2001 – Bruce Springsteen – Out in the street (1980)

 

Escrita por Bruce Springsteen, foi gravada entre março e maio de 1980, no Power Station Studio, em New York City. Foi lançada em outubro de 1980, no disco The river, o quinto da carreira de Bruce. Foi produzida por Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau e Steve Van Zandt. Fala do sujeito que trabalha nas docas e que espera chegar o final de semana pra levar sua garota pra passear. E lá, fora do trabalho, ele anda e fala como quiser. Lá, ele é o boss. Tem um piano bem marcante, tocado por Roy Bittan e um sax de solo feito por Clarence Clemons. No final, Bruce canta junto com Bittan e Van Zandt. Bruce Springsteen tocou guitarra e cantou. Roy Bittan tocou piano e fez backing vocals. Clarence Clemons tocou sax e pandeiro. Danny Federici tocou órgão. Garry Tallent tocou baixo. Steve Van Zandt tocou guitarra e fez backing vocals. Max Weinberg tocou bateria.

A letra:

Put on your best dress baby
And darlin', fix your hair up right
'Cause there's a party, honey
Way down beneath the neon lights
All day you've been working that hard line
Now tonight you're gonna have a good time

I work five days a week girl
Loading crates down on the dock
I take my hard earned money
And meet my girl down on the block
And Monday when the foreman calls time
I've already got Friday on my mind

When that whistle blows
Girl, I'm down the street
I'm home, I'm out of my work clothes
When I'm out in the street, oh oh oh oh oh
I walk the way I want to walk
When I'm out in the street, oh oh oh oh oh
I talk the way I want to talk
When I'm out in the street
When I'm out in the street

When I'm out in the street, girl
Well, I never feel alone
When I'm out in the street, girl
In the crowd I feel at home
The black and whites they cruise by
And they watch us from the corner of their eye

But there ain't no doubt girl, down here
We ain't gonna take what they're handing out
When I'm out in the street, oh oh oh oh oh
I walk the way I want to walk
When I'm out in the street, oh oh oh oh oh
I talk the way I want to talk
Baby, out in the street I don't feel sad or blue
Baby, out in the street I'll be waiting for you

When the whistle blows
Girl, I'm down the street
I'm home, I'm out of my work clothes
When I'm out in the street, oh oh oh oh oh
I walk the way I want to walk
When I'm out in the street, oh oh oh oh oh
I talk the way I want to talk

When I'm out in the street, oh oh oh oh oh
Pretty girls, they're all passing by
When I'm out in the street, oh oh oh oh oh
From the corner, we give them the eye

Baby, out in the street I just feel all right
Meet me out in the street, little girl, tonight
Yeah, meet me out in the street
Meet me out in the street, woah oh
Ah, meet me out in the street
Oh meet me out in the street
Oh meet me out in the street
Meet me out in the street
Oh darlin' out in the street
Meet me out in the street
Oh, meet me out in the street
Meet me out in the street
Oh darlin' out in the street

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