Song title: Wreck on the Highway
Wreck on the Highway
Last night I was out driving
Coming home at the end
of the working day
I was riding alone through
the drizzling rain
On a deserted stretch
of a county two-lane
When I came upon
a wreck on the highway
There was blood and glass all over
And there was nobody there but me
As the rain tumbled down hard and cold
I seen a young man lying
by the side of the road
He cried Mister,
won’t you help me please
An ambulance finally came
and took him to Riverside
I watched as they drove him away
And I thought of a girlfriend
or a young wife
And a state trooper knocking
in the middle of the night
To say your baby died in a
wreck on the highway
Sometimes I sit up in the darkness
And I watch my baby as she sleeps
Then I climb in bed and I hold her tight
I just lay there awake in the middle of the night
Thinking ‘bout the wreck on the highway
Published on the following official releases:
- THE RIVER (Album,1980)
- HUNGRY HEART / WRECK ON THE HIGHWAY (7 in.,1981)
- CADILLAC RANCH / WRECK ON THE HIGHWAY (7 in.,1981)
First known live performance: 03/10/1980 Chrysler Arena, Ann Arbor,MI ,USA
Last known live performance: 28/07/2016 Frogner Park, Oslo ,Norway
Song 'history':
Published on the double album THE RIVER, in 1980
Largely (94 times) played during the River tour
One only rendering for this song in the Born in the U.S.A. tour (28/03/1985 Entertainment Centre, Sydney ,Australia)
Just less than a dozen shots during the Devils and Dust tour
Played once in the whole Working on a Dream tour (08/11/2009 Madison Square Garden, New York,NY ,USA)
A discrete number of performances (40) was given during the 2016 The River tour
The song was also played in informal happenings or off-tour appearances
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database