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IDIOT'S DELIGHT 
Live 12 Oct 2005 version
Well I met up with St. Peter, he was working at the pearly gates
He said I can't let you in right now, boy, you have to wait
Sit back and take it easy, and kick off both your shoes
And grab yourself a beer right now while I watch the evening news
Yeah the jackals leave here laughing as they slip into the night
How did something so beautiful turn into an idiot's delight
He said what makes them all so stupid, oh, what I cannot tell
Maybe I should go down there now and show them just a little hell
But would they get the message, would anybody learn
That such a might effort for such a small return
Well the jackals leave here laughing as they slip into the night
How did something so beautiful turn into an idiot's delight
He said sometimes I get so angry, my blood begins to boil
I must of put my seed into some kind of mutant soil
They don't understand a thing, they ain't got no respect
But they sure do keep me laughing, so what the heck
Well the jackals leave here laughing as they slip into the night
How did something so beautiful turn into an idiot's delight
The jackals leave here laughing as they slip into the night
How did something so beautiful turn into an idiot's delight, delight, delight, delight
Page last updated: 20 Oct 2011
Info
IDIOT'S DELIGHT is a song co-written by Joe Grushecky and Bruce Springsteen in
July 1995, with Springsteen providing most of the music and Grushecky most of the lyrics. The song
was released by Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers in 1997. See
Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers' studio version
for more details.
The above lyrics are transcribed from Bruce Springsteen's live 12 Oct 2005
performance of IDIOT'S DELIGHT at Northrop Auditorium in Minneapolis, MN, during the Devils
& Dust Solo Acoustic Tour. The song was performed with a bullet microphone.
Ticket stub for the 12 Oct 2005 show at Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN
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Live History
IDIOT'S DELIGHT was performed during the fifth (2004) annual Light Of Day
benefit. The song was played with Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers.
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IDIOT'S DELIGHT was performed 10 times during the Devils & Dust Solo
Acoustic Tour, all in October 2005. The song was played with a bullet microphone.
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Springsteen performed IDIOT'S DELIGHT once during The Reunion Tour, on
25 Apr 2000 at Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, PA, with Joe Grushecky who joined Bruce Springsteen and
the E Street Band onstage for the song.
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Springsteen performed IDIOT'S DELIGHT once more on 02 Mar 1998 at Nick's Fat
City in Pittsburgh, PA, again with Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers.
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- 02 Mar 1998 at Nick's Fat City, Pittsburgh, PA (with Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers)
Available Versions
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