Home demo version 2
[Spoken (Bruce Springsteen):] I'm ready?
[Spoken (a woman):] Mmhm
[Spoken (Bruce Springsteen):] One two, alright
[Spoken (a woman):] Oops
[Spoken (Bruce Springsteen):] It's alright
[Spoken (a woman):] Are the meters going?
[Spoken (Bruce Springsteen):] Yeah, it's good
Sometimes I sit and think I'm all alone
At the end of a downhearted day
I sit and feel something like a blur
At night in my hole I can wait
Da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da da, da da
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da day
Da da da da da da da da da da da da it's all just slipping away
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da
No no no no no no no no no no
No no no no no no no no no no no no no no
No no no no no no no everywhere
You see that lonely ribbon in her hair
You sit and wonder baby, see that man, design
You sit and wonder, baby, who's that there
You see that lonely ribbon in her hair
She knows...
See that ribbon and you put it there, da da
No no no no
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da see my own life slipping away
Da da da da da see my whole life, see my whole life slipping away
Is it an, uh, you can't be mean this dad a
Da da me show
No no no no
Yeah
Baby love is a gun
Baby love is a gun
Baby under the gun
Baby under the gun
Sometimes at night I
I sit and watch at the end of the programs all day
I sit and feel my whole life, feel my life just slipping away
I want to go but I done that
I can't keep doing what I done
To say... my... oh
Love is a gun
Baby love is a gun
Living under the gun
Come on Susie, but I don't want to
I could fly if you're in front of me
Oh
Na na na na na na na na na
The above lyrics are for a demo take of LOVE IS A GUN. Much of the lyrics are unintelligible. It was recorded solo on acoustic guitar at Springsteen's home in Holmdel, NJ, sometime between January and June 1979.
Another demo take of LOVE IS A GUN is also in circulation. See home demo version 1.
Springsteen recorded many demos at his home around the time The River was being cut in studio. These home demos were not professionally recorded; it seems that Springsteen used a regular cassette recorder. They were just song fragments, and there is much stopping and starting heard as Springsteen records bits and pieces, manually stops the recorder, and then returns sometime later to add more ideas.
This home demo version of LOVE IS A GUN can be found on The Lost Masters Vol. 9 (Labour Of Love) [track 02] bootleg.
Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.
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List of available versions of LOVE IS A GUN on this website:
LOVE IS A GUN [Home demo version 1]