You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)

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Disc 1 track 9 of The River, 1980. See also: "You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) (Vs.1)".

The River (1980)
- Bruce Springsteen: vocals, guitar
- Roy Bittan: piano, backing vocals
- Clarence Clemons: percussion, backing vocals
- Danny Federici: organ, glockenspiel
- Garry Tallent: bass
- Steven Van Zandt: guitar, backing vocals
- Max Weinberg: drums, percussion

You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) ^{(The River)}

Yesterday I went shopping, buddy, down to the mall
Looking for something pretty I could hang on my wall
I knocked over a lamp, before it hit the floor I caught it
A salesman turned around, said, "Boy, you break that thing you bought it"

You can look but you better not touch, boy
You can look but you better not touch
Mess around and you'll end up in dutch, boy
You can look but you better not, no you better not, no you better not touch

Well I came home from work and I switched on Channel 5
There was a pretty little girly looking straight into my eyes
Well I watched as she wiggled back and forth across the screen
She didn't get me excited, she just made me feel mean

Hey!
Hey-yeah-yeah!

Well I called up Dirty Annie on the telephone
I took her out to the drive-in just to get her alone
I found a lover's rendezvous, the music low, set to park
I heard a tapping on the window and a voice in the dark

You can look but you better not touch, boy
You can look, better not touch
Mess around and you'll end up in dutch, boy
You can look but you better not, no you better not, no you better not touch

You can look but you better not touch, boy
You can look, better not touch
Mess around and you'll end up in dutch, boy
You can look but you better not, no you better not, no you better not
No you better not, no you better not, I said you better not, so you better not
Whoa!
Yeah yeah
Come on, woah!

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You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) ^{(The River Collection)}

Well yesterday I went shopping, buddy, down to the mall
Looking for something pretty I could hang up on my wall
I knocked over a lamp, before it hit the floor I caught it
A salesman turned around and said, "You break it you bought it"

You can look but you better not touch
You can look but you better not touch
If you keep messing around you're gonna end up in dutch
You can look but you better, look but you better not touch

'Cause you can look but you better not touch
'Cause you can look but you better not touch
If you keep messing around you're gonna end up in dutch
You can look but you better, look but you better not touch
Look out!

Well I called up Dirty Annie on the telephone
I took her out to the drive-in just to get the girl alone
I found a lover's rendezvous, the music low, I'm set to talk
A tapping on the window and a voice said in the dark
"Hey you, out of the car"

You can look but you better not touch
You can look but you better not touch
If you keep messing around you're gonna end up in dutch
You can look but you better, look but you better

You can look but you better not touch
You can look here but you better not touch
If you keep messing around you're gonna end up in dutch
You can look but you better, look but you better

You can look but you better not touch
You can look
…

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YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) - V1	2:40	LM-7
YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) - V2	2:45	LM-7 / LMEC2
YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) - V3	0:44	DROC1 / SFEM / AT
YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) - V4	0:30	DROC1 / SFEM / AT
YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) - V5	2:11	DROC1 / AT
YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) - V6 take 3	2:04	RIVER: SINGLE / TTTBR / TTTBJ / DROC2
YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) - V7		uncirculating
YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) - V8	2:34	RIVER
YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) - V9	1:18	YBNT2 / BB: DOC

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