4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)

Sandy

The fireworks are hailin' over Little Eden tonight

Forcin' a light into all those stony faces

Left stranded on this warm July

Down in the town, the circuit's full of switchblade lovers

So fast, so shiny and so sharp

As the 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 on the shore

Chasin' all them silly New York virgins by the score

And, Sandy, the aurora is risin' behind us

These pier lights, our carnival life forever

Oh, love me tonight for I may never see you again

Hey, Sandy, girl

My, my baby

Now the greasers, ah, they tramp the streets

Or get busted for sleeping on the beach all night

Them boys in their high heels

Ah, Sandy, their skins are so white

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

Bangin' them pleasure machines

Chasin' the factory girls underneath the boardwalk

Where they all promise to unsnap their jeans

And you know that tilt-a-whirl

Down on the South Beach drag?

I got on it last night and my shirt got caught

And they kept me spinnin', babe

Didn't think I'd ever get off

Oh, Sandy, the aurora is risin' behind us

This pier lights, our carnival life on the water

Runnin', laughin' 'neath the boardwalk

Ah, with the boss's daughter

Ah, remember, Sandy, girl

My, my, my, my, my baby

Sandy

That waitress I was seein' lost her desire for me

I spoke with her last night

She said she won't set herself on fire for me anymore

She worked that joint under the boardwalk

She was always the girl you saw

Boppin' down the beach with the radio

The kids say last night she was dressed like a star

In one of them cheap little seaside bars

And I saw her parked with lover boy out on the Kokomo

Did you hear the cops finally busted Madame Marie

For tellin' fortunes better than they do?

For me, this boardwalk life's through, babe

You ought to quit this scene, too

Sandy, the aurora is rising behind us

This pier lights, our carnival life forever

Oh, love me tonight and I promise I'll love you forever

Oh, I mean it, Sandy, girl

My, my, my, my, my baby

Yeah, I promise, Sandy, girl

Sha-la-la-la-la, baby