Digital Re-Mastering is My Friend

This song was written by Bruce Springsteen, but Manfred Mann's Earth Band had a hit with it while The Boss was still choking it out (literally - this was before he finally had some vocal training)only in live shows. Manfred Mann's Earth Band, with their lead's signature and exceptional vocals, covered quite a few Springsteen songs during the 70's and even though I've always been a fan of Big Bruce, most of MMEB's covers did the songs so much more justice than their original writer could ever do.

For YEARS I searched for a useable album with this song on it. From the very first moment I heard it (I think I was 14), I LOVED it. And for so many years I was rendererd into a grateful blob of blubberiness every time some random DJ dug into the B-sides and blew the dust off this track - as you can probably imagine, it didn't happen very often. But I never forgot.

Thanks to digital remastering, now I can hit my iPod and listen to it over and over and over. Life is a marvel. AND... not long ago a sort of strange bunch named "The Disco Boys" remixed this amazing song and made a fun dance track out of it.

This video is from 1983. :-)




Princess cards she sends me with her regards,
Oh, bar-room eyes shine vacancy
To see her you gotta look hard
Wounded deep in battle, I stand stuffed like some soldier undaunted
To her cheshire smile I'll stand on file
She's all I ever wanted
You let your blue walls stand in the way of these facts, honey
Get your carpet baggers off my back
Girl give me time to cover my tracks
You said, "Here's your mirror and your ball and jacks"
But they're not what I came for
Oh I came for so much more
And I know you that too
And I know you know that's true

I came for you
I came for you
I came for you
For you, for you
I came for you

Crawl into my ambulance
Your pulse is getting weak
Reveal yourself all to me now
While you've got the strength to speak
'Cause they're waiting for you at Bellevue
With their oxygen masks
But I could give it all to you now
If only you could ask
Don't call for your surgeon
Even he says it's late
It's not your lungs this time
But your heart holds your fate
Don't give me my money back
Don't want it anymore
It's not that nursery mouth I came back for
It's not the way you're stretched out on the floor
I've broken all your windows
And I've rammed through all your doors
Who am I to ask you to fight my wars
And you should know that's true
You should know that too

I came for you
I came for you
I came for you
For you, for you
I came for you

Don't call for your surgeon
Even he says it's late
It's not your lungs this time
But your heart holds your fate
Don't give me my money back
Don't want it anymore
It's not that nursery mouth I came back for
It's not the way you're stretched out on the floor
I've broken all your windows
And I've rammed through all your doors
Who am I to ask you to fight my wars
You should know that's true
You should know that too

I came for you
I came for you
I came for you
For you, for you
I came for you