Darkness on the edge of town

Released: 2.Jun. 1978

SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT

Lyrics By Bruce Springsteen

I'm riding down Kingsley,

figuring I'll get a drink

Turn the radio up loud,

so I don't have to think,

I take her to the floor,

looking for a moment when the world

seems right,

And I tear into the guts,

of something in the night.

You're born with nothing,

and better off that way,

Soon as you've got something they send

someone to try and take it away,

You can ride this road 'till dawn,

without another human being in sight,

Just kids wasted on

something in the night.

Nothing is forgotten or forgiven,

when it's your last time around,

I got stuff running 'round my head

That I just can't live down

When we found the things we loved,

They were crushed and dying in the dirt.

We tried to pick up the pieces,

And get away without getting hurt,

But they caught us at the state line,

And burned our cars in one last fight,

And left us running burned and blind,

Chasing something in the night.