MAN AT THE TOP

Live 05 Aug 1985 version



[Spoken intro:] Yeah! Thanks. (Humming a line:) "Here comes a lawyer". Well, this is uh... (Humming a few more lines:) "Here comes a car hop, ain't ever gonna stop, ???". Yeah, I'm just thinking about what I'm gonna do. (chuckles) This is a song that I guess uh... fits both in Atlantic City or Washington. This is called "Man At The Top". Little bit acoustic, Andy.

Well, here comes a lawyer, here comes a cop
Here comes a wrench, here comes a car hop
Been going on forever and it ain't ever gonna stop
Everybody wants to be the man at the top

Everybody wants to be the man at the top
Everybody wants to be the man at the top now
Aim your gun, son, shoot your shot
Everybody wants to be the man at the top

Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief
Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief
One thing in common they all got
Everybody wants to be the man at the top

Everybody wants to be the man at the top
Everybody wants to be the man at the top now
Aim your gun, son, shoot your shot
Everybody wants to be the man at the top

Yeah (oh oh alright)
Alright now (oh oh oh yeah)
Oh yeah yeah (oh oh alright)
Alright now (oh oh oh yeah)

Well the man at the top says it's lonely up there
If it is, man, I don't care
From the big white house to the parking lot
Everybody wants to be the man at the top

Here comes a banker, here comes a businessman
Here comes a kid with a guitar in his hand
Dreaming of his record in the number one spot
Everybody wants to be the man at the top, yeah

Everybody wants to be the man at the top
Everybody wants to be the man at the top now
Aim your gun, son, shoot your shot
Everybody wants to be the man at the top

Alright now (oh oh alright)
Oh yeah now (oh oh oh yeah)
Who's the man at the top (oh oh alright)
And I wanna know now (oh oh oh yeah)
Who's the man at the top now (oh oh alright)
Yeah I just wanna know now (oh oh oh yeah)
Who's the man at the top (oh oh alright)
Yeah I just wanna know (oh oh oh yeah)

Who's the man


Info

The above lyrics are for the live 05 Aug 1985 performance of MAN AT THE TOP at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC, during the Born In The U.S.A. Tour. Bruce Springsteen played the song in a slowed down acoustic guitar arrangement, accompanied only by backing vocals.

Ticket stub for the 05 Aug 1985 show at RFK Stadium, Washington, DC
Ticket stub for the 05 Aug 1985 show at RFK Stadium, Washington, DC

A professionally shot video of this live 05 Aug 1985 performance of MAN AT THE TOP circulates among fans.


Credits

Thanks Pete Russell (Peteadmin at Brucebase) for the help.

Available Versions

List of available versions of MAN AT THE TOP on this website:

MAN AT THE TOP [Official studio version]
MAN AT THE TOP [Live 12 Jul 1984 version]
MAN AT THE TOP [Live 05 Aug 1985 version]
MAN AT THE TOP [Live 28 Jul 2013 version]
MAN AT THE TOP [Nils Lofgren's cover version]

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