ICEMAN^©

a.k.a. THE ICEMAN

Live 17 May 2005 version

Sleepy town ain't got the guts to budge
Baby, this emptiness has already been judged
I wanna go out tonight, I wanna find out what I got

You're a strange part of me, preacher's girl
I don't want no piece of this mechanical world
My arms open wide, my blood is runnin' hot

We'll take the midnight road right to the devil's door
And even the white angels of Eden with their flamin' swords
Won't be able to stop us from hittin' town in this dirty old Ford

Well it don't take no nerve when you got nothin' to guard
I got tombstones in my eyes and I'm runnin' hard
Baby, you're a lover and the world just blew you away

Once they tried to steal my heart, beat it right outta my head
Baby didn't know I was born dead
I am the iceman, fightin' for the right to live

I say better than the glory roads of heaven, better off ridin'
Hellbound in the dirt, better than the bright lines of the freeway
And the shadows of your daddy's church
Better than the waiting, better off is the search

The above lyrics refer to the live 17 May 2005 version at the Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA. It has some minor lyrics differences from the Tracks version. That live performance was the world live premiere of the song. It was also reported that the song was sound-checked that afternoon. Check the Tracks version for more details.

Spoken intro on 17 May 2005 at the Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA:

Alright, in honor of uh, the fabulous Tower Theatre I'm gonna do something rare. And uh, this is a song I cut for Darkness On The Edge Of Town, but uh, didn't, didn't make on the record and I never played it so I wanna give it a shot. ??? one of the stinkers we left ???. Alright, ???. Alright, ???, alright, the old one. Yeah that's alright. Alright.