Song title: Garden state parkway blues
Garden state parkway blues
Got a woman lives across the tracks
Whoa lady won't you come rub my back
Yeah you know I love her
I got a woman who lives across the town
Whoa baby woman won't you show how you put'em down
Know that I dig it now
Show'em how you put'em down
Know that I dig it now
Show'em how you put'em down
Know that I dig it
Good morning
Vitamin B1, Niacin, 5 percent iron
How can I help but win?
My very best friend, when I get up in the morning
Whoa my Kellogs Cornflakes are my very best friend
And I dont have to look very hard
Cause right inside is your very special 3D baseball card
Yeaaaahh, whoa whoa
Well I get up in the morning
And I say "Well Goodbye Hon"
Now you make sure the kids dont forget to take their lunch"
I clean myself up and I stumble out the door
Into my garage and I jump into my old Ford
But the damn thing it don't wanna start
But I dont care, what do I care?
It's really got a heart
I got the Garden State Parkway Blues
Early in the morning, hits you without warning
Going to the job, fighting off the road hogs
Punch in at nine, punch out at five
Punch in at nine, punch out at five
Punch in at nine, punch out at five
Punch in at nine, punch out at five
Boss he thinks I'm crazy
And says "Son, why are you so lazy?
And if you wont leave me alone, I'm gonna mosie on home
Aint no, yes, no, no son of a bitch
Punch in at nine, punch out at five
Punch in at nine, punch out at five
Punch in at nine, punch out at five
Punch in at nine, punch out at five
Well I work all day, I make terrible pay
I get home and I just can't get to sleep
Yeah my woman gives me something Lord that God of mine hummin'
But it don't work I'm just too weak
I got electric bills, doctor bills, baby bills, just about everything but a
dollar bill
And I haven't even paid my rent yet
I got 12 more payments on my car, 6 more on the guitar
Yeah now my mama wants a new dress, Lord what a damn mess
Don't know what I'm gonna do
But I'm sick and tired of hearing about all the damn bills
I'm tired about worrying about them
Yeah
Alright
Hey
Well I dont know where I'm goin' and I don't understand but thats alright
Because the only thing I feel is the touch of your hand in the night
Cars on the Parkway they pull up and stare
Ask me where I'm goin' and I tell them that I'm there
Yeah and I just don't even care
The people I meet are all hip to the latest scene
They sit around reading Rolling Stone magazine
I ask how they can sit so sweetly serene
While there's thousands of places that they have never seen
They have never been
Goin' back, goin' back, goin' back
Signs on the highway dont mean nothing
Two-eyed monsters keep on coming
Don't know where I'm goin' but I just keep running
Away, away
You know life ain't so easy
Life ain't always so sweet
Aint' got nowhere to go home
Nothing to eat
They got holes in thier shoes
Clear on through to your feet
Sleeping on the cold cement floor
With no place else to sleep
Sure can be a drag sometimes, oh it just ain't no fun
You know I used to tell myself
Oh some day you're gonna be driving a big cadillac
And you'll be attending all them special business office luncheons
And have a pretty secretary to sit on your lip
But as I got older I just did'nt want that
Oh and as the years came on I got old anyway, babe
Well I always wanted to travel
Oh to Europe and France
Watch the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace
Go on to Sweden, find out what their tanning secret is
You said you'll do all those things you wanted to do sometime
Theres a young cowboy lives on the range
Hmmmm, maybe I'll take a cab on down to Spain
Always wanted to be like Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Fighting all them pirates on the Spanish Main
Whoaaaaaa
Well maybe I'll get myself a black leather jacket
And a big Harley Davidson motorcycle yeah
Just like Sonny Berger
Maybe I'll get myself a sawn-off pool cue too, to meet the occasion
When I've done all the things I would like to do
Maybe I'll take one last trip
Ohh off to never never land yeah
Yeah with the lost boys and Tinkerbell
You know I always wanted to learn how to fly
You know I always thought I could do it
Oh but travellin' ain't no fun if you've got to travel alone
Sure does feel good to get there
Yeah I'm gonna be there
Ohh yeah
I don't wanna hear about my bills
How many men killed in Vietnam Notes:
Steel Mill 1970. About lack of money. This song was actually a medley of various section, often including I got a woman,Mountain child,Rhythm,Sunlight soldiers
This song has never been published on any official release.
Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
- 20/09/1969 Free University, Richmond,VA ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
- 01/02/1970 Monmouth College, Long Branch,NJ ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
note: this date is only indicative of the general period
- 24/04/1970 Monmouth College, Long Branch,NJ ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
- 13/06/1970 Ocean Ice Palace, Bricktown,NJ ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
- 17/07/1970 Sunshine In, Asbury Park,NJ ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
- 25/09/1970 Monmouth College, Long Branch,NJ ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
- 17/10/1970 Monmouth College, Long Branch,NJ ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
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First known live performance: 20/09/1969 Free University, Richmond,VA ,USA
Last known live performance: 17/10/1970 Monmouth College, Long Branch,NJ ,USA
Song 'history':
During the early years (1965-1972), played live (at least) 7 time(s) during the Child/Steel Mill period.
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Keep in mind that only a small amount of the setlists of these years has surfaced, so it may have been played a lot more.
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database