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SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT

Live version 1

Well I'm riding down Kingsley
Figuring I'll get a drink
I turn the radio way up loud
So I don't have to think
Then I ease down on the gas
Looking for a moment when the world seems right
And then I go tearing into the heart
Of something in the night

And I picked this chick up hitchhiking, she hung her head out the window and she screamed
Said she was looking for someplace to go, to die or be redeemed
You can ride this road to dawn, without another human being in sight
Cause baby everybody's gone looking for something in the night

Sometimes you gotta stop riding, sometimes I want to stop my fooling around
Somehow I got stuff running around my head, I can't live with or without
She wants me to push this Charger until the whole world disappears out of sight
And me and her can surrender to the justice of something in the night

Because nothing is ever forgotten, nothing is forgiven
You just walk out on the street, trying to take all the heat that they are given
And man it's just winners and losers, mumbling about some vague wrong or right
And kids like us, rumbling girl, over something in the night

Now all them people out on the island, they lock their doors and take their children by the hand
Put on your black dress baby, because tonight the devil will walk these streets like a man
And I'm gonna bring along my switchblade, in case that fool wants to fight
He can meet us running out on the highway, chasing something in the night
Whoaaaaaa something in the night
Whoaaaaaa there's something in the night

Played in various versions since 1976, and the in the Darkness On The Edge Of Town tour, reappeared in the Reunion tour. Published on Darkness On The Edge Of Town.

These lyrics refer to the version played on 21 August 1976 at the Palace Theatre, Waterbury, CT, 22 August 1976 in Springfield, MA, 10 October 1976 at the Hall Auditorium, Miami Uni., Oxford, OH, and 12 October 1976 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Check also the album's version, live version 2, live version 3, live version 4, live version 5, outtake version 1, and outtake version 2.

Available on:

  1. Darkness On The Edge Of Town (track 3)
  2. Tribute 1997: One Step Up / Two Steps Back: The Songs Of Bruce Springsteen (disc 1- track 1), performed by Aram

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

Since my feet could reach the pedals, "Something In The Night" has been my quintessential, "ridin' alone in the car at night" song. Since I've lived on Kingsley Drive, the opening line of this song has become my car mantra every time I pull onto my street. Thanks Bruce for making it OK to keep a messy mind.

-Aram