DOES THIS BUS STOP AT 82ND STREET

Live 04 Oct 2008 version

Hey bus driver, keep the change, bless your children, give them names
Don't trust men who walk with canes
Drink this and you'll grow wings on your feet
Broadway Mary, Joan Fontaine, advertiser on a downtown train
Christmas crier bustin' cane, he's in love again

Dock worker's dreams mix with panther schemes to someday own the rodeo
Tainted women in VistaVision perform for out-of-state kids at the late show

Wizard imps and sweat sock pimps, interstellar mongrel nymphs
Rex said that lady left him limp
Mm, love's like that
Queen of Diamonds, Ace of Spades, newly discovered lovers of the Everglades
Take out a full page ad in the trades to announce their arrival

And Mary Lou found out how to cope, she rides to heaven on a gyroscope
Daily News asked her for the dope
She said, "Man, the dope's that there's still hope"

Senorita, Spanish rose, wipes her eyes and blows her nose
Uptown in Harlem she throws a rose to some lucky young matador

Page last updated: 03 Oct 2010

Info

The above lyrics are for the live 04 Oct 2008 performance of DOES THIS BUS STOP AT 82ND STREET at Ben Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, PA, during the first of the four Vote For Change events on which Bruce Springsteen appeared. The song was played solo on acoustic guitar and harmonica.

Promotional poster for the 04 Oct 2010 election rally at Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA

In 2008, Bruce Springsteen appeared on four election rallies for U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama. These election rallies were billed as "Vote For Change". Accompanied only by his acoustic guitar and harmonica, Springsteen performed six to eight songs on each of the four rallies.

Available Versions

List of available versions of DOES THIS BUS STOP AT 82ND STREET on this website:

• Album version
• 03 May 1972 demo version
• Live 09 Jan 1973 version
• Live 31 Jan 1973 (early show) version
• Live 31 May 1973 version
• Live 09 Mar 1974 version
• Live 09 Apr 1974 version
• Live 09 May 1974 version
• Live 29 Oct 1974 version
• Live 31 Dec 1975 version
• Live 23 Mar 1993 version
• Live 24 Jun 1993 version
• Live 08 Dec 1995 version
• Live 26 Sep 1996 version
• Live 24 Sep 1999 version
• Live 18 Aug 2001 version
• Live 30 Jul 2002 (morning) version
• Live 19 Feb 2003 version
• Live 07 Mar 2003 version
• Live 24 May 2003 version
• Live 19 Dec 2004 (early show) version
• Live 18 Jul 2005 version
• Live 16 Nov 2005 version
• Live 12 Nov 2006 version
• Live 23 Apr 2008 version
• Live 04 Oct 2008 version
• Live 22 Nov 2009 version

Credits

Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake).