SOMETHING YOU GOT

Live 09 Mar 1974 version

Well it's something that you got babe
Make me work all day -- now don't comment!
Hey, something that you got little girl
Makes me bring all my pay
Something you got little baby
What it is I don't know, no I don't know
But I said a ha ha, I said a ho ho
I love her so

??? something that you got girl
Makes your man work like a dog
Something you got little babe
Make me coming home sweating dirty like a hog
Yeah something you got little girl
What it is I don't know, no I don't know
But I said a ha-ha ha, and a ho-ho ho
I love her so
Ah make ??? on the accordion!

[Accordion instrumental]

Saxophone!

[Saxophone instrumental]

Now here we go!
It's something that you got babe
Something that you got, make me work all day
Something that you got, it's something you got little girl
Something that you got, make me bring home all my pay
Something that you got
It's something that you got little baby
What it is I don't know, no I don't know
But I said a ha ha, and a ho ho
I love it so

One more time
It's something that you got girl
Something that you got, it's something that you got
Something that you got, it's something you got little girl
Something that you got
Well it's something that you got, something that you got
It's something you got little baby
What it is I don't know, no I don't know
But I said a ha ha, I said a ho ho
I said a ha-ha ha, I said a ho-ho ho
I said a ha ha, I said a ho ho
I just love it so
Alright


Page last updated: 08 Jan 2012

Intro

SOMETHING YOU GOT is a song written and originally released by Chris Kenner in 1961. See the original Chris Kenner version for more details.

The above lyrics are for Bruce Springsteen's livve 09 Mar 1974 radio performance of SOMETHING YOU GOT as broadcast on Houston's KLOL-FM.

Live History

The first known Springsteen live performance of SOMETHING YOU GOT was on 26 Feb 1972 at The Back Door in Richmond, VA. This was the 8th of 9 shows that The Bruce Springsteen Band played at the club in February 1972. Very little is known about the 1972 shows, and therefore, the song must've been played on some more dates.

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SOMETHING YOU GOT is known to have been performed at least once during the Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. Tour. Very little is known about the 1972 and 1973 shows, and therefore, the song must've been played on some more dates.

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SOMETHING YOU GOT is known to have been performed at least twice during The Wild, The Innocent, & The E Street Shuffle Tour. Some of that period's setlists are incomplete or unknown, and therefore, the song must have been played on some more dates.

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1974, Bruce Springsteen performed SOMETHING YOU GOT on one radio performance.

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The 09 Mar 1974 KLOL Radio Performance

Bruce Springsteen's 09 Mar 1974 radio performance was broadcast live on Houston's KLOL-FM. The show took place on the afternoon of 09 Mar 1974 at the radio station in Houston, TX. This was lengthiest of all Springsteen radio station performances.

Springsteen performed eight songs on this radio show:

The complete performance was recorded off the airwaves and has since circulated among fans.

Available Versions

List of available versions of SOMETHING YOU GOT on this website: