Live 01 Aug 1976 version
[Spoken 1st verse:]
You know, Clarence... I always dreamed the girl I loved would be mine
And she'd be rich, and famous, and super-fine
And then... Now she's a fine looking girl
But she sure ain't exactly what I expected
Well now she don't look like a movie star
She don't ride in no Cadillac car
She ain't the girl I was dreamin' of
She's sure the girl I love
She'd never go out with a business man
She always buys on the installment plan
She ain't the girl I was dreamin' of
But she's sure the girl I love
Because she holds me tight
Everything's alright
Crazy as it seems
I'm hers, whatever...
And I've forgotten all of my dreams
She doesn't hang diamonds round my neck
And all she's got's an unemployment check
She ain't the girl I was dreamin' of
But she's sure the girl I love
Oh baby
Because she holds me tight
And everything's alright
Crazy as it seems
I'm hers, whatever comes
And I've forgotten all of my dreams
She don't look like a movie star
She don't ride in no Cadillac car
She ain't the girl I was dreamin' of
She's sure the girl I love
Whoah
She's sure the girl I love
Whoah-whoah-whoah
She's sure the girl I love
This is Bruce Springsteen's version of The Crystals' HE'S SURE THE BOY I LOVE. As far as it's known, he performed the song only once, during what is known as The Lawsuit Tour, on 01 Aug 1976 at Monmouth Arts Center in Red Bank, NJ. The above lyrics are for that unique live performance of the song.
Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for these lyrics.
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