Song title: Tougher than the rest
Tougher than the rest
Well It’s Saturday night you’re all dressed up in blue
I been watching you awhile maybe you been watching me too
So somebody ran out left somebody’s heart in a mess
Well if you’re looking for love honey I’m tougher than the rest
Some girls they want a handsome Dan or some good-lookin’ Joe
On their arms some girls like a sweet-talkin’ Romeo
Well ‘round here baby I learned you get what you can get
So if you’re rough enough for love honey I’m tougher than the rest
The road is dark and it’s a thin thin line
But I want you to know I’ll walk it for you anytime
Maybe your other boyfriends couldn’t pass the test
Well if you’re rough and ready for love honey I’m tougher than the rest
Well it ain’t no secret I’ve been around a time or two
Well I don’t know baby maybe you’ve been around too
Well there’s another dance all you gotta do is say yes
And if you’re rough and ready for love honey I’m tougher than the rest
If you’re rough enough for love baby I’m tougher than the rest
Published on the following official releases:
- TUNNEL OF LOVE (Album,1987)
- TOUGHER / ROULETTE + TOUGHER / BE TRUE (12 in.,1988)
- TOUGHER THAN THE REST (ONE SIDED) (7 in.,1988)
- TOUGHER THAN THE REST (STUDIO / LIVE) (7 in.,1988)
- TOUGHER THAN THE REST / BORN IN THE USA (7 in.,1988)
- TOUGHER THAN THE REST / KISSING A FOOL (7 in.,1988)
- TOUGHER THAN THE REST / TOUGHER THAN THE REST (7 in.,1988)
- TOUGHER THAN THE REST STUDIO-LIVE/BE TRUE-BORN TO RUN (12 in.,1988)
- TOUGHER THAN THE REST-ROULETTE/TOUGHER-BE TRUE (12 in.,1988)
- TOUGHER THAN THE REST-ROULETTE/TOUGHER-BORN TO RUN (12 in.,1988)
- CHIMES OF FREEDOM (12 in.,1988)
- BETTER DAYS/TOUGHER-PART MAN,PART MONKEY (12 in.,1992)
- BETTER DAYS / TOUGHER THAN THE REST (7 in.,1992)
- SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY (Album,2018)
First known live performance: 31/10/1987 The Rumrunner, Sea Bright,NJ ,USA
Last known live performance: 15/12/2018 Walter Kerr Theatre, New York,NY ,USA
Song 'history':
Played during the '1987 bar tour', which is the name under which I group the 1987 shows Bruce played with various small bands, or guesting, in small NJ clubs.
Published on TUNNEL OF LOVE, in 1987.
During the Tunnel of Love tour, the song was regularly included in every show, with a unique exception
Played, in acoustic version, at the Christic Shows in LA, 16/17-Nov-1990.
Just less than a dozen shots during the Human Touch tour
Played only a couple of times in the whole Ghost of Tom Joad tour (25/11/1996 Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park,NJ ,USA and 26/11/1996 Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park,NJ ,USA)
During the Reunion tour, the song was played less than a dozen times
Scarcely used during the Rising tour, with 4 inclusions
Played during the rehearsals for the Devils and dust Tour, in Mar/Apr 2005.
Bruce inserted it 15 times in the setlists of the Devils and Dust tour
Not much used during the Magic tour, deserving only 4 renderings
Two only renderings for this song in the Working on a Dream tour (10/04/2009 Pepsi Arena, Denver,CO ,USA and 09/10/2009 Giants Stadium, E.Rutherford,NJ ,USA)
It only saw the light less than a dozen times in the whole Wrecking Ball tour
Two only renderings for this song in the High Hopes tour (29/01/2014 Bellville Velodrome, Cape Town ,South Africa and 26/04/2014 Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood, Atlanta,GA ,USA)
Just less than a dozen shots during the 2016 The River tour
Published in live soundtrack of 'Springsteen on Broadway' show
Perfomed in a large number of shows (206) of the Springsteen on Broadway tour
The song was also played in informal happenings or off-tour appearances
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database