Song | Rockaway The Days |
Artist | Bruce Springsteen |
Album | Tracks |
Lyrics:Bruce Springsteen Music:Bruce Springsteen | |
Billy got out of prison but he wasn't right | |
Some like to drink or gamble, Billy liked to fight | |
He tracked back to his home state of Maryland | |
Went to his mom's mobile home where she took hin in, alright | |
CHORUS | |
Rockaway the days, rockaway the nights | |
Gimme something to last me, baby, 'til the morning light | |
I ain't lookin' for trouble, I ain't looking for a fight | |
Honey rockaway these days, rockaway these nights | |
Well at a picnic one Sunday Billy met Mary Dove | |
Mary lloked at Billy, Billy fell in love | |
Billy swore to Mary he'd always love het so | |
They were married in the valley where the river flows, alright | |
CHORUS | |
At a roadside bar Billy argued with a young man | |
And he settled that argument with a razor in his hand | |
With blood on his shirt back to Mary he did run | |
She sighed 'Billy, oh Billy, what have you done?' | |
He ran to his ma's trailer but the lights were dim | |
He pounded on the door, she wouldn't let him in | |
Up the road to a neighbor's house he drew near | |
They said 'Billy go away, we don't want no trouble 'round here' | |
Billy stole a car and headed out on the road | |
Pocketful of pills and his brain on overload | |
Seen some lights in his rearview mirror, panicked and gave her the gun | |
Wrapped himself 'round a telephone pole way out on 101 | |
Well Billy got cut out by the highway patrol | |
Just lay there with the cars passing on slow | |
Sheriff told Billy's ma that Billy died | |
She buried his body by the riverside, alright | |
CHORUS | |
Well rich man want the power and the seat on the top | |
Poor man want the money that the rich man got | |
Honey tonight I'm feeling so tired and unsure | |
Come on in Mary, shut the light, close the door | |
CHORUS |
Lyrics: Bruce Springsteen Music: Bruce Springsteen | |
Billy got out of prison but he wasn' t right | |
Some like to drink or gamble, Billy liked to fight | |
He tracked back to his home state of Maryland | |
Went to his mom' s mobile home where she took hin in, alright | |
CHORUS | |
Rockaway the days, rockaway the nights | |
Gimme something to last me, baby, ' til the morning light | |
I ain' t lookin' for trouble, I ain' t looking for a fight | |
Honey rockaway these days, rockaway these nights | |
Well at a picnic one Sunday Billy met Mary Dove | |
Mary lloked at Billy, Billy fell in love | |
Billy swore to Mary he' d always love het so | |
They were married in the valley where the river flows, alright | |
CHORUS | |
At a roadside bar Billy argued with a young man | |
And he settled that argument with a razor in his hand | |
With blood on his shirt back to Mary he did run | |
She sighed ' Billy, oh Billy, what have you done?' | |
He ran to his ma' s trailer but the lights were dim | |
He pounded on the door, she wouldn' t let him in | |
Up the road to a neighbor' s house he drew near | |
They said ' Billy go away, we don' t want no trouble ' round here' | |
Billy stole a car and headed out on the road | |
Pocketful of pills and his brain on overload | |
Seen some lights in his rearview mirror, panicked and gave her the gun | |
Wrapped himself ' round a telephone pole way out on 101 | |
Well Billy got cut out by the highway patrol | |
Just lay there with the cars passing on slow | |
Sheriff told Billy' s ma that Billy died | |
She buried his body by the riverside, alright | |
CHORUS | |
Well rich man want the power and the seat on the top | |
Poor man want the money that the rich man got | |
Honey tonight I' m feeling so tired and unsure | |
Come on in Mary, shut the light, close the door | |
CHORUS |