Secret Garden
When the night wind rustles the far away leaves
Rolling down the long valley through the cottonwood trees
And a white river rises with the last season's rains
I awake in the darkness and call your name
I lie awake and I know that sleep won't come soon
I watch headlights crawl up and down the wall of my lonely room
I think of that club by the river where we danced on and on
I swore our love would last forever and you laughed on and on
There's a highway over yonder lit by a moon pale and cold
Where together we would wonder before our love grew old
The roadside shines in a hundred faces we would never know
But we held tight to each other and you sighed, "John, I love you so"
I wanna weep but the tears won't run
I wanna sleep but the sleep won't come
Last night I stood on Black Mountain and looked out to the sea
Where the waters of the mystery river go rushing endlessly
All she said was "I'm sorry Joe but I gotta go,
We had it once but we ain't got it anymore" (1)
Rolling down the long valley through the cottonwood trees
And a white river rises with the last season's rains
I awake in the darkness and call your name
I lie awake and I know that sleep won't come soon
I watch headlights crawl up and down the wall of my lonely room
I think of that club by the river where we danced on and on
I swore our love would last forever and you laughed on and on
There's a highway over yonder lit by a moon pale and cold
Where together we would wonder before our love grew old
The roadside shines in a hundred faces we would never know
But we held tight to each other and you sighed, "John, I love you so"
I wanna weep but the tears won't run
I wanna sleep but the sleep won't come
Last night I stood on Black Mountain and looked out to the sea
Where the waters of the mystery river go rushing endlessly
All she said was "I'm sorry Joe but I gotta go,
We had it once but we ain't got it anymore" (1)
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NOTES
La version studio de Black Mountain Ballad a été enregistrée entre janvier et avril 1983, à Thrill Hill West (Los Angeles, CA). Cette version est la seule version officielle. Elle partage une grande partie de ses paroles et de sa musique avec la chanson Don't Back Down On Our Love, sur l'album L.A. Garage Sessions '83, au sein du coffret Tracks II : The Lost Albums (2025).
Bruce Springsteen chant, tous les instruments
Produit par Bruce Springsteen et Ron Aniello
Enregistré par Mike Batlan
Mixé par Mike Batlan
Bruce Springsteen chant, tous les instruments
Produit par Bruce Springsteen et Ron Aniello
Enregistré par Mike Batlan
Mixé par Mike Batlan
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(1) Paroles croisées : "All she said was "I'm sorry Joe but I gotta go / We had it once but we ain't got it anymore" sont des vers apparaissant dans la chanson Downbound Train ("She just said "Joe I gotta go / We had it once, we ain't got it anymore").
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