He was asleep on the sofa in front of a videotaped baseball game. T-Bone Burnett added something, I cut a track and actually put strings on it, then showed up at Bruce's house in Asbury Park in the middle of the night. I asked Bruce about it so many times, he finally said, "You like it so much, why don't you write it?" I did write a few lines. Warren: I'd heard this Springsteen song title from his manager, Jon Landau. Jeannie and her father rode off into the night I was riding hard to meet her when a shot rang out behindĪs I lay there in the darkness with a pistol by my side The night was cold and rainy down by the borderline To leave that very evening, and get away somehow I drew out all my money and together we did vow We met down by the river on the final day in MayĪnd when I leaned down to kiss her, she did not turn away 'Cause he knew I wanted Jeannie and I'd have her like I said Her father was a lawman - he swore he'd shoot me dead
She came down from Knightstown with her hands hard from the lineįrom the first time I laid eyes on her I knew that she'd be mine I was born down by the river where the dirty water flowsĪnd the cold wind cut through me it cut right through my clothesĪnd the anger and the yearning, like fever in my veins Written by Bruce Springsteen & Warren Zevon David Lindley's guitar parts make it one of my favorite tracks. I'd just read a novel called Black Angus by Newton Thornburg I found the cattle disease in there. Warren: Written really fast on marijuana around the synthesizer ostinato. Made love in the mornings while the churchbells rang Remember when we used to watch the sun set in the sea Then I've thrown down diamonds in the sand It's rolling like a rockslide down a hill There's a certain chick I've been sweet on since I met herĪnd there's a certain girl I've been in love with a long, long time Still we're introduced as nothing but friends I've tried to make her time and time again There's a certain girl I've been in love with a long, long time 44 Magnum revolver fired into a trash can filled with gravel. The sounds that were supposed to suggest the dance master's hand-claps were actually made by a Smith & Wesson Model 29. The classical intro and the song were conceived together as a rock video, which in the end no one would pay for, since no one seemed to know exactly what a rock video was. Warren: I was studying dance with a choreographer named JoAnn DeVito.
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