Bruce Springsteen - The Ties That Bind: The River Collection

Whitetown - Studio Outtake - 1980

Mary Ann on the avenue
Girl all dressed up in Kensington blue
Down where the hammer falls
She's born and bred within Whitetown walls

Each and every day slowly passes away
She moves alone along the narrow street
From a passing car, she hears the music play
Beneath the "El" she starts to sway

Down in Whitetown, oh yeah
Down in Whitetown, oh yeah
Down in Whitetown

Johnny's just trying to make his way
He's got a job but, mister, it don't pay
He sits and counts the scars
On a stool down the end of a Whitetown bar

And the old men here piss their lives away
Drinking and joking about their cop-fighting days
Ain't no answers here, just the past and fear
Of spending the rest of your days

Down in Whitetown, oh yeah
Down in Whitetown, oh yeah
Down in Whitetown

Hoo-hoo-hoo
Hoo-hoo-hoo
Oh-oh-oh
Hoo-hoo-hoo
Hoo-hoo-hoo
Oh-oh-oh

In a dream salvation comes with a beat
Or the sound of breaking glass and running feet
The beat that echoes down through the streets
Mary Ann dances on

Down in Whitetown, oh yeah
Down in Whitetown
Down in Whitetown, oh yeah
Down in Whitetown, oh yeah
Down in Whitetown, oh yeah
Down in Whitetown

Hoo-hoo-hoo
Hoo-hoo-hoo
Oh-oh-oh
Hoo-hoo-hoo
Hoo-hoo-hoo
Oh-oh-oh
Hoo-hoo-hoo
Hoo-hoo-hoo



Credits
Writer(s): Bruce Springsteen
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Other Album Tracks

  1. The Ties That Bind - Single LP Version - 1979
  2. Cindy - Single LP Version - 1979
  3. Hungry Heart - Single LP Version - 1979
  4. Stolen Car - Single LP Version - 1979
  5. Be True - Single LP Version - 1979
  6. The River - Single LP Version - 1979
  7. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) - Single LP Version - 1979
  8. The Price You Pay - Single LP Version - 1979
  9. I Wanna Marry You - Single LP Version - 1979
  10. Loose Ends - Single LP Version - 1979

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  5. Best of Bruce Springsteen (Expanded Edition)
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  7. The Live Series: Songs on Keys
  8. Addicted to Romance (from the film 'She Came to Me') - Single
  9. The Live Series: Songs of New Jersey
  10. The Live Series: Songs of Introspection

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