Secret Garden
Johnny got a angel dancing topless at night down in Toyland
Where the blondies and the supergirls offer a sad look and soft hands
And if you're looking for someone to steal your heart
Someone tough enough to take it
Someone to keep it or to tear it apart
Someone to love you, someone to fake it
Lonely night in the park
Oh lonely night in the park
Oh lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely night
Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely night in the park
Well there's some dudes at the door giving talk
There's a lady at the bar, that's right
Slip off your stool and you step through the rubble
This is your chance, you're going to take it
If she can dance, you can make it
She takes off her shoes and runs down the beach
Oh she's as soft as the night
You fall and she crawls within your reach
Let her drag you down on the sand
And try to make it alright, ohhh
Lonely night in the park
Lonely night in the park
Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely night
Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely night in the park
And the boardwalk is so quiet at three in the morning
The lonely wind breath life into a Ferris wheel
Somehow tonight this street seems so boring
Raped and ravaged, with no secrets to reveal
Oh watch yourself now !
Well the bars close down and the lonesome armies they run for cover
The lost boys and their pick ups, man they hate each other
Ah and you're drinking 'neath the pier with Kid Blue
And Kid gets sick and throws up on your shoes
And you're thinking of making it home
Oh but your mom can't see you like this all alone
Yeah you're walking down the street and no one knows your name
Standing on the corner looking for the light to change
Sitting on the picket, light by light, line by line
They got nothing left but time
Lonely night in the park
Lonely night in the park
Lonely night in the park
Lonely lonely night
Hey little stranger, what you doing tonight ?
Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely night
...
Where the blondies and the supergirls offer a sad look and soft hands
And if you're looking for someone to steal your heart
Someone tough enough to take it
Someone to keep it or to tear it apart
Someone to love you, someone to fake it
Lonely night in the park
Oh lonely night in the park
Oh lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely night
Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely night in the park
Well there's some dudes at the door giving talk
There's a lady at the bar, that's right
Slip off your stool and you step through the rubble
This is your chance, you're going to take it
If she can dance, you can make it
She takes off her shoes and runs down the beach
Oh she's as soft as the night
You fall and she crawls within your reach
Let her drag you down on the sand
And try to make it alright, ohhh
Lonely night in the park
Lonely night in the park
Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely night
Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely night in the park
And the boardwalk is so quiet at three in the morning
The lonely wind breath life into a Ferris wheel
Somehow tonight this street seems so boring
Raped and ravaged, with no secrets to reveal
Oh watch yourself now !
Well the bars close down and the lonesome armies they run for cover
The lost boys and their pick ups, man they hate each other
Ah and you're drinking 'neath the pier with Kid Blue
And Kid gets sick and throws up on your shoes
And you're thinking of making it home
Oh but your mom can't see you like this all alone
Yeah you're walking down the street and no one knows your name
Standing on the corner looking for the light to change
Sitting on the picket, light by light, line by line
They got nothing left but time
Lonely night in the park
Lonely night in the park
Lonely night in the park
Lonely lonely night
Hey little stranger, what you doing tonight ?
Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely night
...
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NOTES
La version studio de Lonely Night In The Park a été enregistrée le 04 et 05 mai 1975, au studio Record Plant (New York, NY). Cette version est la seule version officielle, et présente un enregistrement ancien, mixé à un enregistrement moderne. La chanson a été publiée la première fois le 21 août 2025, pour le 50ème anniversaire de la sortie de l'album Born To Run.
Bruce Springsteen chant, guitare, orgue, célesta, tambourin
Max Weinberg batterie
Garry Tallent basse
Roy Bittan piano
Stevie Van Zandt guitare
Ron Aniello guitare
Produit par Bruce Springsteen, Mike Appel, Jon Landau et Ron Aniello
Enregistré par Louis Lahav, Jimmy Iovine et Rob Lebret
Mixé par Bob Clearmountain
Bruce Springsteen chant, guitare, orgue, célesta, tambourin
Max Weinberg batterie
Garry Tallent basse
Roy Bittan piano
Stevie Van Zandt guitare
Ron Aniello guitare
Produit par Bruce Springsteen, Mike Appel, Jon Landau et Ron Aniello
Enregistré par Louis Lahav, Jimmy Iovine et Rob Lebret
Mixé par Bob Clearmountain
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