Song title: Preacher's daughter
Preacher's daughter
I got a date with the preacher’s daughter
She give me life she bring me water.
Every Sunday I watch her work
Pretty little serf in a pretty little church
Daddy gives the nod she takes collection
Daddy gives the nod she kneels by his side.
Well I’d sell my soul for just one touch
The good Lord would too if he loved her half as much.
Well I got a date with the preacher’s daughter.
Her Daddy say that the boy’s no good
Just want to raise some (goons?) out through the back woods
Well baby better believe what your Daddy say
Just wanna ramrod baby my life away.
It’s a long walk to heaven and a road filled with sin
And they better open up the freeway to let me in.
‘Cuz I got a date with the preacher’s daughter
Well now I don’t care what the preacher say
Haaaaayyyy
Well now I don’t care what the preacher do
Haaaaayyyy
I don’t care what the preacher like
Haaaaayyyy
I don’t care what the preacher think
Haaaaayyyy
Leads me to water but won’t let me drink.
He leads me to water but won’t let me drink.
And now it’s (whole little road) on Saturday night
Two boys fighting in a halo of light
Car door flung open and a radio loud
And everybody shouting and running around.
Two guys bloody and one I don’t know
And all little girls shouting “Go Billy go”
Go Billy go.
Well just as I got the preacher’s daughter ready for a life
And (there’s a beach fire?) and something ain’t right.
And like a she-devil howlin’ from the gates of hell
Goddam here come the preacher in his Coupe DeVille
Burnin’ up the backroad kicking in the dirt
And oh baby preacher thinks he is church
Well now your lips they shine in the willow mist
And I swear I’d take you down (your Daddy on girl?) for just one kiss
I got a date with the preacher’s daughter
I got a date with the preacher’s daughter
And it’s haaaaayyyyoooo
I got a date with the preacher’s daughter
hmmmmm… Notes:
Often used as She's the one intro in the Darkness tour. These lyrics refer to the out-take recorded for Darkness
Published on the following official releases:
- THE PROMISE-DVD3 (Album,2010)
Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
- 07/12/1978 University of Texas, Austin,TX ,USA during the Darkness Tour
- 08/12/1978 The Summit, Houston,TX ,USA during the Darkness Tour
- 09/12/1978 Convention Centre, Dallas,TX ,USA during the Darkness Tour
- 13/12/1978 Community Centre, Tucson,AZ ,USA during the Darkness Tour
- 15/12/1978 Winterland, San Francisco,CA ,USA during the Darkness Tour
- 16/12/1978 Winterland, San Francisco,CA ,USA during the Darkness Tour
- 19/12/1978 Paramount Theatre, Portland,OR ,USA during the Darkness Tour
- 20/12/1978 Seattle Arena, Seattle,WA ,USA during the Darkness Tour
- 27/12/1978 Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh,PA ,USA during the Darkness Tour
- 28/12/1978 Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh,PA ,USA during the Darkness Tour
- 30/12/1978 Cobo Hall, Detroit,MI ,USA during the Darkness Tour
- 31/12/1978 Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland,OH ,USA during the Darkness Tour
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database
First known live performance: 07/12/1978 University of Texas, Austin,TX ,USA
Last known live performance: 31/12/1978 Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland,OH ,USA
Song 'history':
Recorded during the DARKNESS studio sessions, but then not used for the album.
Bruce inserted it 12 times in the setlists of the Darkness tour
Published in live version in the 3rd DVD: House Cut 'Houston '78 of 'The Promise'
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database