BOBBY JEAN

Well I came by your house the other day
Your mother said you went away
She said there was nothing that I could have done
There was nothing nobody could say
Me and you we've known each other ever since we were sixteen
I wished I would have known
I wished I could have called you
Just to say goodbye Bobby Jean

Now you hung with me when all the others turned away, turned up their nose
We liked the same music, we liked the same bands, we liked the same clothes
We told each other that we were the wildest
The wildest things we'd ever seen
Now I wished you would have told me
I wished I could have talked to you
Just to say goodbye Bobby Jean

Now we went walking in the rain talking about the pain from the world we hid
Now there ain't nobody, nowhere nohow gonna ever understand me the way you did
Maybe you'll be out there on that road somewhere, in some bus or train travelling along, in some motel room there'll be a radio playing and you'll hear me sing this song
Well, if you do, you'll know I'm thinking of you and all the miles in between and
I'm just calling one last time
Not to change your mind, but just to say I miss you baby, good luck, goodbye Bobby Jean

Released on Born In The USA in 1984. Also included on Live 1975-85 and on the Live Collection II single (1987) with JOHNNY 99, WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY, I'M ON FIRE, and BORN TO RUN.

Played quite during every tour since 1984: Born In The USA, Tunnel Of Love, Human Rights Now!, Human Touch, The Ghost Of Tom Joad, Reunion, The Rising, and Devils & Dust tours.