Band rehearsal #1
Three, four
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You don't need nothing, don't need no one by your side
You're walking tough, baby, but you're walking blind
To the ties that bind
The ties that bind
No man can break the ties that bind
Outside, inside, anyway your heart go
There's one thing my little girl that I know
Everybody's gonna know who stopped the rain
Who'll end the sadness, who will end the pain
??? why, why you walk the line
And face the ties that bind
The ties that bind
Whoa whoa the ties that bind
Whoa I
I would rather ???, yes I do baby, whoa
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??? baby, ??? now baby, I ??? you baby
To the ties that bind
The ties that bind
No man can break the ties that bind
You can't forsake the ties that bind
No man can shake the ties that bind
The above lyrics are for a band rehearsal workout of THE TIES THAT BIND believed to have been recorded during a break in midst of the Darkness On The Edge Of Town Tour, on 26 Oct 1978 at Springsteen's Telegraph Hill Road property in Holmdel, NJ, nicknamed "Telegraph Hill Studios". This wasn't a true studio; it was a converted barn that Springsteen and the band used to practice songs around the time The River was being cut in studio. Working out arrangements cuts down pricey hours at The Power Station where the album was recorded.
A significant amount of The River sessions audio that has surfaced unofficially comes from these Telegraph Hill sessions. Unfortunately the audio quality leaves much to be desired. It sounds as if a single boom recording mike was used and Springsteen's vocals are buried under the instruments on virtually all these recordings.
This band rehearsal of THE TIES THAT BIND can be found on The Unsurpassed Springsteen Volume 6 (Yellow Dog Records) [track 12] and The Definitive River Outtakes Collection Volume 1 (E. St. Records) [disc 1, track 24] bootlegs.
Some of the above info about the Telegraph Hill sessions is taken from Brucebase.
The lyrics for this rehearsal take of THE TIES THAT BIND are not complete. If you can help correct or complete some of the above lyrics, please contact me via the below form or by email: .
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THE TIES THAT BIND [Album version]
