HARRY'S PLACE

Downtown hipsters drinkin' up the drug line
Down in the kitchen workin' in the coal mine
Got a special sin, mister, you can't quite confess
Messy little problem
Maybe baby needs a new dress
Razor-back diamond shines a little too hard
Need a hammer help you handle
A little trouble in your backyard
Bring it on down to Harry's Place

Page last updated: 01 Oct 2006

Unreleased outtake from The Rising sessions. Springsteen wrote this song in 2001, and recorded it with the E Street Band in early 2002 during The Rising Sessions at Southern Tracks Studio, Atlanta, GA. This song deosn't share any music or lyrics with MARY'S PLACE. The two songs merely happen to share the same word in the title.

Springsteen confirmed in a 31 Jul 2002 TV interview with journalist Ted Koppel that 17 songs were recorded in Atlanta and that HARRY'S PLACE was one of the two songs that didn't make the final 15-song lineup for The Rising album. Bruce felt this rocker about a fictitious local kingpin didn't blend in well with the rest of the LP's material. During that TV interview, upon request of Koppel, Springsteen actually recited the entire first verse of this song's lyrics.

Most of the above info taken from Brucebase. Thanks Smilin'SkullRing from Greasy Lake for the lyrics.