LINDA LET ME BE THE ONE

Tracks version

The midnight boys are outside
Scraping tears up off the street
Standin' guard beneath the window
Where only Linda sleeps
The leader is a kid named Eddie
Walkin' like an angel in defeat
He trashes her old man's car, slashes Linda's name in the seat
And calls out

CHORUS:
Linda will you let me be the one
Linda will you let me be the one
Linda will you let me be the one
Linda will you let me be the one

In a room full of contenders
Eddie spars 'till he drops to his bed and surrenders
Draped in the scarves
He stole from Linda's bedroom
The night he layed at her feet
When the midnight boys were stranded
Down on Cason Street

(CHORUS)

In the basement of St. Mary's
Eddie hides from the rain
In with the stolen sisters 'til the streets are dry again
Talkin' fast cars and spare parts
Empty homes and broken hearts
Distant worlds with strange girls
And kneeling with Linda in the dark

(CHORUS)

This is the Tracks version that was recorded at The Record Plant on 28 Jun 1975. Slightly different from the Born To Run outtake.

Coming to light for the first time officially on Tracks, this is yet another love song that treads a similar path to ZERO AND BLIND TERRY, love on the wrong side of the law. Although more implied and less obvious than the aforementioned song, the boys lurk in the shadows, out of sight from society, on the run perhaps? This was the last track left off the album.

Available on:

1. Tracks (disc 1- track 9)