4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) - Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK - November 1975

This is coming to you from, uh, from Asbury Park with love

(One, two, three, four)

Sandy, the fireworks are hailin' over Little Eden tonight

Forcin' a light into all those stoned out faces

Left stranded on this Fourth of July

Down in town the circuit's full with switchblade lovers

So fast, so shiny and sharp

Them wizards play down on Pinball Way

On the boardwalk way past dark

And the boys from the casino dance with their shirts open

Like Latin lovers along the shore

Chasin' all them silly New York girls

Oh, Sandy, the aurora is risin' behind us

The pier lights our carnival life forever

Love me tonight, 'cause I

I may never see you again

Hey, Sandy girl

But now the greasers they tramp the streets

Or get busted for tryin' to sleep on the beach all night

Them boys in their spiked high heels

Ah Sandy, their skins are so white

And me, I just got tired of hangin' in them dusty arcades

And bangin' them pleasure machines

Chasin' the factory girls underneath the boardwalk

Where they all promise to unsnap their jeans

You know that tilt-a-whirl way down on the south beach drag?

I got on it last night and my shirt got caught

And Joey kept me spinnin'

Didn't think I'd ever get off

Oh, Sandy, the aurora is risin' behind us

The pier lights our carnival life on the water

Runnin' crazy in the boardwalk, with my old boss's daughter

Well, he ain't my boss no more, Sandy

Sandy, the angels have lost their desire for us

I spoke to 'em just last night

They said they won't set themselves on fire for us anymore

But every summer when the weather gets hot

They ride that crazy road down from Heaven

On their Harleys they come and they go

See 'em dressed like stars

In all the cheap little seashore bars

And parked with their babies out on the Kokomo

See here, the cops finally busted Madame Marie

For tellin' fortunes better than they do

This boardwalk life for me is through

You know you oughta quit this scene too

Oh, Sandy, the aurora is rising behind us

The pier lights our carnival life forever

Love me tonight and I promise I'll love you forever

(How 'bout it, Sandy?)

(How 'bout it, Sandy?)

We played Detroit about oh, a few months ago

We learned a song

This is one of my favorite Detroit artists