Ricky Wants A Man Of Her Own

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Disc 2 track 11 of Tracks, 1998.

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

^{Performed live 1 times (not including snippet performances).}

2008-08-24 Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO

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

Performed at 0 show(s) of

118 on the 2023-24 International Tour.

Performed at 0 show(s) of

266 on the Springsteen On Broadway run.

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14 on the Summer '17 Tour.

Performed at 0 show(s) of

75 on the The River Tour 2016.

Performed at 0 show(s) of

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.

Performed at 1 show(s) of

99 on the Magic Tour.

Performed at 0 known other show(s), plus

0 public tour rehearsal(s).

Released on Tracks (1998) and The Ties That Bind: The River Collection (2015).

RICKY WANTS A MAN OF HER OWN - V1a	2:47	DROC1 / RRR / RN / ATMF
RICKY WANTS A MAN OF HER OWN - V1b	2:48	private cdr
RICKY WANTS A MAN OF HER OWN - V2	2:54	LM-5
RICKY WANTS A MAN OF HER OWN - V3	2:43	TRACKS / RIVER: OUTTAKES

Note: V3 recorded July 16, 1979. V1 and V2 also recorded around this time. Similarly arranged versions, with some slight lyric differences between each. Another session took place at Power Station on April 10, 1980, likely a mixing or overdub session. Selected for (and later removed from) August 1979 and April 1980 album sequences. Differences between V1a and V1b are imperceptible, aside from a slight change to the count-in.

^{Studio Sessions: The River}

Ricky Wants A Man Of Her Own

A one, two, three, four!

Well look out mama, your little girl she has changed
She cut her baby curls and she's got her act rearranged
Well look out daddy, what she needs now she can't find at home
Oh Ricky wants a man of her
She wants a man of her
Ricky wants a man of her own

Mama says her little girl won't talk to her anymore
She just goes in her room, turns on the radio, and shuts the door
She's got her own bathroom, TV, stereo, extension phone
Oh but mama, Ricky wants a man of her
She wants a man of her
Ricky wants a man of her own

Well daddy says when he drops her off Friday night at the gym
She slides way down in the front seat so the kids won't see her with him
She don't do no work, she won't tell nobody when she's coming home
She makes poor daddy wait down on the corner at midnight all alone

She used to like me to take her to a ball game or a movie show
She used to make daddy take his little girl where she wanna go
Now we're left peeking through the curtains every time that we hear a horn blow
Well I guess Ricky wants a man of her own

Well my folks say, "Son, talk to her, she'll listen to you"
Yeah she listens real nice and she does what she wants to do
Daddy says she wears her jeans so tight, "Well you change 'em or you're stayin' home"
Oh but daddy, Ricky wants a man of her
She wants a man of her
Ricky wants a man of her own
She's almost grown
Ricky wants a man of her
She wants a man of her
Ricky wants a man of her own

Whoa!

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