Home demo version 4
Oh, you say you'll never love again
[Spoken]: Let's try it out the same, and with drums.
Oh, you say you'll never love again
Not after the last time
Oh, you say you'll never love again
Baby, this'll be mine
Well, all I want is one sweet kiss
I'm not asking for your devotion
I've never even run like this
Inspection
You want protection from a broken heart
Protection, baby, you can't get it
Protection that you want all you can get
Protection, and just won't quit it
Protection, gonna break your heart
Protection, baby, you don't play
Protection, protection from a broken heart
Protection from a broken heart
Li, li, li, li, li, li, li
Li, li, li, li, li, li, li, li
The above lyrics are for from an acoustic home demo of PROTECTION recorded at Bruce Springsteen's home in Holmdel, NJ, sometime between January and June 1979. It can be found on The Lost Masters Vol. 8 (Labour Of Love) [track 03] bootleg. Note that home demo version 3 and home demo version 4 are indexed as a single track on this bootleg release.
Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.
List of available versions of PROTECTION on this website:
PROTECTION [Unofficial studio version]