16.11.78 Toronto, Canada, intro to ´Independence Day´
´´What ?….here´s a song, uh, this is, uh (people yell out requests) we´re gonna get to that, we´ll play that one, we got a long time, alright ?….we´ll play those songs….this is a new song, this is, uh, wrote this for the Darkness on the Edge of Town-album, this is for anybody that just left home this year, this is called ´Independence Day´….”
16.11.78 Toronto, Canada, intro to ´Prove It All Night´
´´You can´t just prove it once, you gotta prove it all night….every night….”
16.11.78 Toronto, Canada, intro to ´Racing in the Street´
´´Where´re you guys from ? New Jersey ?….you can´t jump up in front of ´em all night long (chuckles) sit down, sit down….take a little break, alright ? at least one song, alright (chuckles) alright….this is for the people behind these guys who´s jumping up all night long (chuckles) ´Racing in the Street´….sit down for this (chuckles)…. ”
16.11.78 Toronto, Canada, intro to ´Thunder Road´
´´We were out in Southwest….about a year ago….and we were driving down the highway and just off the highway we came upon this big sign that stood out in front of this house…. that this indian had built from stuff that he’d scavanged off the desert and it said….it was a big white sign painted in, painted in red, it said ´This is the land of peace, love, justice and no mercy’ and it pointed down this dirt road that said ‘Thunder Road’….”
16.11.78 Toronto, Canada, intro to ´Point Blank´
´´Here´s a new song….this is, uh….at 45 years old you wake up feeling like you´ve been shot point blank….”
16.11.78 Toronto, Canada, middle of ´Backstreets´
´´Hey little girl….it´s good to see you back again….and baby, you´re still looking fine….and I remember you….(?) on the corner down on Sixth Avenue and I know you remember me too ….we used to….we used to hitchhike…..on the weekends outside of town….way down by the railroad tracks….was this field….and this abandoned Cadillac….and baby´d take me riding in back…. little girl, we´d go riding in back….yeah, we´d go riding in back….girl, down and down and down and down and down and down and down, way down and down and down, way down and down we´d go, way down and down and down…..(?)….on the inside, down and down and down we´d go….and I remember how I promised…..I promised that for you…. I´d drive all night….anytime, anyplace….I´d drive all night….anytime, anywhere….I´d drive all night….anytime, anyhow ….I´d drive all night….anytime, anywhere….I´d drive all night…. just to buy you some shoes…..and to taste your tender charms….and to have you hold me, girl, in your arms, oh, oh, oh…. and you promised….you swore you´d never leave without me ….you promised that you´d never leave without me….you promised that you´d never leave without me….and like everything else, your promised…..your promised….and baby, you lied ….baby, you lied….those little girl lies….you were so young and you could tell such pretty lies….so now you´re back…..so now baby´s back….well, I wanna know….I wanna know…. just what makes you think….I wanna know….just what makes you think….´cause I´ve been out too….and I found out some things….about me…..about you….I found out we got to stop, and girl, it´s gotta stop….little girl, it´s got to stop….little girl, it´s gotta stop….little girl, you´ve gotta stop….little girl, you´ve gotta stop….little girl, you´ve gotta stop….little girl, you´ve gotta stop….little girl, you´ve gotta stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop,
STOP !…..”
16.11.78 Toronto, Canada, intro to ´Rosalita´
´´I once had a girl….and I stole her away from her Mommy and Daddy and we went to California….then somebody stole her away from me….the rumour has it that she traveled north…..so….wherever you are….Rosie, come out tonight….´´
16.11.78 Toronto, Canada, intro to ´Born to Run´
´´Thank you….I wanna thank, I wanna thank you all for coming down to the show, thank you very much….we appreciate it….and we haven´t been up here in quite a while and I wanna thank everybody for supporting the band the way you did over the past two or three years…. so here´s to you….”
16.11.78 Toronto, Canada, middle of ´Detroit Medley´
´´Wait a minute….got an emergency here, I just been informed by the hall management that if anybody has a weak heart or a weak stomach, during the next section of the show, would they please step into the lobby as it might be dangerous to your health ?….Big Man….see, it ain´t so bad….when we do this….and it ain´t so bad….when we do this….it ain´t too dangerous when we do this….but….when we do this….”
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi