Song title: Janey, don't you lose heart
Janey, don't you lose heart
You got your buffet, baby with all your fears
Let me honey and I’ll catch your tears
I’ll take your sorrow if you want me to
Come tomorrow
That’s what I’ll do
Listen to me
Janey don’t you lose heart
Janey don’t you lose heart
Janey don’t you lose heart
Janey don’t you lose heart
Well you say you got no new dreams to touch
You feel like a stranger babe who knows too much [1]
You come home late and get undressed
You lie in bed and feel this emptiness
Well listen to me
Janey don’t you lose heart
Janey don’t you lose heart
Janey don’t you lose heart
Janey don’t you lose heart
Till every river it runs dry
Until the sun’s torn from the sky [2]
Till every feel you’ve felt burst free
Gone tumblin’ down into the sea
Listen to me
Janey don’t you lose heart
Janey don’t you lose heart
Janey don’t you lose heart
Janey don’t you lose heart Notes:
B-side of Glory Days in 1985.
[1] These verse can be found in a earlier Nebraska, BITUSA demo, Baby I'm so cold
[2] These verse can be found in a earlier River Demo demo, True love is hard to come by
Published on the following official releases:
- BORN IN THE USA 12 SINGLES COLLECTION (12 in.,1985)
- I'M GOIN' DOWN / JANEY … - HELD UP (12 in.,1985)
- RADIO DJ SPECIAL VOL. 1 (JANEY DON'T YOU LOSE HEART) (12 in.,1985)
- I'M GOIN' DOWN / JANEY, DON'T YOU LOSE HEART (7 in.,1985)
- SAD EYES-JANEY…./I WANNA BE ….-HEARTS OF STONE (12 in.,1999)
- TRACKS (Album,1999)
- 18 TRACKS (Album,1999)
First known live performance: 27/09/1985 Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles,CA ,USA
Last known live performance: 14/02/2017 Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane ,Australia
Song 'history':
Recorded during the BITUSA sessions (late 1982-mid 1984), but then not included on the album.
One only rendering for this song in the Born in the U.S.A. tour (27/09/1985 Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles,CA ,USA)
The TRACKS studio out-take collection included for the first (official) time this song.
Also included in the TRACKS 'greatest hits', '18-TRACKS'.
It only saw the light 3 times in the whole Reunion tour
Not much used during the Rising tour, deserving only 5 renderings
Not much used during the Devils and Dust tour, deserving only 5 renderings
It only saw the light less than a dozen times in the whole Magic tour
Two only renderings for this song in the Working on a Dream tour (30/07/2009 Estadio Municipal de Foietes, Benidorm ,Spain and 23/08/2009 Comcast Theatre, Mansfield, MA ,USA)
It only saw the light 3 times in the whole Wrecking Ball tour
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