4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) - Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - December 1980

Alright

Oh Sandy, 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
And the 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 because I
I may never see you again
Woah, Sandy, girl

Well now, the greasers they tramp the streets or get busted
For trying to sleep on the beach all night
And them boys in their spiked high heels
Oh Sandy, their skins are so white

And me, well I just got tired of hangin' in them dusty arcades
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
Well I got on it last night and my shirt got caught
And that Joey kept me spinnin'
I 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
Now, they've been runnin' down the beach
At night with my own boss's daughter
Well, he ain't my boss no more Sandy

Oh Sandy, the angels have lost their desire for us
You know I spoke to 'em just last night
And they said they won't set themselves on fire for us anymore

Every summer when the weather gets hot
They ride that road down from heaven
On their Harleys they come and they go

And you can see 'em dressed like stars
In all the cheap little seashore bars
And parked making love with their babies
Out on the Kokomo

Well, the cops finally busted Madame Marie
For tellin' fortunes better than they do
This boardwalk life for me is through
You know, you ought to 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 that I'll love you forever
Swell

Oh oh oh
How 'bout it?