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Human Touch
by Bruce Springsteen
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Overall Rating:
2.7057
Avg. Critic Score:
2.6933
Human Touch Lyrics
Lyrics
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- You and me we were the pretenders
- We let it all slip away
- In the end what don't surrender
- Well the world just strips away
- Girl ain't no kindness in the face of strangers
- Ain't gonna find no miracles here
- Well you can wait on your blessings my darlin'
- But I got a deal for you right here
- I ain't lookin' for prayers or pity
- I ain't comin' 'round searchin' for a crutch
- I just want someone to talk to
- And a little of that human touch
- Just a little of that human touch
- Ain't no mercy on the streets of this town
- Ain't no bread from heavenly skies
- Ain't nobody drawin' wine from this blood
- It's just you and me tonight
- Tell me in a world without pity
- Do you think what I'm askin's too much ?
- I just want something to hold on to
- And a little of that human touch
- Just a little of that human touch
- Oh girl that feeling of safety you prize
- Well it comes with a hard hard price
- You can't shut off the risk and the pain
- Without losin' the love that remains
- We're all riders on this train
- So you been broken and you been hurt
- Show me somebody who ain't
- Yeah I know I ain't nobody's bargain
- But hell a little touchup
- And a litte paint...
- You might need somethin' to hold on to
- When all the answers they don't amount to much
- Somebody that you can just talk to
- And a little of that human touch
- Baby in a world without pity
- Do you think what I'm askin's too much ?
- I just want to feel you in my arms
- And share a little of that human touch...
- Rode through forty nights of the gospels' rain
- Black sky pourin' snakes frogs
- And love in vain
- You were down where the river grows wider
- Baby let me be your soul driver
- Well if something in the air feels a little unkind
- Don't worry darlin'
- It'll slip your mind
- I'll be your gypsy joker your shotgun rider
- Baby let me be your soul driver
- Now no one knows which way love's wheel turns
- Will we hit it rich
- Or crash and burn
- Does fortune wait or just the black hand of fate
- This love potion's all we've got
- One toast before it's too late
- If the angels are unkind or the season is dark
- Or if in the end
- Love just falls apart
- Then here's to our destruction
- Baby let me be your soul driver
- I bought a bourgeois house in the Hollywood hills
- With a trunkload of hundred thousand dollar bills
- Man came by to hook up my cable TV
- We settled in for the night my baby and me
- We switched 'round and 'round 'til half-past down
- There was fifty-seven channels and notin' on
- Well now home entertainment was my baby's wish
- So I hopped into town for a satellite dish
- I tied it to the top of my Japanese car
- I came home and I pointed it out into the stars
- A message came back from the great beyond
- There's fifty-seven channnels and nothin' on
- Well we might' a made some friends with some billionaires
- We might' a got all nice and friendly
- If we'd made it upstairs
- All I got was a note that said "Bye-bye John
- Our love is fifty-seven channels and nothin' on"
- So I bought a .44 magnum it was solid steel cast
- And in the blessed name of Elvis well I just let it blast
- 'Til my TV lay in pieces there at my feet
- And they bsted me for disturbin' the almighty peace
- Judge said "What you got in your defense son ?"
- "Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on"
- I can see by your eyes friend you're just about gone
- Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
- Fifty-seven channels and nothin'...
- First time I crossed my heart
- I was beggin' baby please
- At your bedside down on my knees
- When I crossed my heart
- When I crossed my heart
- I crossed my heart pretty baby over you
- Second time I crossed my heart
- Rain came in from the south
- I was lyin' there with something sweet and salty in my mouth
- When I crossed my heart
- When I crossed my heart
- When I crossed my heart pretty darlin' over you
- Well you may think the world's black and white
- And you're dirty or you're clean
- You better watch out you don't slip
- Through them spaces in between
- Where the night gets sticky
- And the sky gets black
- I grabbed you baby you grabbed me back
- And we crossed our hearts
- We crossed our hearts
- Yeah I crossed my heart...
- Little boys little girls
- They know their wrongs from their rights
- Once you crossed your heart
- You ain't ever supposed to lie
- Well life ain't nothin'
- But a cold hard ride
- I ain't leavin' 'til I'm satisfied
- I cross my heart
- Yeah I cross my heart
- Well I cross my heart pretty darlin' over you
- I was your big man I was your prince charming
- King on a white horse hey now look how far I've fallen
- I tried to trick you yeah but baby you got wise
- You cut me cut me right right down to size
- Now I'm just a fool in Gloria's eyes
- Swore I'd get you back I was so sure
- I'd get you back life I done so many times before
- A little sweet talk to cover over all of the lies
- You came runnin' back but to my surprise
- Well there was somethin' gone in Gloria's eyes
- Well in the dark when it was just me and you
- I asked the question that I knew the answer to
- Is that a smile my little dolly on the shelf
- Tell me is that a smile
- Or is it somethin' else ?
- Now I work hard to prove my love is true
- Now I work hard and I bring it on home to you
- At night I pray as silently you lie
- Some day my love again will rise
- Like a shining torch in Gloria's eyes
- I was your big man I was your prince charming
- King on a white horse now look how far I've fallen
- Ol' catfish in the lake we called him Big Jim
- When I was a kid my only wish was to get my line in him
- Skipped church one Sunday rowed out and throw'd in my line
- Jim took that hook pole and me right over the side
- Went driftin' down past old tires and rusty cans of beer
- The angel of the lake whispered in my ear
- "Before you choose your wish son
- You better think first
- With every wish there comes a curse"
- I fell in love with beautiful Doreen
- She was the prettiest thing this old town'd ever seen
- I courted her and I made her mine
- But I grew jealous whenever another man'd
- Come walkin' down the line
- And my jealousy made me treat her hard and cruel
- She sighed "Bobby oh Bobby you're such a fool
- Don't you know before you choose your wish
- You'd better think first
- 'Cause with every wish there comes a curse"
- These days I sit around and laugh
- At the many rivers I've crossed
- But on the far banks there's always another forest
- Where a man can get lost
- Well there in the high trees love's bluebird glides
- Guiding us 'cross to another river on the other side
- And there someone is waitin' with a look in her eyes
- And though my heart's grown weary
- And more than a little bit shy
- Tonight I'll drink from her waters to quench my thirst
- And leave the angels to worry
- With every wish...
- Well I've been a losin' gambler
- Just throwin' snake eyes
- Love ain't got me downhearted
- I know up around the corner lies
- My fool's paradise
- In just another roll of the dice
- All my elevens and sevens been comin' up
- Sixes and nines
- But since I fell for you baby
- Been comin' on changin' times
- They're waitin' over the rise
- Just another roll of the dice
- I've stumbled and I know I made my mistakes
- But tonight I'm gonna be playin' for all of the stakes
- Well it's never too late so come on girl
- The tables are waiting
- You and me and lady luck well tonight
- We'll be celebrating
- Drinkin' champagne on ice
- In just another roll of the dice
- High-rollers lay down your bets and I'll raise 'em
- Well I know the odds ain't in my favor
- Maybe I'm just a clown throwin' down
- Lookin' to come up busted
- I'm a thief in the house of love
- And I can't be trusted
- Well I'll be makin' my heist
- In just another roll of the dice
- Just another roll of the dice
- Move on up
- Come on seven
- Roll me baby
- In this fool's heaven
- Mister trouble come walkin' this way
- Year gone past feels like one long day
- But I'm alive and I'm feelin' all right
- Well I run that hard road outta hearbreak city
- Built a roadside carnival out of hurt and self-pity
- It was all wrong well now I'm movin' on
- Ain't no chuch bells ringing
- Ain't no flags unfurled
- Just me and you and the love we're bringing
- Into the real world
- Into the real world
- I built a shrine in my heart it wasn't pretty to see
- Made out of fool's gold memory and tears cried
- Now I'm headin' over the rise
- I'm searchin' for one clear moment of love and truth
- I still got a little faith
- But what I need is some proof tonight
- I'm lookin' for it in your eyes
- Ain't no chuch bells ringing
- Ain't no flags unfurled
- Just me and you and the faith we're bringing
- Into the real world
- Into the real world
- Well tonight I just wanna shout
- I feel my soul waist deep and sinkin'
- Into this black river of doubt
- I just wanna rise and walk along the riverside
- And when the morning comes baby I don't wanna hide
- I'll stand right at your side with my arms open wide
- Well tonight I just wanna shout
- I feel my soul waist deep and sinkin'
- Into this black river of doubt
- I just wanna rise and walk along the riverside
- 'Til the morning comes
- I'll stand right by your side
- I wanna find some answers I wanna ask for some help
- I'm tired or runnin' scared
- Baby let's get our bags packed
- We'll take it here to hell and heaven and back
- And if love is hopeless hopeless at best
- Come on put on your party dress it's ours tonight
- And we're goin' with the tumblin' dice
- Ain't no chuch bells ringing
- Ain't no flags unfurled
- Oh just me you and the hope we're bringing
- Into the real world
- Well into the real world
- Oh into the real world
- Well you can go out with him
- Play with all of his toys
- But takin' care of you darlin'
- Ain't for one of the boys
- Oh there's somethin' in your soul
- That he's gonna rob
- And lovin' you baby lovin' you darlin'
- Lovin' you woman is a man's man's job
- Lovin' you's a man's job baby
- Lovin' you's a man's job
- Lovin' you's a man's job baby
- Lovin' you's a man's job
- Well now his kisses may thrill
- Those other girls that he likes
- But when it comes to treatin'
- A real woman right
- Well all of his tricks
- No they won't be enough
- 'Cause lovin' you baby lovin' you woman
- Lovin' you darlin' is a man's man's job
- Lovin' you's a man's job baby
- Lovin' you's a man's job
- Lovin' you's a man's job baby
- Lovin' you's a man's job
- You're dancin' with him he's holding you tight
- I'm standing here waitin' to catch your eye
- Your hand's on his neck as the music sways
- All my illusions slip away
- Now if you're lookin' for a hero
- Someone to save the day
- Well darlin' my feet
- They're made of clay
- But I've got somethin' in my soul
- And I wanna give it up
- But gettin' up the nerve
- Gettin' up the nerve
- Gettin' up the nerve is a man's man's job
- Lovin' you's a man's job baby
- Lovin' you's a man's job
- Lovin' you's a man's job woman
- Lovin' you's a man's job
- I love to see the cottonwood blossom
- In the early spring
- I love to see the message of love
- That the bluebird brings
- But when I see you walkin' with him
- Down along the strand
- I wish I were blind
- When I see you with your man
- I love to see your hair shining
- In the long summer's light
- I love to watch the stars fill the sky
- On a summer night
- The music plays you take his hand
- I watch how you touch him as you start to dance
- And I wish I were blind
- When I see you with your man
- We struggle here but all our love's in vain
- Oh these eyes that once filled me with your beauty
- Now fill me with pain
- And the light that once entered here
- Is banished from me
- And this darkness is all baby that my heart sees
- And though this world is filled
- With the grace and beauty of God's hand
- Oh I wish I were blind
- When I see you with your man
- My soul went walkin' but I stayed here
- Feel like I been workin' for a thousand years
- Chippin' away at this chain of my own lies
- Climbin' a wall a hundred miles high
- Well I woke up this morning on the other side
- Yeah yeah this is the long goodbye
- Hey yeah this is the long goodbye
- Same old faces it's the same old town
- What once was laughs is draggin' me now
- Waitin' on rain hangin' on for love
- Words of forgiveness from some God above
- Ain't no words of mercy comin' from on high
- Oh no just a long goodbye
- Yeah yeah just one long goodbye
- Well I went to leave twenty years ago
- Since then I guess I been packin' kinda slow
- Sure did like that admirin' touch
- Guess I liked it a little too much
- The moon is high and here I am
- Sittin' here with this hammer in hand
- One more drink oughta ease the pain
- Starin' at that last link in the chain
- Well let's raise our glass and let the hammer fly
- Hey yeah this is the long goodbye
- Hey yeah this is the long goodbye
- Kiss me baby and we're gonna fly
- Hey yeah this is the long goodbye
- Yeah yeah this is the long goodbye
- Hey yeah this is the long goodbye
- Kiss me baby 'cause we're gonna ride
- Yeah yeah this is the long goodbye
- Took my baby to a picture show
- Found a seat in the back row
- Sound came up lights went down
- Rambo he was blowin' 'em down
- I don't need no gun in my fist baby
- All I need is your sweet kiss
- To get me feelin' like a real man
- Feelin' like a real man
- Well you can beat on your chest
- Hell any monkey can
- But you got me feelin' like a real man
- Oh feelin' like a real man
- Me and my girl Saturday night
- Late movie on channel five
- The girls were droppin' they're droppin' like flies
- To some smooth talkin' cool walkin' private eye
- I ain't got no nerves of steel
- But all I got to know is if your love is real
- To get me feelin' like a real man
- Oh feelin' like a real man
- Well you can beat on your chest
- Hell any monkey can
- Your love's got me feelin' like a real man
- Oh feelin' like a real man
- I ain't no fighter that's easy to see
- And as a lover I ain't goin' down in history
- But when the lights go down and you pull me close
- Well I look in your eyes and there's one thing I know
- Baby I'll be tough enough
- If I can find the guts to give you all my love
- Then I'll be feelin' like a real man
- Feelin' like a real man
- Well you can beat on your chest
- Hell any monkey can
- You got me feelin' like a real man
- Oh feelin' like a real man
- Yeah I been felin' like a real man
- Feelin' like a real man
- Pony boy pony boy
- Won't you be my pony boy
- Giddy-up giddy-up giddy-up whoa
- My pony boy
- Ride with me ride with me
- Won't you take a ride with me
- Underneath the starry sky
- My pony boy
- O'er the hills and through the trees
- We'll go ridin' you and me
- Giddy-up giddy-up giddy-away
- My pony boy
- Down into the valley deep
- 'Neath the eaves we will sleep
- Sky of dreams up above
- My pony boy
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