Bruce Springsteen - It's Hard To Be a Saint In the City (Demo Version - 1972) Lyrics
Bruce Springsteen It's Hard To Be a Saint In the City (Demo Version - 1972)

It's Hard To Be a Saint In the City (Demo Version - 1972)

Bruce Springsteen


Lyrics It's Hard To Be a Saint In the City (Demo Version - 1972) - Bruce Springsteen




Well I had skin like leather
And the diamond hard look of a cobra
I was born blue and weathered
But I burst just like a supernova
Well I walk like Brando right into the sun
And dance just like a Casanova
Now with my blackjack and jacket
And hair slicked sweet
Silver star studs on my duds
Like a Harley in heat
When I walk down the street
I could hear its heart beat
An old woman fell back and said
Don't that man look pretty
The cripple on the corner cried out, "Nickels for your pity"
And then gasoline boys downtown that sure talk gritty
It's so hard to be a saint in the city
Well I was the king of the alley
I could talk a trash
I was the prince of the paupers
Crowned downtown at the beggar's bash
I was the pimp's main prophet
I kept everything cool
Just a backstreet gambler with the luck to lose
And when the heat came down
It was left on the ground
The devil appeared like Jesus
Through the steam in the street
Showin' me a hand I knew even the cops couldn't beat
I felt his hot breath on my neck as I dove into the heat
It's so hard to be a saint when you're just a boy out on the street
When the sages and the subway
Sit just like the living dead
The tracks clack out the rhythm
Their eyes fixed straight ahead
They ride the line of balance
And hold on by just a thread
It's too hot in these tunnels
You can get hit up by the heat
I get up to get out at your next stop
But they push you back in your seat
My heart starts beatin' faster as I struggle to my feet
Then I get out of that hole and I went back up on the street
And then South Side sisters sure look pretty
And the cripple on the corner knows I don't pay for no critic
And then gasoline boys, yeah they sure talk gritty
It's so hard to be a saint in the city




Bruce Springsteen - Tracks
Album Tracks
date of release
10-11-1998

1 Seven Angels (Studio Outtake - 1990)
2 Gave It a Name (Studio Outtake - 1998)
3 Brothers Under the Bridge (Studio Outtake - 1995)
4 Goin' Cali (Studio Outtake - 1991)
5 Trouble In Paradise (Studio Outtake - 1989)
6 Lucky Man (Single B-Side - 1987)
7 Loose Change (Studio Outtake - 1991)
8 Leavin' Train (Studio Outtake - 1990)
9 The Fever (Studio Outtake - 1973)
10 Happy (Studio Outtake - 1992)
11 Part Man, Part Monkey (Studio Outtake - 1990)
12 Over the Rise (Studio Outtake - 1990)
13 When the Lights Go Out (Studio Outtake - 1990)
14 The Promise (Studio Outtake - 1999)
15 Trouble River (Studio Outtake - 1990)
16 The Honeymooners (Studio Outtake - 1987)
17 My Lover Man (Studio Outtake - 1990)
18 Bishop Danced (Live at Max's Kansas City - January 1973)
19 Rendezvous (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - December 1980)
20 Don't Look Back (Studio Outtake - 1977)
21 Linda Let Me Be the One (Studio Outtake - 1975)
22 Wages of Sin (Studio Outtake - 1982)
23 Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street? (Demo Version - 1972)
24 It's Hard To Be a Saint In the City (Demo Version - 1972)
25 Mary Queen of Arkansas (Demo Version - 1972)
26 So Young and In Love (Studio Outtake - 1974)
27 Santa Ana (Studio Outtake - 1973)
28 Iceman (Studio Outtake - 1977)
29 Cynthia (Studio Outtake - 1983)
30 Janey Don't You Lose Heart (Single B-Side - 1985)
31 Seaside Bar Song (Studio Outtake - 1973)
32 Brothers Under the Bridges ('83) (Studio Outtake - 1983)
33 Bring On the Night (Studio Outtake - 1979)
34 Rockaway the Days (Studio Outtake - 1984)
35 Two For the Road (Single B-Side - 1987)
36 Growin' Up (Demo Version - 1972)
37 Be True (Single B-Side - 1981)
38 This Hard Land (Studio Outtake - 1982)
39 A Good Man Is Hard To Find (Pittsburgh) (Studio Outtake - 1982)
40 Zero and Blind Terry (Studio Outtake - 1973)
41 Hearts of Stone (Studio Outtake - 1977)
42 Frankie (Studio Outtake - 1982)
43 Shut Out the Light (Single B-Side - 1984)
44 Stolen Car (Alternate Version - 1979)
45 Lion's Den (Studio Outtake - 1982)
46 Johnny Bye-Bye (Single B-Side - 1984)
47 TV Movie (Studio Outtake - 1983)
48 Man At the Top (Studio Outtake - 1984)
49 The Wish (Studio Outtake - 1987)
50 Loose End (Studio Outtake - 1979)
51 Born In the U.S.A. (Demo Version - 1982)
52 Give the Girl a Kiss (Studio Outtake - 1977)
53 Stand On It (Single B-Side - 1985)
54 My Love Will Not Let You Down (Studio Outtake - 1982)
55 Thundercrack (Studio Outtake - 1973)
56 Car Wash (Studio Outtake - 1983)
57 Pink Cadillac (Single B-Side - 1984)
58 When You Need Me (Studio Outtake - 1987)
59 Sad Eyes (Studio Outtake - 1990)
60 Restless Nights (Studio Outtake - 1980)
61 Back In Your Arms (Studio Outtake - 1995)




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