Janey, Don't You Lose Heart

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Disc 3 track 14 of Tracks.

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Credits

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

Performances

Performed live 28 times. 2017-02-14 Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, 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, 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

Performed per main tour (not including rehearsals and snippet performances) 2023 International Tour: performed at 0 show(s) of 90. Springsteen On Broadway: performed at 0 show(s) of 266. Summer '17 Tour: performed at 1 show(s) of 14. The River Tour 2016: performed at 0 show(s) of 75. High Hopes Tour: performed at 0 show(s) of 34. Wrecking Ball Tour: performed at 3 show(s) of 133. Working On A Dream Tour: performed at 2 show(s) of 83. Magic Tour: performed at 6 show(s) of 99. The Seeger Sessions Tour: performed at 0 show(s) of 56. Devils & Dust Tour: performed at 5 show(s) of 72. Vote For Change Tour: performed at 0 show(s) of 7. The Rising Tour: performed at 5 show(s) of 120. The Reunion Tour: performed at 3 show(s) of 132. The Ghost Of Tom Joad Tour: performed at 0 show(s) of 128. World Tour 1992-93: performed at 0 show(s) of 102. Human Rights Now! Tour: performed at 0 show(s) of 20. Tunnel Of Love Express Tour: performed at 0 show(s) of 67. Born In The U.S.A. Tour: performed at 1 show(s) of 156.

Released on Album

Released on I'm Goin' Down (Single, 1985), Tracks (1998), and 18 Tracks (1999).

Released as Live Download

Live versions are available on the following 4 official live downloads:

• 2017-02-14 Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia
• 2012-09-22 MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
• 1999-09-30 United Center, Chicago, IL
• 1985-09-27 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA

On The Tracks

JANEY, DON'T YOU LOSE HEART - V1		uncirculating
JANEY, DON'T YOU LOSE HEART - V2a	4:31	UH / GS / MI / 1984AC
JANEY, DON'T YOU LOSE HEART - V2b	3:24	TRACKS / 1985 single / BACK
JANEY, DON'T YOU LOSE HEART - V3		uncirculating

Note: "Janey, Don't You Lose Heart" V1 and V2a were both recorded on June 16, 1983 at The Hit Factory, New York. V2b was released September 7, 1985, as the b-side of "I'm Goin' Down". V2a had a much longer fade out and features Steve Van Zandt on background vocals and guitar. V2b is the same recording, except Nils Lofgren's new vocal and guitar parts, recorded on July 14, 1985, are overdubbed, replacing the tracks by Van Zandt. On June 16, 1995, the twelve year anniversary of the 1983 recording date, V3 was recorded at Thrill Hill Recording, Beverly Hills, CA, with a line-up of Bruce, Gary Mallaber (drums), Garry Tallent, Marty Rifkin, and Chuck Plotkin (keyboards). This 1995 recording was considered for Tracks, but was dropped for the 1983 cut.

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

Lyrics

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)

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Links

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