Band rehearsal version
Last night I went to the ???
I bought my ticket and I found my seat
It was a ???
Lights went down as I felt the heat
They went down from the final scene
Burning rubber, pouring gasoline
As the credits rolled away
They were still chasing the man who got away
Every night for weeks and weeks now
I beat the headaches, I beat the heat now
For two hours I can see now
The man who got away was me
My heart beats for finer things
Beautiful women ???
??? night and day
Just waiting for the man who gets away
Woah!
??? Stockton, radio went dead
That's when I heard what newsman said
Said, "armed robbery on the ???
Two men involved and one man shot, shot
While his accomplice made the payday
With a 45 he blew the cashier away way
He was shot and killed ???
In a high speed chase on the highway"
He went down in the final scene
In a hail of bullets and flaming gasoline
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Well I got to stop somewhere ??? my seat
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??? it made my day
??? the man that got away
Whoa!
The above lyrics are for a band rehearsal workout of THE MAN WHO GOT AWAY recorded on 30 Mar 1979 at Springsteen's Telegraph Hill Road property in Holmdel, NJ, nicknamed "Telegraph Hill Studios". This wasn't a true studio; it was a converted barn that Springsteen and the band used to practice songs around the time The River was being cut in studio. Working out arrangements cuts down pricey hours at The Power Station where the album was recorded.
A significant amount of The River sessions audio that has surfaced unofficially comes from these Telegraph Hill sessions. Unfortunately the audio quality leaves much to be desired. It sounds as if a single boom recording mike was used and Springsteen's vocals are buried under the instruments on virtually all these recordings.
This band rehearsal take of THE MAN WHO GOT AWAY can be found on The Lost Masters Vol. 4 (Labour Of Love) [track 11] bootleg.
Some of the above info about the Telegraph Hill sessions is taken from Brucebase.
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List of available versions of THE MAN WHO GOT AWAY on this website:
THE MAN WHO GOT AWAY [Official studio version]