Janey, Don't You Lose Heart

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Disc 3 track 14 of Tracks and, in a different version, disc 4 track 8 of Tracks II: The Lost Albums, 2025.

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Tracks (1998)
- Bruce Springsteen: vocals, guitar
- Roy Bittan: piano, synthesizer
- Clarence Clemons: saxophone, percussion
- Nils Lofgren: backing vocals
- Garry Tallent: bass
- Steven Van Zandt: guitar
- Max Weinberg: drums

Tracks II: The Lost Albums (2025)
- Bruce Springsteen: vocals, guitar
- Charlie Giordano: piano
- Jim Hanson: bass
- Gary Mallaber: drums
- Chuck Plotkin: synthesizer
- Marty Rifkin: pedal steel guitar
- Soozie Tyrell: violin

^{Performed live 28 times.}

2017-02-14 Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2015-01-17 Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJ
2013-07-23 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
2012-09-22 MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
2012-04-16 Times Union Center, Albany, NY
2009-08-23 Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA
2009-07-30 Estadio Municipal De Foietes, Benidorm, Spain
2008-08-16 North Charleston Coliseum, Charleston, SC
2008-07-27 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
2008-07-19 Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain
2008-07-05 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden
2008-06-27 Parc Des Princes, Paris, France
2008-02-28 Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT
2005-11-13 Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ
2005-11-09 Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
2005-08-13 Pontiac Theatre At GM Place, Vancouver, BC
2005-08-01 U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH
2005-06-27 Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany
2003-10-03 Shea Stadium, New York City, NY
2003-09-20 Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien, NY
2003-09-18 Rentschler Field, East Hartford, CT
2003-09-06 Fenway Park, Boston, MA
2003-08-30 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
1999-09-30 United Center, Chicago, IL
1999-09-21 First Union Center, Philadelphia, PA
1999-08-07 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
1993-03-23 Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ
1985-09-27 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA

^{Performances broken down by tour (not including rehearsals and snippet performances)}

Performed at 0 show(s) of

130 on the 2023-25 International Tour.

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266 on the Springsteen On Broadway run.

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14 on the Summer '17 Tour.

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75 on the The River Tour 2016.

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33 on the High Hopes Tour.

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133 on the Wrecking Ball Tour.

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83 on the Working On A Dream Tour.

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99 on the Magic Tour.

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56 on The Seeger Sessions Tour.

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72 on the Devils & Dust Tour.

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7 on the Vote For Change Tour.

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120 on The Rising Tour.

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132 on The Reunion Tour.

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127 on The Ghost Of Tom Joad Tour.

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102 on the World Tour 1992-93.

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20 on the Human Rights Now! Tour.

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67 on the Tunnel Of Love Express Tour.

Performed at 1 show(s) of

156 on the Born In The U.S.A. Tour.

Performed at 2 known other show(s), plus

0 public tour rehearsal(s).

Released on I'm Goin' Down (Single, 1985), Tracks (1998), 18 Tracks (1999), and (in a different version) Tracks II: The Lost Albums (2025).

Live versions are available on the following 6 official live downloads:

2017-02-14 Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2013-07-23 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
2012-09-22 MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
2005-08-13 Pontiac Theatre At GM Place, Vancouver, BC
1999-09-30 United Center, Chicago, IL
1985-09-27 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA

One of these recordings is also available on the playlists The Live Series: Songs Of Friendship (2019) and The Live Series: Songs Of Character (2022).

JANEY, DON'T YOU LOSE HEART - V1a	4:31	UH / GS / MI / 1984AC
JANEY, DON'T YOU LOSE HEART - V1b	3:24	TRACKS / 1985 single / BACK
JANEY DON'T YOU LOSE HEART - V2a		uncirculating
JANEY DON'T YOU LOSE HEART - V2b	3:32	TRACKSII

Note: "Janey, Don't You Lose Heart" was originally recorded on June 16, 1983 at The Hit Factory, New York, with a melody borrowed from earlier outtakes "Everyday And Every Night" and "Drop On Down And Cover Me". The heavily bootlegged V1a features Steve Van Zandt on background vocals and guitar, and an extended wistful organ coda closes out the track. V1b is the same base recording, except Nils Lofgren's new vocal and guitar parts replace Van Zandt's. Lofgren's overdubs were recorded on July 14, 1985. The organ coda was also removed, reducing the length by over a minute. V1b was released September 7, 1985, as the b-side of "I'm Goin' Down" and then re-released in 1998, on Tracks. On June 16, 1995, the twelve year anniversary of the 1983 recording date, V2 was recorded at Springsteen's home studio in Beverly Hills with a line-up of Bruce, Gary Mallaber (drums), Jim Hanson (bass), Marty Rifkin (pedal steel), Chuck Plotkin (keyboards), and Soozie Tyrell (violin). Both variants were considered for Tracks, but the 1995 recording was dropped in favor of the 1983 cut. The 1995 version was finally released in 2025 on Somewhere North Of Nashville, one of the albums found on Tracks II: The Lost Albums. Some elements of that released version, including Charlie Giordano's piano, were overdubbed later, likely around 2018.

^{Studio Sessions: Born In The U.S.A.}

Janey, Don't You Lose Heart

You got your book baby with all your fears
Oh let me, honey, and I'll catch your tears, ah no no no no
I'll take your sorrow if you want me to, no no no no no
Yeah come tomorrow that's what I'll do
Listen to me

Janey don't you lose heart, no no no no
Janey don't you lose heart, no no no no
Janey don't you lose heart, no no no no
Janey don't you lose heart

Well you say you got no new dreams to touch
Ah you feel like a stranger babe who knows too much, oh no no no no
When you come home late and get undressed, oh no no no no
You lie in bed and feel this emptiness
Well listen to me

Janey don't you lose heart, no no no no
Janey don't you lose heart, no no no no
Janey don't you lose heart, no no no no
Janey don't you lose heart
Alright

Yeah, 'Til every river baby it runs dry
Until the sun honey's torn from the sky, no no no no no
'Til every fear you've felt burst free, no no no no no
Is gone tumbling down into the sea
Listen to me

Janey don't you lose heart, no no no no
Janey don't you lose heart, no no no no
Janey don't you lose heart, no no no no
Janey don't you lose heart, no no no no
Janey don't you lose heart, no no no no
Janey don't you lose heart, no no no no
Janey don't you lose heart, no no no no
Janey don't you lose heart

Janey don't you lose heart
(Janey don't you lose heart)

^{Visit SpringsteenLyrics.com for other versions of this song.}