4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) - Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK - November 1975

This is coming to you from, uh, from Asbury Park with love
(One, two, three, four)

Sandy, the fireworks are hailin' over Little Eden tonight
Forcin' a light into all those stoned out faces
Left stranded on this Fourth of July
Down in town the circuit's full with switchblade lovers
So fast, so shiny and sharp
Them wizards play down on Pinball Way
On the boardwalk way past dark
And the boys from the casino dance with their shirts open
Like Latin lovers along the shore
Chasin' all them silly New York girls

Oh, Sandy, the aurora is risin' behind us
The pier lights our carnival life forever
Love me tonight, 'cause I
I may never see you again
Hey, Sandy girl

But now the greasers they tramp the streets
Or get busted for tryin' to sleep on the beach all night
Them boys in their spiked high heels
Ah Sandy, their skins are so white
And me, I just got tired of hangin' in them dusty arcades
And bangin' them pleasure machines
Chasin' the factory girls underneath the boardwalk
Where they all promise to unsnap their jeans
You know that tilt-a-whirl way down on the south beach drag?
I got on it last night and my shirt got caught
And Joey kept me spinnin'
Didn't think I'd ever get off

Oh, Sandy, the aurora is risin' behind us
The pier lights our carnival life on the water
Runnin' crazy in the boardwalk, with my old boss's daughter
Well, he ain't my boss no more, Sandy

Sandy, the angels have lost their desire for us
I spoke to 'em just last night
They said they won't set themselves on fire for us anymore
But every summer when the weather gets hot
They ride that crazy road down from Heaven
On their Harleys they come and they go
See 'em dressed like stars
In all the cheap little seashore bars
And parked with their babies out on the Kokomo
See here, the cops finally busted Madame Marie
For tellin' fortunes better than they do
This boardwalk life for me is through
You know you oughta quit this scene too

Oh, Sandy, the aurora is rising behind us
The pier lights our carnival life forever
Love me tonight and I promise I'll love you forever

(How 'bout it, Sandy?)

(How 'bout it, Sandy?)

We played Detroit about oh, a few months ago
We learned a song
This is one of my favorite Detroit artists