Fourth Of July, Asbury Park (sandy) Lyrics

Fourth Of July, Asbury Park (sandy)

Sandy, the fireworks are hailin' over Little Eden tonight
Forcin' a light
into all those stony faces left stranded on this warm July
Down in town the
circuit's full of switchblade lovers, so fast, so shiny, so sharp
As the
wizards play down on Pinball Way on the boardwalk way past dark
And the boys
from the casino dance with their shirts open like Latin lovers on the
shore
Chasin' all them silly New York virgins by the score

Sandy, the
aurora is risin' behind us
Those pier lights, our carnival life
forever
Oh, love me tonight, for I may never see you again
Hey, Sandy
girl... my baby

Now the greasers, they tramp the streets or get busted
for sleepin' on the beach all night
Them boys in their high heels, ah Sandy,
their skins are so white
And me, I just got tired of hangin' in them dusty
arcades, bangin' them pleasure machines
Chasin' the factory girls underneath
the boardwalk, where they all promised to unsnap their jeans
And you know
that Tilt-a-Whirl down on the south beach drag? I got on it last night and my
shirt got caught
And it kept me spinnin', they didn't think I'd ever get
off

Sandy, the aurora is risin' behind us
Those pier lights, our
carnival life on the water
Runnin', laughin' underneath the boardwalk with
the boss's daughter
I remember, Sandy girl... my baby

Sandy, the
waitress I was seein' lost her desire for me
I spoke with her last night,
she said she won't set herself on fire for me anymore
She worked that joint
under the boardwalk, she was always the girl you saw boppin' down the beach
with the radio
Kids say last night she was dressed like a star in one of the
cheap little seaside bars, and I saw her parked with her lover boy out on the
Kokomo
Did you hear, the cops finally busted Madame Marie for tellin'
fortunes better than they do?
For me this carnival life's through-- you
ought to quit this scene too

Sandy, the aurora is risin' behind
us
Those pier lights, our carnival life forever
Oh, love me tonight and I
promise I'll love you forever
Oh, I mean it, Sandy girl