Song title: Dollhouse
Dollhouse - Tracks
Well ever since you were a little girl
You set the rules in your little world
But girls grow up and throw their toys away
You’re a big girl now but you still wanna play
(Girl we’re living)
You dress them up the way you want to
(Girl we’re living)
You make them do just what you want them to do
(Girl we’re living)
Once I thought we had a love that was true
But I’m just another doll in your dollhouse to you
We’re living in a dollhouse
We’re living in a dollhouse
Girl we’re living in a dollhouse
You may feel safe and sound
But your dollhouse, girl, is falling down
It’s all been neatly arranged in your mind
Every detail fits your own design
Every room is perfectly in place
But I can see the sadness, baby, on your face
You had a plan and darling like a child
You thought it’s down to fashion, down to style
But your little dreamhouse is runnin’ wild
Before your very eyes we’re shrinking down to size
We’re living in a dollhouse
We’re living in a dollhouse
Girl we’re living in a dollhouse
We may feel safe and sound
But our dollhouse, girl, is falling down
Everything’s as you dreamed it would be
But there’s something wrong that you can’t see
Room by room you keep looking for some little flaw
A crack somewhere in your dollhouse wall
Something, girl, that will explain away
The hurt you feel, darling, when we play
Your little dolls they got a grip on you
Until you’re just another doll in your dollhouse too
We’re living in a dollhouse
Girl, we’re living in a dollhouse
Oh we’re living in a dollhouse
We may feel safe and sound
But our dollhouse, girl, is falling down
Oh we’re living in a dollhouse
Girl, we’re living in a dollhouse
Yeah we’re living in a dollhouse
Dollhouse - Outtake 1
Ever since you were a little
Ever since you were a little girl
You set the rules in your little make believe world
Daddy bring you all pretty toys
And you grew up and then you had the boys
'Cause we had a love baby that was so true
And your toys came between me and you
I'm doing things baby that I would never do
I'm just a doll in your dollhouse too
And we're living in a dollhouse
Yeah we're living in a dollhouse
And we're living in a dollhouse
You think were safe and sound
But our dollhouse, girl, is fallin' down
In your mind its all so easily arranged
There's no room to face the changing times
Everythings so perfectly in place
I see the worry on your pretty face
We've been playing since you were a child
The colour of the curtains baby ruin they style
Now your plan is gone and running wild
And before your eyes your shrinking down to size
Shrinking down to size
And you're living in a doll house
Can't you see your'e living in a dollhouse
Yeah you're living in a doll house
You think you're safe and sound
But girl, your dollhouse is tumbling down
You got your dolls with your pretty lace and frills
You just can't hold your little red pills
You need to keep your fears safe and sound
I'd like to burn your dollhouse down
You just end up exactly like you want to
You make them do exactly what you want them to do
Since you were a girl did you
Baby it's ???
Baby it's time to give it up Notes:
Out-take version
Dollhouse - Outtake 2
In your mind its all so easily arranged
There's no room baby to face the changing times
Playing since you were a child
The colour of the curtains baby ruin they style
Now your plan is gone and running wild
And before your eyes your shrinking down to size
Everything so perfectly in place
But I can see the worry on that pretty face
Oh we're living in a
On that pretty face
Oh you're living in a doll house
Yeah you're living in a doll house
Oh you're living in a doll house
You may feel safe and sound
But your dollhouse is tumbling down Notes:
Out-take version
Dollhouse - Live 1999
Ever since you were a little girl
You set the rules in your little world
But girls grow up and throw their toys away
You're a big girl now but you still wanna play
You dress them up the way you want to
You make them do just what you want them to
Once I thought we had a love that was true
But I'm just another doll in your dollhouse to you
We're living in a dollhouse
We're living in a dollhouse
Girl we're living in a dollhouse
You may feel safe and sound
But your dollhouse, girl, is falling down
It's all been neatly arranged in your mind
Every detail fits your own design
Every room is perfectly in place
But I can see the sadness, baby, on your face
You had a plan and darling like a child
You thought it's down to fashion, down to style
But your little dreamhouse is runnin' wild
Before your very eyes we're shrinking down to size
We're living in a dollhouse
We're living in a dollhouse
Girl we're living in a dollhouse
You may feel safe and sound
But your dollhouse, girl, is falling down
Everything's as you dreamed it would be
But there's something wrong that you can't see
Room by room you keep looking for some little flaw
A crack somewhere in your dollhouse wall
Something, girl, that will explain away
The hurt you feel, darling, when we play
Your little dolls they got grip on you
Your little dolls they got grip on you
Your little dolls they got grip on you
Until you're just another doll in your dollhouse too
We're living in a dollhouse
Girl, we're living in a dollhouse
Oh we're living in a dollhouse
We may feel safe and sound
But our dollhouse, girl, is falling down
Oh we're living in a dollhouse
Girl, we're living in a dollhouse
Yeah we're living in a dollhouse Notes:
As rendered 24-Apr-1999, Vien.
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!):
- 24/04/1999 Stadthalle, Vienna ,Austria during the Reunion Tour
- 09/08/1999 Continental Arena, E.Rutherford,NJ ,USA during the Reunion Tour, during the soundcheck.
- 14/06/2003 Idraetsparken, Copenhagen ,Denmark during the The Rising Tour, during the soundcheck.
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database
Unique known live performance: 24/04/1999 Stadthalle, Vienna ,Austria
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 performance during the Reunion tour (24/04/1999 Stadthalle, Vienna ,Austria)
In the Rising tour, the song was only practiced (14/06/2003 Idraetsparken, Copenhagen ,Denmark, during the soundcheck.)
but never played in the regular set.
The song was then included in the THE TIES THAT BIND Anniversary Box, released in 2015.
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database