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CODE OF SILENCE^©

Live 04 Dec 2002 version


Bruce Springsteen (spoken):		This is a song Joe and I wrote a few years back...

Joe Grushecky:		There's a code of silence, we don't dare speak
		There's a wall between us and a river deep
Bruce Springsteen:		We keep pretending that there's nothing wrong
		Oh, there's a code of silence and it can't go on

Joe Grushecky:		Ah, the truth so elusive, so elusive you see
		That it ain't enough baby, to bridge the distance they put between you and me
Bruce Springsteen:		There's a list of grievance 100 miles long
		There's a code of silence and it can't go on

Joe Grushecky:		Well I go to say I'm sorry
		But you act like it's all been said
		Now 'neath the house I started working
		What's going on inside your head
		Well I need to know now darlin'
		Need to know what's going on
		Well come on, come on, come on, come on
		Come on, come on, come on

Bruce Springsteen:		I go to say I'm sorry
		But you act like it's all been said
		Now 'neath the house I started working
		What's going on inside your head
		Well I need to know now darlin'
		Yeah, that's right, I know what's wrong
Both:		Well come on, come on, come on, come on
		Come on, come on, come on, come on
		Come on, come on, come on, come on
		Come on, come on, come on

Both:		There's a code of silence that we don't dare speak
		There's a wall between us and the river's deep
		We keep pretending there's nothing wrong
		There's a code of silence
		And it can't go on
Bruce Springsteen:		Can't go on
Joe Grushecky:		Well it can't go on
Bruce Springsteen:		Can't go on

Both:		Can't go on (oh yeah)
		And it can't go on
		And it can't go on (can't go on, can't go on)
		There's a code (can't go on, can't go on, can't go on)
		Can't go on (can't go on, can't go, can't go on)
		Can't go on, can't so on
		Sing!
		Aha, aha
		Aha, aha
		Aha, aha
		Aha, aha

Page last updated: 15 Mar 2009

The above lyrics are for the live 04 Dec 2002 performance at Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, during The Rising Tour. Springsteen performed the song with co-writer Joe Grushecky. That was the first time Springsteen and Grushecky have played CODE OF SILENCE live together, which is notable considering they wrote it together.

In this version, the "Well you walk with your eyes open..." verse is omitted and replaced by the "Well I go to say I'm sorry..." verse which is unique to this version only.

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Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake from BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics.

CODE OF SILENCE©

Live 04 Dec 2002 version

Page last updated: 15 Mar 2009

CODE OF SILENCE^©