Well they closed down the auto plant in Mahwah late that month Ralph went out lookin' for a job but he couldn't find none He came home too drunk from
Last night I dreamed that I was a child out where the pines grow wild and tall I was trying to make it home through the forest before the darkness falls
My name is Joe Roberts I work for the state I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville barracks number 8 I always done an honest job as honest as I could I
Seen a man standin' over a dead dog Lyin' by the highway in a ditch He's lookin' down kinda puzzled Pokin' that dog with a stick Got his car door flung
New Yersey Turnpike ridin' on a wet night 'neath the refinery's glow, out where the great black rivers flow License, registration, I ain't got none,
My little sister's in the front seat with an ice cream cone My ma's in the backseat sittin' all alone As my pa steers her slow out of the lot for a
I had the carburetor cleaned and checked with her line blown out she's hummin' like a turbojet Propped her up in the backyard on concrete blocks for
saw her standin' on her front lawn just twirlin' her baton Me and her went for a ride sir and ten innocent people died From the town of Lincoln, Nebraska
saw her standin' on her front lawn just twirlin' her baton Me and her went for a ride sir and ten innocent people died From the town of Lincoln Nebraska
Translation: Springsteen, Bruce. Nebraska.
Translation: Springsteen, Bruce. Nebraska (Meadowlands Arena, 8/6/84).
I saw her standin' on her front lawn just twirlin' her baton Me and her went for a ride sir and ten innocent people died From the town of Lincoln Nebraska
: New Jersey Turnpike, ridin' on a wet night `neath the refinery's glow Out where the great black rivers flow License, registration: I ain't got none
: My sister's in the front seat with an ice cream cone My ma's in the black seat sittin' all alone As my pa steers her slow out of the lot For a test
