Bruce Springsteen - Rockaway the Days lyrics
[Bruce Springsteen - Rockaway the Days lyrics]
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 him in, alright
Rockaway the days, rockaway the nights
Gimme something to last me, baby
Till the morning light
I ain't lookin' for trouble
I ain't lookin' for a fight
Honey, rockaway these days
Rockaway these nights
Well at a picnic one Sunday
Billy met Mary Dove
Mary looked at Billy, Billy fell in love
Billy swore to Mary he'd always love her so
They were married in the valley
Where the river flows, alright
Rockaway the days, rockaway the nights
Gimme something to last me, darlin'
Till the morning light
I ain't lookin' for trouble
I ain't lookin' for a fight
Honey, rockaway these days
Rockaway these nights
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
Rockaway the days, rockaway the nights
Gimme something to last me, baby
Till the morning light
I ain't lookin' for trouble
I ain't looking for a fight
Honey, rockaway the days, rockaway the nights
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
Rockaway the days, rockaway the nights
Gimme something to last me, darlin'
Till the morning light
I ain't lookin' for trouble
I ain't looking for a fight
Honey, rockaway these days
Rockaway these nights
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 him in, alright
Rockaway the days, rockaway the nights
Gimme something to last me, baby
Till the morning light
I ain't lookin' for trouble
I ain't lookin' for a fight
Honey, rockaway these days
Rockaway these nights
Well at a picnic one Sunday
Billy met Mary Dove
Mary looked at Billy, Billy fell in love
Billy swore to Mary he'd always love her so
They were married in the valley
Where the river flows, alright
Rockaway the days, rockaway the nights
Gimme something to last me, darlin'
Till the morning light
I ain't lookin' for trouble
I ain't lookin' for a fight
Honey, rockaway these days
Rockaway these nights
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
Rockaway the days, rockaway the nights
Gimme something to last me, baby
Till the morning light
I ain't lookin' for trouble
I ain't looking for a fight
Honey, rockaway the days, rockaway the nights
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
Rockaway the days, rockaway the nights
Gimme something to last me, darlin'
Till the morning light
I ain't lookin' for trouble
I ain't looking for a fight
Honey, rockaway these days
Rockaway these nights