ACTION IN THE STREETS

Live 22 Feb 1977 version

Are you loose!
Are you alive!
Are you out there!
Are you loose!
Are you alive!
Are you alive!
Are you alive!
Are you alive!
One, two, three, four!

Don't move, listen now to what I'm saying
Hey you, you better get up if you plan to be staying
And get loose, live for what the band is playing
Whoa whoa, whoa whoa, whoa whoa
Tonight, there's action in the street all night
We're bopping to the big beat, go
Just get up on your feet ???

Yeah that's cool, ??? dancing ??? just my speed
And hey cool, if action is the thing you need
Well don't fool, I'm satisfaction guaranteed
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah
Tonight, there's action in the street all night
We're bopping to the big beat, go
???

Miami Horns!

Well hey man, don't let the little girls sigh
Understand, and just move your body side to side
Raise your hand, shout until you're satisfied
Whoa whoa, whoa whoa, whoa whoa
Tonight, there's action in the street all night
We're bopping to the big beat, go
Get up on your feet, now go

Woah!

Are you alive!

Info

The above lyrics are for the live 22 Feb 1977 performance of ACTION IN THE STREETS at Milwaukee Auditorium in Milwaukee, WI, during what is known as The Lawsuit Tour.

Despite the marvelous reception received by both Born To Run and the tour which followed, the relationship between Bruce Springsteen and his now former manager and producer Mike Appel was deteriorating. In July 1976 the storm broke; Mike Appel wrote to Springsteen saying that he would not allow Jon Landau (Springsteen's friend and co-producer of Born To Run) to produce the next album, citing a particular paragraph from their original agreement. Springsteen replied on 27 Jul 1976 by firing manager Mike Appel and suing him and his management company Laurel Canyon Ltd. in Federal Court in Manhattan, claiming fraud, breach of trust, and undue influence. Appel counter-sued on 29 Jul 1976 in New York State Supreme Court, asking the court to prohibit Springsteen and Jon Landau from working together in studio. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band were slated to enter the studio that year for the recording of a new album, except that on 15 Sep 1976 the judge in the lawsuits case ruled that Springsteen was enjoined from any further recording with Columbia Records until Appel's suit was resolved. This would drag for about a year. Meanwhile, Springsteen continued gigging, and in the process broke his self-imposed rule of not playing the larger arenas. This was basically because he was not able to put a record out, and it was the only way his fans would be able to hear him at all. The tour became known as "The Lawsuit Tour" (62 know dates, August 1976 to March 1977).

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