Song title: Sweet Melinda
Sweet Melinda
Sweet, sweet Melinda
You turn my heart to a cinder
They way you do them things a-that you do
When ooh, there's no-one there
Ooh Melinda
You say you're just a beginner
Well a fine mistake, thats kinda hard to take, how it's true
No, no doubt now she's all alone
I call my baby on the telephone
But oh Melinda, oh ya make a boy smile
Ooh that baby can drive-a-me wild
Sweet, sweet Melinda
Ah, if the Pope knew you were such a sinner
He'd be on his way
But she don't care today
I wanna tell you about my Melinda
Call my Mama on the telephone
She said "come on, my mama's gone, I'm all alone now"
Now don't worry nothing never leave a man stung
Cause I can't talk Melinda, walk and show me now
Sweet, sweet Melinda
Oh you turn my heart to a cinder, oh girl it's smokin'
Oh when you do them things that you do
I don't wanna hear about it anymore
Call my baby on the telephone
She says "come on, Mama's gone, I'm all alone"
You know I'd never leave a boy stung
Oh I can't talk Melinda, well hang on
Sweet, sweet, Melinda, you know it hurts, you know
You turn my heart to a cinder, oh you do
When you do the things that you do
Oh sweet, sweet Melinda
You know you turn my heart to a cinder, oh babe you do
When you do the things that you do, oh, call on me
Yeah, when you do the things that you do Notes:
Steel Mill 1970
This song has never been published on any official release.
Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
- 28/02/1970 Free University, Richmond,VA ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
- 18/04/1970 Ocean County College, Toms River,NJ ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
- 23/05/1970 Vcu Gym, Richmond,VA ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
- 14/08/1970 7Th And Marshall Street Parking, Richmond,VA ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
- 23/01/1971 The Upstage, Asbury Park,NJ ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
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First known live performance: 28/02/1970 Free University, Richmond,VA ,USA
Last known live performance: 23/01/1971 The Upstage, Asbury Park,NJ ,USA
Song 'history':
During the early years (1965-1972), played live (at least) 5 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