Live 13 Feb 1977 version
Woahhh
Woahhh
Woahhh
Woahhh
Woahhh
Yeahhh
Woahhh
Woahhh
Woahhh
Woahhh
I'm riding down Kingsley figuring I'll get a drink
I turn the radio way up loud so I don't have to think
And I take her to the floor looking for a moment when the world seems right
And I tear into the guts, hmmm, of something in the night
Well God's angels can tear this town down and blow it all into the sea
Well I don't give a damn, yeah that's alright with me
But the streets are living soul, but there's nothing but heroes in sight
Just mutations that gone wrong, hmmm, something in the night
Yeah, nothing is forgotten or forgiven when it's your last time around, whoa!
I got stuff running 'round my head that I just can't live down
Well we found the things we loved, they were crushed and dying in the dirt
We thought we could pick up the pieces, and get away without getting hurt
But they caught us at the state line, burned our cars in one last fire fight
And sent us running burned and blind, woahhh, chasing something in the night
Woahhh
Woahhh
Woahhh
Woahhh
Yeahhh
Woahhh
Woahhh
The above lyrics are for the live 13 Feb 1977 performance of SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada, during what is known as The Lawsuit Tour.
This version of SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT was used between 07 Feb 1977 and 15 Feb 1977, and it features the lyrics that would later appear on the album version, except on the second verse.
Verse 1: later appeared on the album version.
Verse 2: rewritten.
Verse 3: later appeared on the album version.
Verse 4: later appeared on the album version.
The line "Well God's angels can tear this town down and blow it all into the sea" was later adapted in THE FAST SONG ("I wish God's angels would tear this town down and blow it into the sea").
Despite the marvelous reception received by both Born To Run and the tour which followed, the relationship between Bruce Springsteen and his now former manager and producer Mike Appel was deteriorating. In July 1976 the storm broke; Mike Appel wrote to Springsteen saying that he would not allow Jon Landau (Springsteen's friend and co-producer of Born To Run) to produce the next album, citing a particular paragraph from their original agreement. Springsteen replied on 27 Jul 1976 by firing manager Mike Appel and suing him and his management company Laurel Canyon Ltd. in Federal Court in Manhattan, claiming fraud, breach of trust, and undue influence. Appel counter-sued on 29 Jul 1976 in New York State Supreme Court, asking the court to prohibit Springsteen and Jon Landau from working together in studio. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band were slated to enter the studio that year for the recording of a new album, except that on 15 Sep 1976 the judge in the lawsuits case ruled that Springsteen was enjoined from any further recording with Columbia Records until Appel's suit was resolved. This would drag for about a year. Meanwhile, Springsteen continued gigging, and in the process broke his self-imposed rule of not playing the larger arenas. This was basically because he was not able to put a record out, and it was the only way his fans would be able to hear him at all. The tour became known as "The Lawsuit Tour" (62 know dates, August 1976 to March 1977).
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band performed a concert at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada, on 13 Feb 1977, during what is known as The Lawsuit Tour. The pass below right shows that this show was rescheduled from 10 Feb 1977.
The 13 Feb 1977 show in Toronto was commercially released in Europe. Since 2005 some enterprising record labels in Europe (mostly in the UK) have been releasing Bruce Springsteen radio and TV broadcasts (and some soundboard recordings) from the seventies, eighties, and nineties. Though these releases are not authorized by Bruce Springsteen or his record company, they are lawful due to a legal loophole in Europe.
List of available versions of SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT on this website:
SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT [Album version]
