"Santa Ana" lyrics - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
From the tin rooftop the little boy did watch
The procession down through town
Through the museum where Daniel whupped the Devil
With them boys from the underground
Where the Giants of Science fight for tight control
Over the wildlands of New Mexico
Sam Houston's ghost's in Texas fighting for his soul
And the townsfolk rest uneasy beneath the guns of Kid Cole
And the kid says: "Hey, where's Santa Ana
He who could romance the dumb into talking
Take a chance with me tonight, my contessa,
If it don't work out I ain't lame, I can walk"
Now some folks think cancer's taken to the streets of this town
But Sandy eats her candy and then lays her money down
Them cats are in from the canyons to strut their stuff in town
But there's only secret sinners here
Lord, there's only secret thieves
Only a fool would try to save
What the desert chose to leave
And hey there senorita,
With your playboys in their Spanish bandanas
French cream won't soften those boots, baby
French kisses will not break your heart
Oh painted night set free with light
Glows outside the Rainbow Saloon
Matching braces with a Spanish lady
'Neath a graduation moon
No more colleges, no more coronations
Some punk's idea of a teenage nation
Has forced Santa Ana to change his station
From soldier to cartoon
And the Giants of Science spend their days and nights
Not with wives, not with lovers, but searchin' for the lights
They spotted in the desert on their helicopter flights
Just to be lost in the dust and the night
Hey my Contessa, in your juke joint rags you always bring candy for the kids
Come waltz with me tonight senorita
Tracks (1998)
- Mary Queen Of Arkansas
- It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
- Growin' Up
- Does The Bus Stop At 82nd Street?
- Bishop Danced
- Santa Ana
- Seaside Bar Song
- Zero And Blind Terry
- Linda Let Me Be The One
- Thundercrack
- Rendezvous
- Give The Girl A Kiss
- Iceman
- Bring On The Night
- So Young And In Love
- Hearts Of Stone
- Don't Look Back
- Restless Nights
- A Good Man Is Hard To Find (Pittsburgh)
- Roulette
- Dollhouse
- Where The Bands Are
- Loose Ends
- Living On The Edge Of The World
- Wages Of Sin
- Take 'Em As They Come
- Be True
- Ricky Wants A Man Of Her Own
- I Wanna Be With You
- Mary Lou
- Stolen Car
- Born In The U.S.A.
- Johnny Bye-Bye
- Shut Out The Light
- Cynthia
- My Love Will Not Let You Down
- This Hard Land
- Frankie
- TV Movie
- Stand On It
- Lion's Den
- Car Wash
- Rockaway The Days
- Brothers Under The Bridges ('83)
- Man At The Top
- Pink Cadillac
- Two For The Road
- Janey Don't You Lose Heart
- When You Need Me
- The Wish
- The Honeymooners
- Lucky Man
- Leavin' Train
- Seven Angels
- Gave It A Name
- Sad Eyes
- My Lover Man
- Over The Rise
- When The Lights Go Out
- Loose Change
- Trouble In Paradise
- Happy
- Part Man, Part Monkey
- Goin' Cali
- Back In Your Arms
- Brothers Under The Bridge