Song title: Living on the edge of the world
Living on the edge of the world
Early North Jersey industrial skyline
I’m an all-set cobra jet creepin’ through the night time
Gotta find a gas station, gotta find a pay phone
This turnpike sure is spooky at night when you’re all alone
I’m living on the edge of the world
Tryin’ to get my girl on the line
Livin’ on the edge of the world
But I think it’s just a waste of my time
Some jerk keeps breaking my connection, girl
‘Cause I’m living on the edge of the world
Living on the edge of the world
Radio, radio, hear my tale of heartbreak
New Jersey in the morning like a lunar landscape
Got a counter girl at the Exit 24 HoJo
Down past the refinery towers where the great black river flows
I’m living on the edge of the world
Tryin’ to get back to you, girl
Living on the edge of the world
Tryin’ to get a message through
I gotta make a connection, girl
Because I’m living on the edge of the world
Living on the edge of the world
Radio’s jammed with gospel stations
Lost souls callin’ long distance salvation
Hey mister deejay gotta hear my last prayer
It’s a hey ho rock and roll, deliver me from nowhere
I’m living on the edge of the world
Tryin’ to get back to you, girl
Living on the edge of the world
Tryin’ to get a message through
I gotta make some connection, girl
Because I’m living on the edge of the world
Living on the edge of the world
Now my boss don’t dig me ‘cause he put me on the night shift
It takes me two hours to get back to where my baby lives
In the wee wee hours my mind gets hazy
Relay towers, won’t you lead me to my baby
‘Neath the overpass the trooper hits his party lights switch
Good night, good luck, one, two powershift Notes:
This seems to be an early working of Open all night / State trooper
Published on the following official releases:
- TRACKS (Album,1999)
- THE TIES THAT BIND : RIVER OUTTAKES (Album,2015)
Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
- 21/09/2012 MetLife Stadium, E.Rutherford,NJ ,USA during the Wrecking ball tour
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Unique known live performance: 21/09/2012 MetLife Stadium, E.Rutherford,NJ ,USA
Song 'history':
Studio recordings have surfaced from the THE RIVER sessions, but the song was not used for that album.
The TRACKS studio out-take collection included for the first (official) time this song.
One only rendering for this song in the Wrecking Ball tour (21/09/2012 MetLife Stadium, E.Rutherford,NJ ,USA)
The song was then included in the THE TIES THAT BIND Anniversary Box, released in 2015.
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database