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Song title: All I needed was you

(Steven Van Zandt) by Southside Johnny Little Jake Music (ASCAP), 1991

All I needed was you

Outside the church bells toll
For this wasteland we call home
There's nowhere left to hide or run to

Daddy drank real hard late at night
He'd say without love life's a long fight
l promised I'd win one fight for him babe

The storm outside is raging
I close my eyes l think about you babe
There's got to be something left worth saving
We've wasted too much time

I played the fool I played the soldier
But my struggling days are over
I wanted everything
When all l needed was you babe

l didn't understand I was just a young boy
All I wanted was the rich man's play toys
I didn't really care how I got there baby

Now I've seen a thousand dreams die
In the oil fields in the coal mines
No need to wonder why
nobody's satisfied lately

The storm outside is raging
I close my eyes l think about you babe
There's got to be something left worth saving
We've wasted too much time

I played the fool I played the soldier
But my struggling days are over
I wanted everything
When all l needed was you babe


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This song has never been published on any official release.

Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
 - 17/12/2000 Convention Hall, Asbury Park,NJ ,USA during the Convention Hall Shows 2000
 - 18/12/2000 Convention Hall, Asbury Park,NJ ,USA during the Convention Hall Shows 2000

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First known live performance: 17/12/2000 Convention Hall, Asbury Park,NJ ,USA
Last known live performance: 18/12/2000 Convention Hall, Asbury Park,NJ ,USA

Song 'history':


Played during the Conventional Hall shows in 2000
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