ALL I'M THINKIN' ABOUT^©

Album's version

One, two, three, four

Blind man wavin' by the side of the road
I'm in a flat bed Ford carrying a heavy load
With a sweet thing sippin' on a blueberry wine
On a flat black highway down in Carolina
Black bird slippin' in a sky of blue

All I'm thinkin' about is you, baby
All I'm thinkin' about is you, honey
All I'm thinkin' about is you, baby
All I'm thinkin' about is you
Ain't nothin' in this world I can do about it
All I'm thinkin' about is you

Little boy carryin' a fishin' pole
Little girl pickin' berries straight off of the vine (hooo)
Brown bag filled with a little green toad
We hook 'em through the lip and throw 'em off of the line
Your sweet brown legs got me feeling so blue

And all I'm thinkin' about is you, baby
All I'm thinkin' about is you
All I'm thinkin' about is you, baby
All I'm thinkin' about is you
There ain't nothin' in this world I can do about it
All I'm thinkin' about is you

Black car shinin' on a Sunday morn (hooo)
Mama go to church now, Mama go to church now (hooo)
Friday night daddy's shirt is torn
Daddy's goin' downtown, Daddy's goin' downtown
Ain't no one understand this sweet thing we do

All I'm thinkin' about is you, baby
All I'm thinkin' about is you
All I'm thinkin' about is you, baby
All I'm thinkin' about is you
Ain't nothin' in this world I can do about it
All I'm thinkin' about is you

Woah
Woahhh

Field turned up, the seed is sowed*
Rain comin' in from over 'cross the road
Big black curtain coming 'cross the field
Blind'll see, the lame will be healed
Brown eyed girl, I turned my back on you, now it's lonely

All I'm thinkin' about is you, babe
All I'm thinkin' about is you
And all I'm thinkin' about is you, babe
All I'm thinkin' about is you
Ain't nothin' in this world take away these blues
All I'm thinkin' about is you

All I'm thinkin' about is you, babe
All I'm thinkin' about is you
Baby, all I'm thinkin' about is you
Yeah, all I'm thinkin' about is you
Ain't nothin' in this world I can do about it
All I'm thinkin' about is you

Woahhh
Woahhh
Woahhh

Released in 2005 on Devils & Dust. An acoustic rendition of the song was included on the DVD side of the album. Check out the filmed acoustic performance for more details.

Appeared in 2005 on three 1-track promotional singles, CD format (info and scans from the Lost In The Flood website):

ALL I'M THINKIN' ABOUT Released in Europe; catalogue # COL SAMPCS 14913; slimline jewel case. Released in the US; catalogue # COL CSK 55400; regular jewel case with similar artwork. ALL I'M THINKIN' ABOUT Australian promotional single; no catalogue number. White cardboard sleeve featuring a large sticker which depicts the same artwork as the above European/US promos.

Rehearsed on 09 and 10 Mar 2005 [read below] and on 20 Apr 2005 at the Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJ. Played 28 times during Devils & Dust tour.

The above lyrics refer to the Devils & Dust album's version. Check also the filmed acoustic performance (read spoken intro) and the live 07 Jun 2005 version (very similar).

* Appears in FURTHER ON (UP THE ROAD).

Track credits:
Vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums - Bruce Springsteen
Bass - Brendan O'Brien
Background vocals - Patti Scialfa, Soozie Tyrell, Lisa Lowell

Stan Goldstein wrote about the rehearsals on Wednesday 09 and Thursday 10 Mar 2005 at the Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJ:

[About Wednesday]...Next up was a quick moving song where Bruce sings in a slight falsetto voice. This could be the song, "All I'm Thinkin' About." There's a nice drum beat and pedal steel. It's sort of a rockabilly song with a country-swing beat. There were some "oooh-ooh-oooh" it it and some of the lyrics sounded like "Oh Baby won't you be with me," (I think). Sounds like this will be a fun song.

[About Thursday]...Up next was the other rockabilly song I heard on Wednesday. I'm still not sure which song it is, possibly it's "All I'm Thinking About." There's a harmonica intro into it.