Song title: Does this bus stop at 82nd street?
Does this bus stop at 82nd street? - Album version
Hey bus driver keep the change, bless your children, give them names,
Don’t trust men who walk with canes,
drink this and you’ll grow wings on your feet
Broadway Mary, Joan Fontaine, advertiser on a downtown train
Christmas crier bustin’ cane, He’s in love again.
Where dock worker’s dreams mix with panther’s schemes to someday own the rodeo
Tainted women in Vistavision perform for out-of-state kids at the late show.
Wizard imps and sweat sock pimps, interstellar mongrel nymphs
Rex said that lady left him limp. Love’s like that (sure it is).
Queen of diamonds, ace of spades newly discovered lovers of the everglades
They take out a full page ad in the trades to announce their arrival
And Mary Lou she found out how to cope, she rides to heaven on a gyroscope
The Daily News asks her for the dope
She says “Man, the dope’s that there’s still hope”
Senorita, Spanish rose, wipes her eyes and blows her nose
Uptown in Harlem she throw a rose to some lucky, young matador.
Does this bus stop at 82nd street? - Hammond demo
Hey bus driver, keep the change, bless your children, give them names
Don't trust men who walk with canes
Drink this and in a week you'll have wings on your feet
Broadway Mary, Joan Fontaine, advertiser on the downtown train
Christmas crier bustin' cane
He's in love again
Where dock worker's dreams mix with panther's schemes to someday own the
rodeo
Tainted women in Vistavision perform for out of state kids at the late show
Wizard imps and sweatsock pimps
Mixed with interstellar mongrel nymphs
Rex said his lady left him limp
Well you know loves like that
Well Mary Lou found out how to cope
She rides to heaven on a gyroscope
The Daily News asks her for the dope
She says "Man, the dope's that there's still hope"
Well now Queen of Diamonds, Ace of Spades
Newly discovered lovers of the everglades
They take out a full page ad in the trades to announce their arrival
Senorita, Spanish rose, wipes her eyes and blows her nose
Uptown in Harlem she throws a rose to some lucky young matador Notes:
These are the lyrics of the version recorded during the Hammond demos
Does this bus stop at 82nd street? - Laurel Canyon demo
Hey bus driver, keep the change, bless your children, give them names
Don't trust men who walk with canes
Drink this and you'll grow wings on your feet
Broadway Mary, Joan Fontaine, advertiser on a downtown train
Oh Christmas crier bustin' cane
He's in love again
Where dock worker's dreams mix with panther's schemes to someday own the
rodeo
Tainted women in Vistavision perform for out of state kids at the late show
Wizard imps and sweatsock pimps
Interstellar mongrel nymphs
Oh Rex said that lady left him limp
Loves like that, sure it is
Oh Queen of Diamonds, Ace of Spades
Newly discovered lovers of the everglades
They take out a full page ad in the trades to announce their arrival
And Mary Lou she found out how to cope
She rides to heaven on a gyroscope
The Daily News asks her for the dope
She says "Man, the dope's that there's still hope"
Senorita, Spanish rose, wipes her eyes and blows her nose
Uptown in Harlem she throws a rose to some lucky young matador Notes:
These are the lyrics of the version recorded during the Laurel Canyon Demos.
Published on the following official releases:
- GREETINGS FROM ASBURY PARK, N.J. (Album,1973)
- TRACKS (Album,1999)
First known live performance: 09/01/1973 Wbcn-FM Studios, Boston,MA ,USA
Last known live performance: 22/01/2017 Perth Arena, Perth ,Australia
Song 'history':
Played live 8 time(s) during the so-called 'Greetings Tour'
and 30 time(s) during the gigs preceeding the official Born To Run Tour.
Keep in mind that only a small amount of the setlists of these years has surfaced, so it may have been played a lot more.
Apart from the above live performances, the song was recorded for the historical 'Hammond demos' in May 1972 and also during the Greetings / Wild sessions in 1972-73 (and released on GREETINGS....)
Just 5 shots during the Born to Run tour
One only performance during the Human Touch tour (24/06/1993 Meadowlands Arena, E.Rutherford,NJ ,USA)
A discrete number of performances (47) was given during the Ghost of Tom Joad tour
The TRACKS studio out-take collection included an alternate version of the song.
Bruce gave this song only two shots through the Reunion tour (24/09/1999 The Spectrum, Philadelphia,PA ,USA and 23/06/2000 Madison Square Garden, New York,NY ,USA)
Just less than a dozen shots during the Rising tour
Played during the 'Double Take' shows in 2002
Not much used during the Devils and Dust tour, deserving only less than a dozen renderings
One only rendering for this song in the The Seeger Session tour (12/11/2006 Wembley Arena, London ,GB)
During the Magic tour, the song was played 3 times
Not much used during the Working on a Dream tour, deserving only 3 renderings
17 perfomances were given during the Wrecking Ball tour
One only rendering for this song in the High Hopes tour (26/02/2014 Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane ,Australia)
Not much used during the 2016 The River tour, deserving only less than a dozen renderings
Performed 1 times during the 2017 Summer tour
The song was also played in informal happenings or off-tour appearances
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database