THE WIND AND THE RAIN

Live 24 Apr 1970 version


Vini Lopez:		Hey!

Bruce Springsteen:		The wind and rain slashin' at my window pane
		Lightning's flashing, looks like the sky's gone insane
		And it seems like you have lied again
		And now I'm left with the wind and the rain
		Oh, shattered truth, jagged memories of you
		You know it's hard, them dreams that just can't come true
		How long has it been since I've known you
		Now the wind and the rain is my only truth, hey!

Bruce Springsteen:		Summertime, summertime, that was when you were mine
		And now that's left so far behind
		Can't you see what you've done to my mind
		Now the wind and the rain's forever mine
		Yeah yeah yeah the time shorn it up
		Oh the years have made me far too tough
		You know where I start and I go, I got drowned
		Now the wind and the rain is my only love
		I said the wind and the rain is my only love
		You know the wind and the rain is my only love

Springsteen and Lopez:		Wintertime, memories of when you were mine
		Oh let 'em shine, golden moments lost in time
		Now I hear the grandfather chime
		Wind and rain's forever mine

Vini Lopez:		Hey!

Vini Lopez:		Yeah!
		Yeah!
		Yeah!

		[very long instrumental]

Bruce Springsteen:		Now the wind and the rain slashin' at my window pane
		Seems like you have lied again
		By now I guess that it's just the same
		And I am left with the wind and the rain
		Hasn't time shown you enough
		Things have made me far too tough
		But you know where I stood when the going got rough
		The wind and rain is my only love
		The wind and the rain is all I love
		The wind and the rain is all I love
		The wind and the rain is all I love
Vini Lopez:		Oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh-oh
Bruce Springsteen:		The wind and the rain is all I love
Vini Lopez:		Oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh-oh
Bruce Springsteen:		The wind and the rain is all I love
Vini Lopez:		Oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh-oh
		Oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh-oh
		Oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh-oh
		Oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh-oh
		Oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh-oh
Springsteen and Lopez:		Oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh-oh
		Oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh-oh
		Oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh-oh
		Oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh-oh

Vini Lopez:		Oh!
		Yeah!

Vini Lopez:		Yeah!

Page last updated: 19 Aug 2010

Info

The above lyrics are for Steel Mill's live 24 Apr 1970 performance of THE WIND AND THE RAIN at Monmouth College in Long Branch, NJ.

This was a single show, with Steel Mill the sole act on the bill. According to Brucebase, that was a replacement concert for a cancellation of the musical "Hair".

Ticket stub for the 24 Apr 1970 show at Monmouth College, West Long Branch, NJ

A soundboard recording of very good to excellent quality is in circulation. The tape is very deceptive in that drummer Vini Lopez's voice microphone is abnormally dominant in the mix, so much so that it sounds like a co-lead singer (i.e., Robbin Thompson) is interacting with Springsteen throughout the show. However under an extremely close comparison it can be determined that the "co-lead" vocalist is actually drummer and background vocalist Lopez, with his microphone turned way up in the audio mix. Robbin Thompson's voice is definitely not present.

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