Bruce Springsteen - Linda Let Me Be the One lyrics

The midnight boys are outside scraping
Tears up off the street
Standin' guard beneath the window
Where only Linda sleeps
The leader is a kid named Eddie
Walkin' like an angel in defeat
He trashes her old man's car
Slashes Linda's name in the seat

And calls out
Linda, will you let me be the one?
Linda, will you let me be the one?
Linda, will you let me be the one?
Linda, will you let me be the one?

In a room full of contenders
Eddie spars till he drops to
His bed and surrenders
Draped in the scarves he
Stole from Linda's bedroom
The night he layed at her feet
When the midnight boys were stranded
Down on Cason Street

Linda, will you let me be the one?
Linda, will you let me be the one?
Linda, will you let me be the one?
Linda, will you let me be the one?

In the basement of St Mary's
Eddie hides from the rain
In with the stolen sisters till
The streets are dry again
Talkin' fast cars and spare parts
Empty homes and broken hearts
Distant worlds with strange
Girls and kneeling with Linda in the dark

Linda, will you let me be the one?
Linda, will you let me be the one?
Linda, will you let me be the one?
Linda, will you let me be the one?
Linda, will you let me be the one?
Linda, will you let me be the one?
Linda, will you let me be the one?
Linda, will you let me be the one?