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DON'T LOOK BACK

Tracks version

Cold rain running down the front of my shirt
I'm flat on my back wheels in the dirt
Angel makes her face up out on Baker Street
She's straddling the shifter in my front seat
There's nothing to lose, it's a heartbreak
The deck's stacked
So put your foot to the floor and darling don't look back

We're making night tracks through the blazing rain
Blowin' pistons, workin' the fast lane
Red line burnin', pocket's full of cash
Angel writes her name in lipstick on my dash
There's nothing to lose
It's a bad break but baby we're backed
Tonight we'll blow off the doors and honey we won't look back
We held it in our hearts in the pourin' rain
We made it through the heart of a hurricane
We tore it apart and put it together again

Well angel, won't you believe in love for me
C'mon and meet me tonight, darling, out in the street
We'll move with the city in the dark
You got to walk, it talk, it in your heart
There's nothin' to lose it's a heartache
The deck's stacked
So put your foot to the floor, darling
Tonight we'll blow off the doors, baby
We're gonna even the score
And honey we won't look back

These lyrics refer to the Tracks version, Record Plant (NY) on 07 February 1977. This powerful song has been played live in the 1977 tour (debuted on 28 February 1977) and forgotten until the reunion tour reappearance. Check also the live 1977 version.

Available on:

  1. Tracks (disc 1- track 17)
  2. Live In New York City (disc 2- track 6)
  3. Tribute 1997: One Step Up / Two Steps Back: The Songs Of Bruce Springsteen (disc 2- track 1), performed by The Knack

Liner notes from the One Step Up / Two Steps Back: The Songs Of Bruce Springsteen tribute booklet:

I met Bruce Springsteen backstage at a concert in San Diego after the release of his Darkness album. A couple of weeks later, Bruce came to one of our performances at the Troubadour and joined us on stage for a fantastic rendition of "Mona" and "Not Fade Away."

Later I asked Bruce if he had any songs that The Knack might use in our stage show, and he offered two unreleased numbers, "Rendezvous" and "Don't Look Back." The band selected "Don't Look Back," which was "Knackified" and recorded in one take at MCA Whitney studios in April, 1979. The tune was originally scheduled to appear on the Get The Knack album, but was pulled at the request of Springsteen's management in order to allow him to release the song first. The song was never been officially released by Bruce and our version is the only one currently available. I am indebted to Bruce for giving The Knack opportunities that we might not had otherwise.

-Bruce Gary, The Knack