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Song title: Linda let me be the one


Linda let me be the one - Tracks

The midnight boys are outside
Scraping tears up off the street
Standin’ guard beneath the window
Where only Linda sleeps
The leader is a kid named Eddie
Walkin’ like an angel in defeat
He trashes her old man’s car,
slashes Linda’s name in the seat
And calls out

Chorus:
Linda will you let me be the one
Linda will you let me be the one
Linda will you let me be the one
Linda will you let me be the one

In a room full of contenders
Eddie spars till he drops to his bed and surrenders
Draped in the scarves
He stole from Linda’s bedroom
The night he layed at her feet
When the midnight boys were stranded
Down on Cason Street

(Chorus)

In the basement of St. Mary’s
Eddie hides from the rain
In with the stolen sisters ‘til the streets are dry again
Talkin’ fast cars and spare parts
Empty homes and broken hearts
Distant worlds with strange girls
And kneeling with Linda in the dark

Notes: This is the "Tracks" version, Record Plant 14/6/1975. Slightly different from some other takes


Linda let me be the one - BTR out-take

Midnight boys are outside
Scrapin’ tears up off the street
Standing guard over the window
Where the lonely Linda sleeps
There’s a kid named Eddie
Walks like an angel in defeat
He trashes her old man’s car,
slashes Linda’s name in the seat

Calls
Linda will you let me be the one
Linda will you, hey let me be the one
Linda will you let me be the one
Linda will you let me be the one

In a room full of contenders
Shadow boxin’, Eddie’s strong
Till he drops through a feigned surrender
To the canvas draped in scarves
Stole from Linda’s bedroom
The night he laid at her feet
And the midnight boys were wasted
Down on King Street

He calls out
Linda will you let me be the one
Linda will you, hey let me be the one
Linda will you let me be the one
Linda will you let me be the one

Midnight’s base is St Mary’s
Midnight boys hide from the rain
Stay with the stolen sisters
Till the streets are dry again
Talking fast cars and chrome parts
Different worlds and strange girls
Empty homes, busted hearts
And kneeling with Linda in the dark

Linda will you let me be the one
Linda will you, hey let me be the one
Linda will you let me be the one

Notes: This is the BTR out-take circulated before the issue of "Tracks"


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Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
 - 29/04/2014 BB and T Center, Sunrise,FL ,USA during the High Hopes tour

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Unique known live performance: 29/04/2014 BB and T Center, Sunrise,FL ,USA

Song 'history':

Recorded during the 1974 and/or Born to Run sessions
The TRACKS studio out-take collection included for the first (official) time this song.
One only rendering for this song in the High Hopes tour (29/04/2014 BB and T Center, Sunrise,FL ,USA)
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