DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE

When the night winds rustle the far away leaves
Rolling down the Conna valley through the cottonwood trees
And a white river rises with last season's rains
I awake in the darkness and I call your name

Don't back down on our love
Don't back down on our love
Don't back down on our love
Don't back down

Baby, don't back down on our love
Don't back down on our love
Don't back down on our love
Don't back down

I lie awake and I know that sleep won't come soon
So I watch the headlights crawl up and down the wall of the lonesome room
Think of that club by the river where we danced on and on
We swore our love would last forever and you laughed on and on

Don't back down on our love
Don't back down on our love
Don't back down on our love
Don't back down

Yeah, come on, I wanna weep but I'm broke inside and my tears won't run
I wanna sleep but there ain't no dream and the sleep won't come

Last night I stood on Black Mountain and looked out to the sea
Where the waters of Mystery River go rushing endlessly
And the love we swore would last as long as the waters roared on
I woke in the darkness, it was gone, gone, gone

Don't back down on our love
Don't back down on our love
Don't back down on our love
Don't back down

Baby, don't back down on our love
Don't back down on our love
Don't back down on our love
Don't back down
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NOTES
 

La version studio de Don't Back Down On Our Love 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 Black Mountain Ballad, 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