The Promise

Inside I felt like I was carrying the broken spirits of all the other ones who lost When the promise is broken you go on living, but it steals something from down in your soul Like when the truth is spoken and it don''t make no difference, somethin'' in your heart turns cold

16 Ноября 2010 года Columbia Records




[The Promise, disc 1]


RACING IN THE STREET (''78)
GOTTA GET THAT FEELING
OUTSIDE LOOKING IN
SOMEDAY (WE''LL BE TOGETHER)
ONE WAY STREET
BECAUSE THE NIGHT
WRONG SIDE OF THE STREET
THE BROKENHEARTED
RENDEZVOUS
CANDY''S BOY


[The Promise, disc 2]

SAVE MY LOVE
AIN''T GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU
FIRE
SPANISH EYES
IT''S A SHAME
COME ON (LET''S GO TONIGHT)
TALK TO ME
THE LITTLE THINGS (MY BABY DOES)
BREAKAWAY
THE PROMISE
CITY OF NIGHT
THE WAY

GOTTA GET THAT FEELING

Official studio version

Yeah girl, now won''t you come on out tonight
Yeah girl, where the stars are shining bright
Gotta get that feeling (gotta get that feeling)
Yeah we gotta get that feeling (gotta get that feeling)
Whoa-oh back again
Yeah back again

Tonight, you know there''s something in the air
Tonight, we ain''t got money but we don''t care
Just gotta get that feeling (gotta get that feeling)
Yeah I wanna get that feeling (gotta get that feeling)
Before the night is through
I want you to get that feeling too

Hold me in your arms, the night will take care of us
Come the rain or the storm love will be be there with us
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
(Sha la la la)
(Sha la la la)
(Sha la la la)
(Sha la la la)


Tonight, you know there''s something in the air
Tonight, we ain''t got money but we don''t care
We just gotta get that feeling (gotta get that feeling)
Yeah we gotta get that feeling (gotta get that feeling)
Whoa-oh back again
Yeah back again
Gotta get that feeling (gotta get that feeling)
Now I wanna get that feeling (gotta get that feeling)
Gotta get that feeling (gotta get that feeling)
Now I wanna get that feeling (gotta get that feeling)
(Doo doo doo doo doo doo)
(Doo doo doo doo doo doo)



OUTSIDE LOOKING IN

Official studio version

It''s all over now, the things we had
I ain''t sorry, girl, I just feel mad
You walk real pretty and you talk real fine
But night after night babe I''m on the line
My life''s the same story, again and again
I''m on the outside looking in (I''m on the outside looking in)

Well every day just brings the same
You go out looking for some strange new games
Pretty soon them games ain''t fun anymore
And it''s something else that you''re looking for
You''ve got all the answers, you and your friends
And I''m on the outside looking in (I''m on the outside looking in)
Yes I''m on the outside looking in
Whoa!

Whoa!

Now you''ve got the pretty things you want
The sins of the angels baby they will haunt
Those pretty eyes that they all adore
But baby not me, not anymore
I do what I want to, I''ll be what I am
I''m on the outside looking in (I''m on the outside looking in)
Yeah I''m on the outside looking in (I''m on the outside looking in)
Baby yes I am (I''m on the outside looking in)
Ah baby yes I am (I''m on the outside looking in)
Well baby I''m on the outside looking in


SOMEDAY (WE''LL BE TOGETHER)

Official studio version

Your voice comes calling through the mist
I awake from a dream and my heart begins to drift
Tonight we''re on our own
Tonight we''re all alone
Oh-oh, tonight

Someday we''ll be together
And the night will fall around us
This love will last forever
Someday we''ll be together
Together

I can''t sleep so I lay awake listenin'' to the sounds of the city below
I get dressed and walk the streets but I got nowhere to go
Tonight it''s you I miss
Tonight my only wish is
Oh-oh, tonight

Someday we''ll be together
And the night will fall around us
This love will last forever
Someday you''ll be mine

Tonight we''re on our own
Tonight we''re all alone
Oh-oh, tonight

Someday we''ll be together
And the night will fall around us
This love will last forever
Someday you''ll be mine
Woah-whoaaa
Someday you''ll be mine
Woah-whoaaa (this love will last forever)
Someday you''ll be mine
(Someday we''ll be together)
(The night will fall around us)
(This love will last forever)
(Someday you''ll be mine)
(Someday we''ll be together)
[fades out]

ONE WAY STREET

Official studio version

Well if the sun should fall from the sky tomorrow
If the rain brings a tear to your eye I would share your sorrow
If you must go, then take your leave
Our love was strong, our love was sweet
But we were walking on the wild side, running down a one way street

In the night, I see only the fire in your eyes
The morning light brings the shadows of your lies
And so the change has come today
And for our wrongs well we must pay
We were walking on the wild side, running down a one way street

[sax solo]

Oh my darling I must, I must confess
This can''t be love, no I am just a man possessed
And so the tide has turned to day
We can turn and walk away
''Cause we were walking on the wild side, running down a one way street
Yes we are
Girl, we''re walking on the wild side, running down a one way street

[sax solo]

Whoa-hoo


WRONG SIDE OF THE STREET

Official studio version

Turn on the radio, turn off the lights
We''ll bring an end, darling, to your endless night
You''re on the wrong side of the street

I see your fortune in the lines in your face
I knew you''re looking for your saving grace
You''re on the wrong side of the street

Fear and desire such a sweet confusion
Well, open your eyes and throw down your illusions
And see you never belonged here with me

You and your poetry and your cool, cool world
You been working hard on that face of a martyr girl
You''re on the wrong side of the street

You got the look and you own your world
But here you better check your diamonds and your pearls
You''re on the wrong side of the street

You get bored of every day bringing the same
So you go out looking for some strange new games
But pretty soon you don''t know the score or what you''re looking for

[guitar and sax solos]

You get bored of every day bringing the same
So you go out looking for some strange new games
But pretty soon you don''t know the score or what you came here for

Turn on the radio, turn off the lights
We''ll bring an end, darling, to this endless night
Here on the wrong side of the street

Fear and desire such a sweet confusion
Well, open your eyes and throw down your illusions
And see tonight there''s no one here but you and me


THE BROKENHEARTED

Official studio version

Well darling, oh won''t you come a little closer
I promise pretty darling, I didn''t know what I was saying
And now I''m praying that you won''t say it''s over
Come here pretty baby and rest your head upon my shoulder
Just one kiss and we started
Now don''t leave me to the brokenhearted, the brokenhearted, the brokenhearted
And tell me that you need me

Well now baby, the lonely nights keep growing longer
And my love for you just keeps growing stronger
Like a wheel of chance so endlessly turning
My fate lay in your hands, my heart forever burning
In a sweet fire your kiss started
Now don''t leave me to the brokenhearted, the brokenhearted, the brokenhearted
And tell me that you love me
Tell me that you want me, girl

The cruel mistakes I''ve made, the hard price that I''ve paid
For the good times and for laughter
Girl, I should''ve known for the indifference that I''ve shown
I''d pay forever after

And darling, now all I''m trying to say is passion
And love, they have a way of slipping into blackness
Uncared for of slipping away
The deck is cut, the cards turned, the hand is played
And all we ever hope for burns to ashes and drifts away
Now don''t let our love slip into this darkness
Don''t leave me to the brokenhearted, the brokenhearted, the brokenhearted
And tell me that you love me
Tell me that you need me
Tell me that you love me
Tell me that you want me
Tell me that you need me
Tell me that you want me
Tell me that you love me
Yeah tell me that you love me
Tell me that you love me
Tell me that you want me
And come on now daring
Say it right now baby
Say it right now darling
Tell me that you love me
[fades out]

SAVE MY LOVE

Official studio version

Now there''s something coming through the air that softly reminds me
Tonight I''ll park out on the hill and wait until they find me
Here slipping through the ether, a voice is coming through
So keep me in your heart tonight and I''ll save my love for you

So turn up your radio and darling dial me in close
We''re riding on the airwaves and we''re traveling coast to coast
Over river and highway your voice comes clear and true
Though we''re far apart tonight, I''ll save my love for you

Hold me in your arms and our doubts won''t break us
If we open up our hearts, love won''t forsake us
Let''s let the music take us and carry us home

There''s a prayer coming through the air like a shot straight through my heart
Tearing open the evening sky, tearing me apart
Now I''ll ride that signal down the line till I''m home again with you
So turn up your radio and I''ll save my love for you
Turn up your radio and I''ll save my love for you



AIN''T GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU

Official studio version

Well you don''t like, don''t like the way I walk
And you don''t like, don''t like the way I talk
You criticize about me endlessly
Logic defies how you get stuck with me
And you complain about the clothes I wear
And you explain there''s other boys out there
You complain my car makes too much noise
And you cry I''m always out with the boys

Whoa whoa (whoa whoa whoa whoa)
I give up little darling (whoa whoa little darling)
Yeah no matter what I do, girl you know it''s true
Ain''t good enough for you

You complain the way I love you at night
You explain I''m really not your type
If we go out, you say I''m such a bore
If we stay in, you say what are we living for
I don''t understand, there''s nothing I can do
There ain''t no way I can satisfy you
End of the night I lean in for a kiss
Here comes the pitch, a swing and a miss

Whoa whoa whoa whoa (whoa whoa whoa whoa)
I quit little darling (whoa whoa little darling)
Yeah no matter what I do, well you know it''s true
Ain''t good enough for you, hey!
Hey!
(Come on boys!)

Whoa whoa whoa whoa (whoa whoa whoa whoa)
Hey hey little darling (whoa whoa little darling)
No matter what I do, girl you know it''s true
Ain''t good enough for you

I tried to change, I got a job in sales
I bought a shirt uptown in Bloomindales
And babe I tried to make the latest scene
Hitting cool just like Jimmy Iovine
I bought a record with all the latest grooves
A book of love with all the latest moves
I bought some flowers and I waited at your door
And you came out, didn''t want to see me no more

Whoa whoa whoa (whoa whoa whoa whoa)
I quit little darling (whoa whoa little darling)
Yeah no matter what I do, girl you know it''s true
Ain''t good enough for you
Hey! Hey! Hey!
No matter what I do, girl you know it''s true
Ain''t good enough for you
Aww no matter what I do, girl you know it''s true
Ain''t good enough for you
Whoaaa!



SPANISH EYES

Official studio version

Hey little girl, is your daddy home
Did he go away and leave you all alone
Baby I been watching you for a long, long time
Come close, we could have us some fun
And after the burning is done
Our ruins will shine through the night
Where you took me with your Spanish eyes

He''s your Saturday night special baby, is he good to you
Does he have money, honey, like I do
Can he do the things that I''ll do for you
If your answer it isn''t so clear
Then maybe you should stay right here
And let your doubts slip away ''neath you sighs
Let me kiss your Spanish eyes

When the music it plays and the dancers sway with sweet emotion
And the dance floor is filled with promises of complete devotion
Close to feel your motion
Yeah, bring it on in

Come on and stretch out baby, and call your daddy home
I''m running tonight, I won''t be long
I got something special baby, just meant for you
Here where the road narrows and turns
The only light''s from the fire that burns
Here ''neath the coal black skies
When I look into your Spanish eyes
Into your Spanish eyes
Into your Spanish eyes
Into your Spanish eyes


IT''S A SHAME

Official studio version

Well I walk the way you want me to
And I''ll talk the way you want me to
And I''ve tried to do all I can just to please you

Well I work hard every day for you
And I brought home all my pay for you
And I''ve cried my tears through the rain night and again

And oh whoa girl, it''s a shame
Oh whoa girl, it''s a doggone shame
We worked so hard, but it''s all in vain
Oh whoa girl, it''s a shame

Now I bought your gold and diamond rings
And I brought you home your pretty things
And I thought I''d shown all the love I had for you, yes I did

But as hard as I try it all falls through
Well maybe I was born to be just your fool
Trying to satisfy your every desire, each need you require

Well oh whoa girl, it''s a shame
Oh whoa girl, it''s a doggone shame
I worked so hard, but it''s all in vain
Oh whoa girl, it''s a shame

Someone now!
Whoa!
Whoaaa, whoa-hoo
Whoa

Oh whoa girl, it''s a shame
Oh girl, it''s a doggone shame
We worked so hard, but it''s all in vain
Oh whoa girl, it''s a shame
Oh whoa girl, it''s a shame
Oh girl, it''s a doggone shame
I worked so hard, but it''s all in vain
Oh whoa, girl it''s a shame
[fades out]


COME ON (LET''S GO TONIGHT)

Official studio version

Put on your black dress baby, and put your hair up right
There''s a party way down in Factory Town tonight
I''ll be going down there if you need a ride
Come on, come on, let''s go tonight

How many men fail, their dreams denied
They walk through these streets with death in their eyes
Now the man on the radio says "Elvis Presley died"
Come on, come on, let''s go tonight

Well now some came to witness, now some came to weep
Drawn by death''s strange glory, they stood in the street
Drawn together forever in the promise of an endless sleep
Come on, come on, let''s go tonight
Baby, come on, come on, let''s go tonight
Da da da da da da da


TALK TO ME

Official studio version

Well every night I see a light shine in your window
And every night you don''t answer when I come knocking at your door
Well your daddy won''t ever let me in
And I see from the street your silhouette sitting close to him
What must I do, what does it take, to get you to

Ah talk to me, well until the night''s over
Little girl won''t you talk to me, well until the night''s over
Yeah yeah I got a full week''s pay
And, baby, I''ve been working hard each day
I''m not asking for the world, you see
I''m just asking, girl, talk to me

Well now late at night I hear the music softly playing
And late at night I see the two of you softly swaying
I don''t understand darling what was my sin
Why am I down here below, your arms are open to him
What did I do, what did I say, what must I pay, to get you to

Talk to me, well until the night''s over
Little girl won''t you talk to me, just until it''s all over
Yeah yeah yeah I got a full week''s pay
And baby I''ve been working hard each day
I''m not asking for the world, you see
I''m just asking darling, talk to me
Whoa alright

[sax solo]

I don''t understand darling what was my sin
Why am I down here below and your arms are open to him
What did I do, what did I say, what must I pay, to get you to

Talk to me, just until the night''s over
Little girl won''t you talk to me, well, until the night''s over
Yeah yeah yeah I got a full week''s pay
And baby I''ve been working hard each day
I''m not asking for the world, you see
Oh I''m just, well I''m just asking, darling, please
And baby I''m down on my knees, to get you to

Talk to me, well until the night''s over
Little girl won''t you talk to me until it''s all over
Come on darling and talk to me, well until it''s all over
Little girl won''t you talk to me, well until it''s all over
Well I wanna say yeah! yeah! yeah! yeah!
Yeah! yeah! say! say!
Yeah! yeah!
(Yeah! yeah! yeah! yeah!)
Ah talk to me
(Until the night''s over)
Come on talk to me
(Until the night''s over)
Talk to me
(Until the night''s over)
(Come on baby)
(I got love!)
[fades out]


THE LITTLE THINGS (MY BABY DOES)

Official studio version

The way she kisses so tenderly
The way she gives her love to me
I been felt by the graces and angels up above
The little things my baby does
The little things my baby does
The little things my baby does
That make me love her

The way she sighs when I hold her tight
Good times and bad will be alright
Faces on the street they push hard and they shove
Disappear with the little things my baby does
The little things my baby does
The little things my baby does
I know I love her

The soft summer breeze fills her every sigh
Her eyes are bluer than the summer sky

I been felt by the graces and angels up above
The little things my baby does
The little things my baby does
The little things my baby does
That make me love her

And when the night closes in
I''m drifting and I can''t find a friend
On the wings of the angels I''m saved by her love
The little things my baby does
The little things my baby does
The little things my baby does
That make me love her

The little things my baby does
The little things my baby does
The little things my baby does
The little things my baby does
[fades out]


BREAKAWAY

Official studio version

Sonny abandoned his car last night
Had a meeting on the docks with a light blue Monterrey
To breakaway

Sonny was playing all his cards last night
In a hotel room he dealt his life away
To breakaway

Now the promises and the lies they demand it
Let the hearts that have been broken stand as the price you pay
To breakaway, oh, breakaway, oh Ronde, Ronde, Ronde, Ronde Ray
To breakaway

Janie slipped from behind the bar last night
Cashed out and walked onto streets rainy and grey
To breakaway

Janie slid into a car last night (sha la la la, sha la la la)
In a parking lot she gave her soul away (sha la la la, sha la la la, sha la la la, sha la la la)
To breakaway (sha la la la, sha la la la)

Now the promises and the lies they demand it
Let the hearts that have been broken stand as the price you pay
To breakaway, oh, breakaway, oh Ronde, Ronde, Ronde, Ronde Ray
To breakaway

[sax solo]

Bobby lay ''neath a sheet of stars last night
His back on blacktop still warm from the heat of the day
From breakaway

Bobby went down hard last night (sha la la la, sha la la la)
Saw a shooting star as the evening light slipped away (sha la la la, sha la la la, sha la la la, sha la la la)
From breakaway (sha la la la, sha la la la)

Now the promises and the lies they demand it
Let the hearts that have been broken stand as the price you pay
To breakaway, oh, breakaway, oh Ronde, Ronde, Ronde, Ronde Ray
From breakaway (sha la la la, sha la la la)
Oh breakaway (sha la la la, sha la la la)
To breakaway (sha la la la, sha la la la)
To breakaway (sha la la la, sha la la la)



THE PROMISE

Official 1977 studio version

Johnny works in a factory and Billy works downtown
Terry works in a rock and roll band lookin'' for that million-dollar sound
And I got a little job down in Darlington but some nights I don''t go
Some nights I go to the drive-in or some nights I stay home
I followed that dream just like those guys do way up on the screen
And I drove a Challenger down Route 9 through the dead ends and all the bad scenes
And when the promise was broken, I cashed in a few of my own dreams

Well now I built that Challenger by myself, but I needed money and so I sold it
I lived a secret I should''a kept to myself, but I got drunk one night and I told it
All my life I fought this fight, the fight that no man can ever win
Every day it just gets harder to live this dream I''m believing in
Thunder Road, oh baby you were so right
Thunder Road, there''s somethin'' dyin'' down on the highway tonight

I won big once and I hit the coast, oh but somehow I paid the big cost
Inside I felt like I was carrying the broken spirits of all the other ones who lost
When the promise is broken you go on living, but it steals something from down in your soul
Like when the truth is spoken and it don''t make no difference, somethin'' in your heart turns cold
Thunder Road, for the lost lovers and all the fixed games
Thunder Road, for the tires rushing by in the rain
Thunder Road, remember what me and Billy we''d always say
Thunder Road, we were gonna take it all then threw it all away



CITY OF NIGHT

Official studio version

Taxi Cab, Taxi Cab, at the light
Won''t you take me on a ride through this city of night
I got some money and I''m feeling fine
I ain''t in no hurry so just take your time
Some people wanna die young and gloriously
But Taxi Cab driver, well that ain''t me
I got a cute little baby down at 12th and Vine
And she opens for business just about closing time
Ah hey hey, ah hey hey
City of night, city of night

And I don''t believe what I see in this street
I don''t know how people they can take the heat
Well baby I''m a liar, I''m a cheat, and I don''t care
I got my money, I can take my fare
Ah hey hey, ah hey hey
City of night, city of night

I''m riding tonight to see my sugar girl
You know she wears that dress without a care in the world
Yeah she got some loving that''s as bright as the sun
And she brings it with her man when she comes
Hey, hey, city of night
Ah-hey, ah-hey, city of night
Ride on




THE WAY

Official studio version

The way your heart beats when I hold you tight
The way you sigh when we kiss goodnight
The way the wind blows through the trees
Well hey, that''s the way you belong to me

The way you warm me baby when I''m cold
The way you make me want you body and soul
The way the rivers run to the sea
Well hey, that''s the way you belong to me

The way you soothe me when I''m in pain
The way you make the blood rush in my veins
The way the winds rush through the trees
Well hey, that''s the way you belong to me

When I lose faith you take my hand
The way you make me feel like I''m a man
The way the sun belongs to the sea
Well hey, that''s the way you belong to me

[sax solo]

The way you make me feel like I belong
And if I could girl though I know it''d be wrong
I''d lock you deep inside ''till the last rains fall
And hide you from the emptiness of it all

Sometimes at night I lie awake
I pull you close and feel each breath you take
The way the rivers belong to the seas
Well hey, that''s the way you belong to me
Well hey, that''s the way you belong to me
Hmmmmm
Hmmmmm
Hmmmmm
Hmmmmm
Hmmmmm
Hmmmmm [fades out]