Santa Ana

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Disc 1 track 6 of Tracks, 1998.

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Credits

• Tracks (1998)
  • Bruce Springsteen: vocals, guitar
  • Richard Blackwell: percussion
  • Clarence Clemons: saxophone, percussion, backing vocals
  • Danny Federici: organ, glockenspiel
  • Suki Lahav: backing vocals
  • Vini Lopez: drums, backing vocals
  • David Sancious: piano
  • Garry Tallent: bass

Performances

Performed live 9 times (not including snippet performances). 2005-11-21 Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton, NJ 2005-11-19 Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, FL 2005-11-16 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ 2005-11-13 Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ 2005-11-09 Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 1973-05-31 Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VA 1973-04-24 Main Point (The), Bryn Mawr, PA (Early) 1973-02-10 Sunshine In, Asbury Park, NJ (Early) 1973-01-04 Main Point (The), Bryn Mawr, PA (Early)

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. Performed at 0 show(s) of 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. Performed at 0 show(s) of 133 on the Wrecking Ball Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 83 on the Working On A Dream Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 99 on the Magic Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 56 on The Seeger Sessions Tour. Performed at 5 show(s) of 72 on the Devils & Dust Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 7 on the Vote For Change Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 120 on The Rising Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 132 on The Reunion Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 128 on The Ghost Of Tom Joad Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 102 on the World Tour 1992-93. Performed at 0 show(s) of 20 on the Human Rights Now! Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 67 on the Tunnel Of Love Express Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 156 on the Born In The U.S.A. Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 138 on The River Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 111 on the Darkness On The Edge Of Town Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 54 on The Lawsuit Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 116 on the Born To Run Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 201 on The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle Tour. Performed at 4 show(s) of 166 on the Greetings From Asbury Park Tour. Performed at 0 known other show(s), plus 0 public tour rehearsal(s).

Released on Album

Released on Tracks (1998).

On The Tracks

HEY SANTA ANNA - V1		uncirculating
HEY SANTA ANNA - V2		uncirculating
HEY SANTA ANNA - V3	4:50	UNE / PS / EY / US5 / SA914 / FOTF
SANTA ANA - V4	4:33	TRACKS

Note: "Santa Ana", referenced in 1973 Sony logs as "Hey Santa Anna", possibly received the former name for its inclusion on Tracks in 1998. Also known as "My Contessa" and "The Guns Of Kid Cole", thanks to bootleggers with unknown motives. Written in late 1972 or early 1973, and performed live regularly during 1973. Both V1 and V2 are early recordings from June 22 and 26, 1973, and remain uncirculated. V3 was recorded on June 28, 1973, and for many years was considered a complete, though unofficial, version. However, V4 released on Tracks, is an embellished mix, with overdubs added on July 1, 1973, including piano (David Sancious), a layer of acoustic guitar (Bruce), calypso percussion (Richard Blackwell), and Suki Lahav (vocals). The flute heard in V3 (courtesy of Clarence Clemons), has been entirely removed from V4. Mixing was done by Louis Lahav (1973) and Thom Panunzio (1998). Look for the lines "French cream won't soften those boots, baby, French kisses will not break your heart"; since this track was never released, Bruce later put them to good use in "She's The One".

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^{Studio Sessions: The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle}

Lyrics

Santa Ana

From the tin rooftop the little boy did watch the procession down through town
Through the museum where Daniel whupped the Devil with them boys from the underground
Where the Giants of Science fight for tight control over the wildlands of New Mexico
Sam Houston's ghost's in Texas fighting for his soul
And the townsfolk rest uneasy beneath the guns of Kid Cole (ahhhh)
And the kid says, "Hey, where is Santa Ana?"
He who could romance the dumb into talking
Take a chance with me tonight, my contessa
If it don't work out I ain't lame, I can walk, hey!

Now some folks think cancer's taken to the streets of this town
But Sandy eats her candy and then lays her money down
Them cats are in from the canyons to strut their stuff in town
But there's only secret sinners here, Lord, there's only secret thieves
Only a fool would try to save what the desert chose to leave
And now, hey there, senorita, with your playboys in their Spanish bandanas
French cream won't soften those boots, baby
French kisses will not break your heart, oh!

(O-ho, o-ho, o-ho, o-ho, o-ho, o-ho, ohh)

Oh, painted night set free with light glows outside the Rainbow Saloon
Matching braces with a Spanish lady 'neath a graduation moon
No more colleges, no more coronations, some punk's idea of a teenage nation
Has forced Santa Ana to change his station from soldier to cartoon
And the Giants of Science spend their days and nights
Not with wives, not with lovers, but searching for the lights
They spotted in the desert on their helicopter flights
Just to be lost in the dust and the night
Hey, now my contessa, in your juke joint rags you always bring candy for the kids
Come waltz with me tonight senorita 'cause only fools are alone on a night like this, oh!

Woahhh, ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya
Woahhh, you're callin', come on darlin'
Alright!
Woahhhhh
Woahhh, alright
Woah, ha, woah

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