New York City Serenade

 

Perteneciente al  segundo álbum  de  Bruce Springsteen The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle. Fue grabado en 1973.

Todavía no era famoso, y en esa época eran común la experimentación, mezclando estilos muy diferentes, rock, clásico, jazz...

Letra:

Billy, he's down by the railroad tracks

Sittin' low in the back seat of his Cadillac

Diamond Jackie, she's so intact

And she falls so softly beneath him

Jackie's heels are stacked, Billy's got cleats on his boots

Together they're gonna boogaloo down Broadway and come back home with the loot

It's midnight in Manhattan, this is no time to get cute

It's a mad dog's promenade

So walk tall, or baby, don't walk at all

Fish lady, fish lady, fish lady, she baits them tenement walls

She won't take corner boys, ain't got no money and they're so easy

I said, "Hey baby, won't you take my hand, walk with me down Broadway

Oh mama take my hand, and walk with me down Broadway, yeah

I'm a young man and I talk real loud, yeah baby, walk real proud for you

So shake it away, so shake away your street life

And hook up to the train

Oh, hook up to the night train

Hook it up, hook up to the, hook up to the train"

But I know that she won't take the train

No, she won't take the train

She's afraid them tracks are gonna slow her down

And when she turns, this boy'll be gone

So long, sometimes you just gotta walk on, walk on

Hey vibes man, hey jazz man, oh play me your serenade

Any deeper blue and you're playin' in your grave

Save your notes, don't spend 'em on the blues boy

Save your notes, don't spend 'em on the darlin' yearlin' sharp boy

Straight for the church note ringin', vibes man sting a trash can

Listen to your junk man

Ah, listen to your junk man

Listen to your junk man

Oh, listen to your junk man

He's singin', singin', he's singin', singin'

He's singin', singin'

All dressed up in satin, walkin' past the alley

Singin', singin', singin', singin'

Watch out for your junk man