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Magic
by Bruce Springsteen
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Overall Rating:
2.9520
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3.0400
Magic Lyrics
Lyrics
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Track
Title
- I was tryin' to find my way home
- But all I heard was a drone
- Bouncing off a satellite
- Crushin' the last lone American night
- This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?
- This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?
- I was spinnin' 'round a dead dial
- Just another lost number in a file
- Dancin' down a dark hole
- Just searchin' for a world with some soul
- This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?
- This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?
- Is there anybody alive out there?
- I just want to hear some rhythm
- I just want to hear some rhythm
- I just want to hear some rhythm
- I just want to hear some rhythm
- I want a thousand guitars
- I want pounding drums
- I want a million different voices speaking in tongues
- This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?
- This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?
- Is there anybody alive out there?
- [Instrumental]
- I was driving through the misty rain
- Yeah searchin' for a mystery train
- Boppin' through the wild blue
- Tryin' to make a connection with you
- This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?
- This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?
- Is there anybody alive out there?
- I just want to feel some rhythm
- I just want to feel some rhythm
- I just want to feel your rhythm
- I just want to feel your rhythm
- I just want to feel your rhythm
- I just want to feel your rhythm
- I just want to feel your rhythm
- I just want to feel your rhythm
- White roses and misty blue eyes
- Red mornings and nothing but grey skies
- A cup of coffee, your heart shot clean through
- Jacket you bought me gone daisy grey-blue
- You're smilin' now but you'll find out
- They'll use you up and spit you out now
- Your head's spinnin' in diamonds and clouds
- But pretty soon it turns out
- You'll be comin' down now baby
- You'll be comin' down
- What goes around it comes around and
- You'll be comin' down
- Easy street and quick buck and true lies
- Smile's as sad as those dusky blue skies
- A silver plate of pearls my golden child
- It's all yours at least for a little while
- You'll be fine long as your pretty face holds out
- Then it's gonna get pretty cold out
- Endless streams of stars shootin' by
- You got your hopes on high
- You'll be comin' down now baby
- You'll be comin' down
- What goes around it comes around and
- You'll be comin' down
- For a while you'll go sparkling by
- Just another pretty thing on high
- [Sax solo]
- Like a thief on a Sunday morning
- It all falls apart with no warning
- Satin sky's gone candy-apple green
- The crushed metal of your little fine machine
- You'll be comin' down now baby
- You'll be comin' down
- What goes around it comes around and
- You'll be comin' down
- You'll be comin' down now baby
- You'll be comin' down
- What goes around it comes around and
- You'll be comin' down
- A letter come blowin' in
- On an ill wind
- Somethin' 'bout me and you
- Never seein' one another again
- And what I knew had come
- Stars struck deaf and dumb
- Like when we kissed
- That taste of blood on your tongue
- Don't worry, darlin'
- No baby, don't you fret
- We're livin' in the future
- And none of this has happened yet
- Don't worry, darlin'
- No baby, don't you fret
- We're livin' in the future
- And none of this has happened yet
- Woke up election day
- Sky's gunpowder and shades of grey
- Beneath the dirty sun
- I whistle my time away
- Then just about sun down
- You come walkin' through town
- Your boot heels clickin' like
- The barrel of a pistol spinnin' round
- Don't worry, darlin'
- No baby, don't you fret
- We're livin' in the future
- And none of this has happened yet
- Don't worry, darlin'
- No baby, don't you fret
- We're livin' in the future
- And none of this has happened yet
- The earth it gave away
- The sea rose towards the sun
- I opened up my heart to you
- It got all damaged and undone
- My ship Liberty sailed away
- On a bloody red horizon
- The groundskeeper opened the gates
- And let the wild dogs run
- [Instrumental]
- Alone I limp through town
- A lost cowboy at sundown
- Got my monkey on a leash
- Got my ear tuned to the ground
- My faith's been torn asunder
- Tell me is that rollin' thunder
- Or just the sinkin' sound
- Of somethin' righteous goin' under
- Don't worry, darlin'
- No baby, don't you fret
- We're livin' in the future
- And none of this has happened yet
- Don't worry, darlin'
- No baby, don't you fret
- We're livin' in the future
- And none of this has happened yet
- None of this has happened yet
- None of this has happened yet
- None of this has happened yet
- None of this has happened yet
- [Instrumental]
- Na na na na, na na na na-na
- Na na na na, na na na na-na
- Na na na na, na na na na-na
- Na na na na, na na na na-na
- Na na na na, na na na na-na
- Na na na na, na na na na-na
- Na na na na, na na na na-na
- [fades]
- You can't sleep at night
- You can't dream your dream
- Your fingerprints on file
- Left clumsily at the scene
- Your own worst enemy has come to town
- Your own worst enemy has come to town
- Yesterday the people were at ease
- Baby you slept in peace
- You closed your eyes and saw her
- You knew who you were
- And your own worst enemy has come to town
- Your own worst enemy has come
- Your world keeps turning round and round
- But everything is upside down
- Your own worst enemy has come to town
- There's a face you know
- Staring back from the shop window
- The condition you're in
- Now you just can't get out of this skin
- Ah ah ah
- Ah ah ah
- Ah ah ah
- Hooo...
- The times they got too clear
- So you removed all the mirrors
- Once the family felt secure
- Now no one's very sure
- Your own worst enemy has come to town
- Your own worst enemy's come
- Everything is falling down
- Your own worst enemy has come to town
- Your own worst enemy has come
- Everything is falling down
- Your own worst enemy has come to town
- Your flag it flew so high
- It drifted into the sky
- The speculators made their money on the blood you shed
- Your momma's pulled the sheets up off your bed
- Profiteers on Jhames Street sold your shoes and clothes
- Ain't nobody talkin' because everybody knows
- We pulled your cycle up back the garage and polished up the chrome*
- Our gypsy biker coming home
- Sister Mary sits with your colors, but Johnny's drunk and gone
- This old town's been rousted, which side you on?
- They would march up over the hill, this old fools parade
- Shouting victory for the righteous for you must hear the grace
- Ain't nobody talkin', but just waiting on the phone
- Gypsy biker coming home
- Whoa!
- [Guitar solo]
- We rode into the foothills, Bobby brought the gasoline
- We stood around the circle as she lit up the ravine
- The spring hot desert wind rushed down on us all the way back home
- [Harmonica bridge]
- To the dead, well it don't matter much 'bout who's wrong or right
- You asked me that question, I didn't get it right
- You slipped into your darkness, now all that remains
- Is my love for you brother, life's still unchanged
- To him that threw you away, you ain't nothing but gone
- My gypsy biker's coming home
- And now I'm out countin' white lines
- Countin' white lines and getting stoned
- My gypsy biker's coming home
- Whoa!
- [Guitar solo]
- La la la la
- La la la la
- La la la la
- La la la la
- La la la la
- La la la la
- La la la la
- La la la la
- [fades]
- Well the street lights shine
- Down on Blessing Avenue
- Lovers they walk by
- Holdin' hands two by two
- A breeze crosses the porch
- Bicycle spokes spin 'round
- Jacket's on, I'm out the door
- Tonight I'm gonna burn this town down
- And the girls in their summer clothes
- In the cool of the evening light
- The girls in their summer clothes
- Pass me by
- Kid's rubber ball smacks
- Off the gutter 'neath the lamp light
- Big bank clock chimes
- Off go the sleepy front porch lights
- Downtown the store's alive
- As the evening's underway
- Things been a little tight
- But I know they're gonna turn my way
- And the girls in their summer clothes
- In the cool of the evening light
- The girls in their summer clothes
- Pass me by
- Frankie's Diner's
- Over on the edge of town
- Neon sign spinnin' round
- Like a cross over the lost and found
- Fluorescent lights
- Flicker above Bob's Grill
- Shaniqua brings a coffee and asks "fill?"
- And says "penny for your thoughts now my poor Bill"
- She went away
- She cut me like a knife
- Had a beautiful thing
- Maybe you just saved my life
- In just a glance
- Down here on Magic Street
- Love's a fool's dance
- I ain't got much sense but I still got my feet
- And the girls in their summer clothes
- In the cool of the evening light
- The girls in their summer clothes
- Pass me by
- And the girls in their summer clothes
- In the cool of the evening light
- The girls in their summer clothes
- Pass me by
- La la la la, la la la la la la la
- La la la la, la la la la la la la
- La la la la, la la la la la la la
- La la la la, la la la la la la la
- [fades]
- Pour me a drink Theresa in one of those glasses you dust off
- And I'll watch the bones in your back like the stations of the cross
- 'Round your hair the sun lifts a halo, at your lips a crown of thorns
- Whatever the deal's going down, to this one I'm sworn
- I'll work for your love dear
- I'll work for your love
- What others may want for free
- I'll work for your love
- The dust of civilizations and love's sweet remains
- Slip off of your fingers and come drifting down like rain
- The pages of Revelation lie open in your empty eyes of blue
- I watch you slip that comb through your hair and this I promise you
- I'll work for your love dear
- I'll work for your love
- What others may want for free
- I'll work for your love
- [Instrumental]
- Well tears they fill the rosary, at your feet my temple of bones
- Here in this perdition we go on and on
- Now I see your pieces crumbled and our book of faith's been tossed
- And I'm just down here searching for my own piece of the cross
- In the late afternoon sun fills the room with a mist in the garden before the fall
- I watch your hands smooth the front of your blouse and seven drops of blood fall
- I'll work for your love dear
- I'll work for your love
- What others may want for free
- I'll work for your love
- What others may want for free
- I'll work for your love
- What others may want for free
- I'll work for your love
- I got a coin in your palm
- I can make it disappear
- I got a card up my sleeve
- Name it and I'll pull it out your ear
- I got a rabbit in the hat
- If you wanna come and see
- This is what will be
- This is what will be
- I got shackles on my wrists
- Soon I'll slip and I'll be gone
- Chain me in a box in the river
- And rising in the sun
- Trust none of what you hear
- And less of what you see
- This is what will be (This is what will be)
- This is what will be
- [Instrumental]
- (I'll cut you in half)
- I got a shiny saw blade (a shiny saw blade)
- All I need's a volunteer
- I'll cut you in half
- While you're smilin' ear to ear
- And the freedom that you sought
- Driftin' like a ghost amongst the trees
- This is what will be
- This is what will be (This is what will be)
- Now there's a fire down below
- But it's coming up here
- So leave everything you know
- Carry only what you fear
- On the road the sun is sinkin' low
- Bodies hanging in the trees
- This is what will be (This is what will be)
- This is what will be
- We took the highway till the road went black
- We marked Truth Or Consequences on our map*
- A voice drifted up from the radio
- We saw the voice from long ago
- Who'll be the last to die for a mistake
- The last to die for a mistake
- Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break
- Who'll be the last to die for a mistake
- The kids asleep in the backseat
- We're just countin' the miles you and me
- We don't measure the blood we've drawn anymore
- We just stack the bodies outside the door
- Who'll be the last to die for a mistake
- The last to die for a mistake
- Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break
- Who'll be the last to die for a mistake
- The wise men were all fools
- What to do
- The sun sets in flames as the city burns
- Another day gone down as the night turns
- And I hold you here in my heart
- As things fall apart
- A downtown window flushed with light
- Faces of the dead at five (faces of the dead at five)
- A martyr's silent eyes
- Petition the drivers as we pass by
- Who'll be the last to die for a mistake
- The last to die for a mistake
- Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break
- Who'll be the last to die
- Who'll be the last to die for a mistake
- The last to die for a mistake
- Darlin' your tyrants and kings form the same fate
- Strung up at your city gates
- And you're the last to die for a mistake
- Last night I stood at your doorstep
- Trying to figure out what went wrong
- You just slipped something into my palm and you were gone
- I could smell the same deep green of summer
- 'Bove me the same night sky was glowin'
- In the distance I could see the town where I was born
- It's gonna be a long walk home
- Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me
- Gonna be a long walk home
- A long walk home
- In town I pass Sal's grocery
- Barber shop on South Street
- I looked in their faces*
- They're all rank strangers to me*
- Well Veteran's Hall high upon the hill
- Stood silent and alone
- The diner was shuttered and boarded
- With a sign that just said "gone"
- It's gonna be a long walk home
- Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me
- Gonna be a long walk home
- Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me
- Gonna be a long walk home
- It's gonna be a long walk home
- [Guitar break]
- [Sax break]
- Here everybody has a neighbor
- Everybody has a friend
- Everybody has a reason to begin again
- My father said "Son, we're lucky in this town,
- It's a beautiful place to be born.
- It just wraps its arms around you,
- Nobody crowds you and nobody goes it alone"
- Means certain things are set in stone.
- Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't"
- It's gonna be a long walk home
- Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me
- Gonna be a long walk home
- Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me
- Gonna be a long walk home
- It's gonna be a long walk home
- It's gonna be a long walk home
- Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me
- Gonna be a long walk home
- Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me
- Gonna be a long walk home
- It's gonna be a long walk home
- It's gonna be a long walk home
- [guitar break]
- [sax break]
- Remember the morning we dug up your gun
- The worms in the barrel, the hanging sun
- Those first nervous evenings of perfume and gin
- The lost smell on your breath as I helped you get it in
- The rush of your lips, the feel of your name
- The beat in your heart, the devil's arcade
- You said "Heroes are needed, so heroes get made"
- Somebody made a bet, somebody paid
- The cool desert morning and nothing to save
- Just metal and plastic where your body caved
- The slow games of poker with Lieutenant Ray
- In the ward with the blue walls, a sea with no name
- Where you lie adrift with the heroes of the devil's arcade
- You sleep and you dream, your buddies Charlie and James
- And wake with a thick desert dust on your skin
- [Instrumental]
- Voice says "don't worry, I'm here
- Just whisper the word tomorrow in my ear"
- House on a quiet street, a home for the brave
- A glorious kingdom with the sun on your face
- Rising from a long night as dark as the grave
- On a thin chain of next moments and something like faith
- On a morning to order a breakfast to make
- A bed draped in sunshine, a body that waits
- For the touch of your fingers, the end of the day
- The beat of your heart, the beat of your heart
- The beat of your heart, the beat of your heart
- The beat of your heart, the beat of her heart
- The beat of your heart, the slow burning away
- Of the bitter fires of the devil's arcade
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