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THE PROMISE©
Live 03 Aug 1976 version
Johnny works in a factory, oh and Billy works downtown
Terry works in a rock and roll band searching for that million dollar sound
And me I don't do nothing much, I spend a lot of time alone
Some nights I go to the movies and some nights I stay home
I followed that dream just like those guys do way up on the screen
Drove a cut down Challenger on Saturday night through the dead ends and all the bad scenes
But when the promise was broken, I cashed in a few of those dreams
Whoaaa
Well now I built that Challenger by myself, but I needed money and so I sold it
I lived a secret I should've kept to myself, but I got drunk one night and I told it
And once I had a girl who loved me so, I guess I'd loved her too if I had the sense
But somehow I can never let myself go, my love is no good in the end
'Cause it's a loser, I'm gonna sit by this window 'til things work out all right
It's a loser, there's somethin' burning down on the highway tonight
Well now I won big once and I hit the coast, but I paid a big cost
Inside I felt like I was carrying the broken spirits of all the other ones who'd lost
When the promise was broken I went on living, but man it takes something from down in your soul
When the truth is spoken and it don't make no difference, something in your heart turns cold
Because I followed that dream through the dusty towns and all the two-bit bars
And when the promise was broken, I was drunk and far away from home sleeping with a stranger in the backseat of a borrowed car
For it's a loser, here's one for the lost lovers and all the fixed games
It's a loser, here's one for the tires rushing by in the rain
It's a loser, and the way me and Billy we'd always say
It's a loser, we was gonna take it all and throw it all away
Page last updated: 05 Aug 2008
The above lyrics are for the 03 Aug 1976 performance at Monmouth Arts Center, Red Bank, NJ, during the part of the Born To Run Tour known as the "Lawsuit Tour". This is the live premiere of THE PROMISE. This version features some different lyrics to later versions – not least the chorus is "It's a loser" rather than "Thunder Road".
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