Bruce Springsteen Devil`s Arcade Lyrics

Devil`s Arcade Lyrics

Remember the morning we dug up your gun

The worms in the barrel, the
hanging sun

Those first nervous evenings of perfume and gin

The
lost smell on your breath as I helped you get it in

The rush of your
lips, the feel of your name

The beat in your heart, the devil's
arcade



You said "Heroes are needed, so heroes get made"

Somebody made a bet, somebody paid

The cool desert morning and nothing
to save

Just metal and plastic where your body caved

The slow games
of poker with Lieutenant Ray

In the ward with the blue walls, a sea with
no name

Where you lie adrift with the heroes of the devil's arcade



You sleep and you dream, your buddies Charlie and James

And wake
with a thick desert dust on your skin



[Instrumental]



Voice says "don't worry, I'm here

Just whisper the word tomorrow in my
ear"

House on a quiet street, a home for the brave

A glorious
kingdom with the sun on your face

Rising from a long night as dark as the
grave

On a thin chain of next moments and something like faith

On a
morning to order a breakfast to make

A bed draped in sunshine, a body
that waits

For the touch of your fingers, the end of the day

The
beat of your heart, the beat of your heart

The beat of your heart, the
beat of your heart

The beat of your heart, the beat of her heart

The beat of your heart, the slow burning away

Of the bitter fires of
the devil's arcade