You can bet their love they couldn't deny
Your words say split, yeah but your words they lie
When we kiss, ohh, fire
Yeah I'm talking about fire
Burning in my soul, fire
Baby it's out of control, fire
Yeah I'm talking about, fire
Whoa, about fire, yeah
I'm talking about fire, yeah
Whoa, fire, yeah
Oh fire
Whoa, fire
Yeah I'm talking about fire
The above lyrics are for the live 02 Nov 2002 performance of FIRE at Tradewinds in Sea Bright, NJ, during the third annual Light Of Day benefit. The song was played in a full-band arrangement, with Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers, and with Grushecky handling most of the vocals.
Bruce Springsteen showed up at the third annual Light Of Day benefit, which brought together a host of Jersey-style rockers to benefit the Parkinson's Disease Foundation, and celebrate organizer Bob Benjamin's birthday while they were at it. Springsteen came on at 10:40 PM to play for nearly an hour with Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers, joined by several other guests throughout, including Garland Jeffreys. In the midnight hour, he was back on the stage to play two more songs with Gary U.S. Bonds.
List of available versions of FIRE on this website:
FIRE [Official studio version]