Breakaway

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Disc 2 track 9 of The Promise, 2010.

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Credits

• The Promise (2010)
  • Bruce Springsteen: vocals, guitar
  • Tiffeny Andrews: backing vocals
  • Roy Bittan: piano, backing vocals
  • Clarence Clemons: saxophone, percussion, backing vocals
  • Corinda Carford: backing vocals
  • Barry Danielian: trumpet
  • Danny Federici: organ, glockenspiel
  • Stan Harrison: tenor saxophone
  • Dan Levine: trombone
  • Ed Manion: baritone saxophone
  • Antoinette Moore: backing vocals
  • Michelle Moore: backing vocals
  • Curt Ramm: trumpet
  • Patti Scialfa: backing vocals
  • Garry Tallent: bass
  • Soozie Tyrell: backing vocals
  • Steven Van Zandt: guitar, backing vocals
  • Max Weinberg: drums

Performances

Performed live 0 times (not including snippet performances).

Released on Album

Released on The Promise (2010).

On The Tracks

BREAK AWAY - V1		uncirculating
BREAKAWAY - V2	5:26	PROMISE

Note: "Break Away" (how it was spelled) was recorded the first night of the Darkness sessions, June 1, 1977, but not worked on again. That is, until June 21, 2010, when a new vocal track was recorded over the vintage backing. A modern horn section and modern backing vocals were added for release on The Promise.

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^{Studio Sessions: Darkness On The Edge Of Town}

Lyrics

Breakaway

Sonny abandoned his car last night
Had a meeting on the docks with a light blue Monterrey
To breakaway

Sonny was playing all his cards last night
In a hotel room he dealt his life away
To breakaway

Now the promises and the lies they demand it
Let the hearts that have been broken stand as the price you pay
To breakaway, oh, breakaway, oh Ronde, Ronde, Ronde, Ronde Ray
To breakaway

Janie slipped from behind the bar last night
Cashed out and walked onto streets rainy and grey
To breakaway

Janie slid into a car last night (sha la la la, sha la la la)
In a parking lot she gave her soul away (sha la la la, sha la la la, sha la la la, sha la la la)
To breakaway (sha la la la, sha la la la)

Now the promises and the lies they demand it
Let the hearts that have been broken stand as the price you pay
To breakaway, oh, breakaway, oh Ronde, Ronde, Ronde, Ronde Ray
To breakaway

Bobby lay 'neath a sheet of stars last night
His back on blacktop still warm from the heat of the day
From breakaway

Bobby went down hard last night (sha la la la, sha la la la)
Saw a shooting star as the evening light slipped away (sha la la la, sha la la la, sha la la la, sha la la la)
From breakaway (sha la la la, sha la la la)

Now the promises and the lies they demand it
Let the hearts that have been broken stand as the price you pay
To breakaway, oh, breakaway, oh Ronde, Ronde, Ronde, Ronde Ray
From breakaway (sha la la la, sha la la la)
Oh breakaway (sha la la la, sha la la la)
To breakaway (sha la la la, sha la la la)
To breakaway (sha la la la, sha la la la)
To breakaway (sha la la la)
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