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For You

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First time played on: 06/01/1974

Latest time played on: 05/09/2016

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Bruce Springsteen Sings the Alphabet

Episode: For You

Source: www.alphabeticalspringsteen.com

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Lyrics

Princess cards she sends me with her regards
barroom eyes shine vacancy, to see her you gotta look hard
Wounded deep in battle, I stand stuffed like some soldier undaunted
To her Cheshire smile. I'll stand on file, she's all I ever wanted.
But you let your blue walls get in the way of these facts
honey, get your carpetbaggers off my back
you wouldn't even give me time to cover my tracks.
You said, "Here's your mirror and your ball and jacks".

But they're not what I came for, and I'm sure you see that too
I came for you, for you, I came for you, but you did not need my urgency
I came for you, for you, I came for you, but your life was one long emergency
and your cloud line urges me, and my electric surges free

Crawl into my ambulance, your pulse is getting weak
reveal yourself all now to me girl while you've got the strength to speak
Cause they're waiting for you at Bellevue with their oxygen masks
But I could give it all to you now if only you could ask.

And don't call for your surgeon even he says it's too late
It's not your lungs this time, it's your heart that holds your fate
Don't give me money, honey, I don't want it back
you and your pony face and your union jack
well take your local joker and teach him how to act
I swear I was never that way even when I really cracked
Didn't you think I knew that you were born with the power of a locomotive
able to leap tall buildings in a single bound?
And your Chelsea suicide with no apparent motive

you could laugh and cry in a single sound.

And your strength is devastating in the face of all these odds
Remember how I kept you waiting when it was my turn to be the god?

You were not quite half so proud when I found you broken on the beach
Remember how I poured salt on your tongue and hung just out of reach
And the band they played the homecoming theme as I caressed your cheek
That ragged, jagged melody she still clings to me like a leech.
But that medal you wore on your chest always got in the way

like a little girl with a trophy so soft to buy her way
We were both hitchhikers but you had your ear tuned to the roar
of some metal-tempered engine on an alien, distant shore
So you, left to find a better reason than the one we were living for
and it's not that nursery mouth I came back for
It's not the way you're stretched out on the floor
cause I've broken all your windows and I've rammed through all your doors
And who am I to ask you to lick my sores?
And you should know that's true...

I came for you, for you, I came for you, but you did not need my urgency
I came for you, for you, I came for you, but your life was one long emergency
and your cloud line urges me, and my electric surges free
Played in:
06/01/1974Joe\'s Place, Boston, MAUnited States
12/01/1974Joint In The Woods, Parsipanny, NJUnited States
25/01/1974Altria Theater, Richmond, VAUnited States
03/03/1974Gaston Hall Georgetown University, Washington, DCUnited States
03/03/1974Gaston Hall Georgetown University, Washington, DCUnited States
09/03/1974Liberty Hall, Houston, TXUnited States
10/03/1974Liberty Hall, Houston, TXUnited States
24/03/1974Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, AZUnited States
05/04/1974Widener College, Chester, PAUnited States
06/04/1974Burlington County College, Pemberton, NJUnited States
10/04/1974Charlies Place, Cambridge, MAUnited States
12/04/1974Charlies Place, Cambridge, MAUnited States
12/04/1974Charlies Place, Cambridge, MAUnited States
19/04/1974State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJUnited States
26/04/1974Brown University, Providence, RIUnited States
09/05/1974Harvard Square Theatre, Cambridge, MAUnited States
24/05/1974War Memorial, Trenton, NJUnited States
02/06/1974University of Toledo, Toledo, OHUnited States
20/09/1974Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PAUnited States
22/09/1974Kean University, Union, NJUnited States
05/10/1974Allbright College, Reading, PAUnited States
05/02/1975The Main Point, Bryn Mawr, PAUnited States
06/02/1975Widener College, Chester, PAUnited States
19/02/1975Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PAUnited States
23/02/1975NYCB Theatre at Westbury, Westbury, NYUnited States
08/03/1975Constitution Hall, Washington, DCUnited States
13/08/1975The Bottom Line, New York, NYUnited States
15/08/1975The Bottom Line, New York, NYUnited States
17/08/1975The Bottom Line, New York, NYUnited States
21/08/1975Alex Cooley's Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, GAUnited States
23/08/1975Alex Cooley's Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, GAUnited States
26/10/1975Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WAUnited States
01/11/1975Robertson Gymnasium, Santa Barbara, CAUnited States
11/11/1975Jai Alai Fronton, Miami, FLUnited States
18/11/1975Hammersmith Apollo Theatre, LondonGreat Britain
21/11/1975Konserthus, StockholmSweden
23/11/1975RAI Congres centrum, AmsterdamNetherlands
24/11/1975Hammersmith Apollo Theatre, LondonGreat Britain
03/12/1975Music Hall, Boston, MAUnited States
05/12/1975Georgetown University, Washington, DCUnited States
11/12/1975Seton Hall, South Orange, NJUnited States
12/12/1975C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, Greenvale, NYUnited States
16/12/1975State University, Oswego, NYUnited States
21/12/1975Seneca College, TorontoCanada
27/12/1975Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PAUnited States
28/12/1975Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PAUnited States
30/12/1975Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PAUnited States
02/04/1976Macauley Theatre, Louisville, KYUnited States
15/04/1976Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PAUnited States
19/05/1978Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJUnited States
23/05/1978Shea Theatre, Buffalo, NYUnited States
24/05/1978Palace Theatre, Albany, NYUnited States
26/05/1978The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PAUnited States
27/05/1978The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PAUnited States
30/05/1978Music Hall, Boston, MAUnited States
31/05/1978Music Hall, Boston, MAUnited States
02/06/1978United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MDUnited States
03/06/1978Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NYUnited States
05/06/1978Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo, OHUnited States
08/06/1978Dane County Coliseum, Madison, WIUnited States
09/06/1978Milwaukee Arena, Milwaukee, WIUnited States
10/06/1978Metropolitan Sports Center, Bloomington, MNUnited States
14/06/1978Music Hall, Omaha, NEUnited States
16/06/1978Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MOUnited States
20/06/1978Red Rocks Amphitheater, Denver, COUnited States
24/06/1978Paramount Theatre, Portland, ORUnited States
25/06/1978Seattle Arena, Seattle, WAUnited States
26/06/1978Queen Elizabeth Theatre, VancouverCanada
29/06/1978Performing Arts Centre, San Jose, CAUnited States
30/06/1978Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CAUnited States
01/07/1978Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CAUnited States
05/07/1978The Forum, Los Angeles, CAUnited States
07/07/1978The Roxy, Los Angeles, CAUnited States
08/07/1978Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, AZUnited States
09/07/1978Pechanga Arena, San Diego, CAUnited States
12/07/1978Convention Theatre, Dallas, TXUnited States
14/07/1978San Antonio Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, TXUnited States
16/07/1978Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, LAUnited States
28/07/1978Jai Alai Fronton, Miami, FLUnited States
14/08/1978Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VAUnited States
22/08/1978Madison Square Garden, New York, NYUnited States
23/08/1978Madison Square Garden, New York, NYUnited States
25/08/1978Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CTUnited States
26/08/1978Civic Center, Providence, RIUnited States
09/09/1978University of Notre Dame, South Bend, INUnited States
01/10/1978Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GAUnited States
25/11/1978Kiel Opera House, St. Louis, MOUnited States
01/01/1979Richfield Coliseum, Richfield Township, OHUnited States
11/10/1980Uptown Theatre, Chicago, ILUnited States
13/10/1980Civic Center, St. Paul, MNUnited States
28/10/1980Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CAUnited States
01/11/1980L.A. Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CAUnited States
28/11/1980Madison Square Garden, New York, NYUnited States
01/12/1980Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PAUnited States
02/12/1980War Memorial, Rochester, NYUnited States
04/12/1980Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NYUnited States
06/12/1980The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PAUnited States
08/12/1980The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PAUnited States
09/12/1980The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PAUnited States
11/12/1980Civic Center, Providence, RIUnited States
12/12/1980Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Hartford, CTUnited States
15/12/1980Boston Garden, Boston, MAUnited States
16/12/1980Boston Garden, Boston, MAUnited States
18/12/1980Madison Square Garden, New York, NYUnited States
28/12/1980Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NYUnited States
29/12/1980Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NYUnited States
20/01/1981Maple Leaf Gardens, TorontoCanada
28/01/1981Checkerdome, St. Louis, MOUnited States
29/01/1981Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IAUnited States
02/02/1981Dane County Coliseum, Madison, WIUnited States
04/02/1981Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, ILUnited States
07/02/1981University of Illinois, Champaign, ILUnited States
12/02/1981Mobile Civic Center, Mobile, ALUnited States
13/02/1981Mississippi State University, Starkville, MSUnited States
15/02/1981Civic Center, Lakeland, FLUnited States
22/02/1981Carolina Coliseum, Columbia, SCUnited States
23/02/1981Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, GAUnited States
25/02/1981Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TNUnited States
26/02/1981Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TNUnited States
28/02/1981Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NCUnited States
02/03/1981Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VAUnited States
04/03/1981Rupp Arena, Lexington, KYUnited States
19/07/1981The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PAUnited States
29/07/1981Richfield Coliseum, Richfield Township, OHUnited States
04/08/1981Capital Center, Largo, MDUnited States
11/08/1981Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MIUnited States
17/08/1981Red Rocks Amphitheater, Denver, COUnited States
21/08/1981L.A. Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CAUnited States
10/09/1981Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, ILUnited States
11/09/1981Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, ILUnited States
07/08/1992Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, NJUnited States
25/11/1996Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJUnited States
26/11/1996Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJUnited States
16/05/1997Opera Berlioz-Le Corum, MontpellierFrance
26/05/1997Palais des congrès de Paris, ParisFrance
19/03/1999Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJUnited States
04/08/1999Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJUnited States
26/08/1999Fleet Center, Boston, MAUnited States
03/09/1999Capital One Arena, Washington, DCUnited States
23/10/1999Staples Center, Los Angeles, CAUnited States
26/06/2000Madison Square Garden, New York, NYUnited States
17/12/2000Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJUnited States
18/12/2000Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJUnited States
25/09/2002United Center, Chicago, ILUnited States
04/10/2002Fleet Center, Boston, MAUnited States
06/10/2002First Union Center, Philadelphia, PAUnited States
18/10/2002Palamalaguti Arena, BolognaItaly
22/10/2002Ahoy, RotterdamNetherlands
24/10/2002Globen, StockholmSweden
04/11/2002Compaq Center, Houston, TXUnited States
23/11/2002American Airlines Arena, Miami, FLUnited States
20/02/2003Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MAUnited States
06/03/2003Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VAUnited States
21/07/2003Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJUnited States
09/08/2003Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PAUnited States
07/09/2003Fenway Park, Boston, MAUnited States
02/12/2004Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts, Pittsburgh, PAUnited States
19/12/2004Harry\'s roadhouse, Asbury Park, NJUnited States
21/04/2005Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJUnited States
22/04/2005Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJUnited States
25/04/2005Fox Theatre, Detroit, MIUnited States
28/04/2005Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie, Grand Prairie, TXUnited States
30/04/2005Glendale Arena, Glendale, AZUnited States
07/05/2005The Lecture Hall, Denver, COUnited States
02/06/2005Palacio De Deportes, MadridSpain
04/06/2005Palamalaguti Arena, BolognaItaly
15/06/2005Festhalle, Frankfurt am MainGermany
19/06/2005Ahoy, RotterdamNetherlands
28/06/2005ICC, BerlinGermany
14/07/2005Air Canada Centre, TorontoCanada
28/07/2005Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, PAUnited States
31/07/2005Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OHUnited States
11/08/2005Key Arena, Seattle, WAUnited States
12/10/2005Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, MNUnited States
21/10/2005Dunkin Donuts Center, Providence, RIUnited States
30/10/2005TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, MAUnited States
19/11/2006The Point, DublinIreland
21/11/2006Odyssey, BelfastGreat Britain
15/10/2007Air Canada Centre, TorontoCanada
28/03/2008The Rose Garden, Portland, ORUnited States
30/04/2008John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, VAUnited States
27/06/2008Parc des Princes, ParisFrance
29/06/2008Parken, CopenhagenDenmark
18/08/2008Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VAUnited States
23/08/2008Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MOUnited States
22/04/2009TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, MAUnited States
04/05/2009Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NYUnited States
11/07/2009RDS Arena, DublinIreland
22/08/2009Comcast Center, Mansfield, MAUnited States
25/10/2009Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MOUnited States
20/11/20091st Mariner Arena, Baltimore, MDUnited States
22/11/2009HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NYUnited States
22/05/2010Nokia Theatre, New York, NYUnited States
04/11/2010Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall, Pittsburgh, PAUnited States
03/11/2011Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall, Pittsburgh, PAUnited States
27/04/2012L.A. Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CAUnited States
05/07/2012AccorHotels Arena, ParisFrance
23/07/2012Koengen, BergenNorway
31/07/2012Olympia Stadion, HelsinkiFinland
19/09/2012MetLife Stadium , East Rutherford, NJUnited States
25/10/2012XL Center, Hartford, CTUnited States
29/04/2013Telenor Arena, OsloNorway
16/05/2013Jyske Bank Boxen, HerningDenmark
16/07/2013Thomond Park, LimerickIreland
05/02/2014Perth Arena, PerthAustralia
14/05/2014Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PAUnited States
10/11/2015Madison Square Garden (Hulu Theater), New York, NYUnited States
03/06/2016Ricoh Arena, CoventryGreat Britain
17/06/2016Olympia Stadion, MunichGermany
29/06/2016Ullevaal Stadion, OsloNorway
05/09/2016Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, VAUnited States