Richard Shindell - Fourth Of July, Asbury Park lyrics

Sandy, the fireworks are hailin'
Over Little Eden tonight
Forcin' a light into all those stony faces
Left stranded on this warm July
Down in town the circuit's full of
Switchblade lovers, so fast, so shiny
So sharp
As the wizards play down on Pinball Way
On the boardwalk way past dark
And the boys from the casino dance with their
Shirts open like Latin lovers on the shore
Chasin' all them silly New York
Virgins by the score

Sandy, the aurora is risin' behind us
Those pier lights, our carnival life forever
Oh, love me tonight
For I may never see you again
Hey, Sandy girl my baby now the greasers
They tramp the streets or get busted for
Sleepin' on the beach all night
Them boys in their high heels, ah Sandy
Their skins are so white
And me, I just got tired of
Hangin' in them dusty arcades
Bangin' them pleasure machines
Chasin' the factory girls
Underneath the boardwalk
Where they all promised to unsnap their jeans
And you know that Tilt-a Whirl down
On the south beach drag?
I got on it last night
And my shirt got caught
And it kept me spinnin'
They didn't think I'd ever get off

Sandy, the aurora is risin' behind us
Those pier lights
Our carnival life on the water
Runnin', laughin' underneath the boardwalk
With the boss's daughter
I remember, Sandy girl my baby

Sandy, the waitress I was seein'
Lost her desire for me
I spoke with her last night
She said she won't set herself
On fire for me anymore
She worked that joint under the boardwalk
She was always the girl you saw boppin'
Down the beach with the radio
Kids say last night she was
Dressed like a star
In one of the cheap little seaside bars
And I saw her parked with her
Lover boy out on the Kokomo did you hear
The cops finally busted Madame Marie for
Tellin' fortunes better than they do?
For me this carnival life's through - you
Ought to quit this scene too

Sandy, the aurora is risin' behind us
Those pier lights, our carnival life forever
Oh, love me tonight and I
Promise I'll love you forever
Oh, I mean it, Sandy girl