The Rangers had a homecoming
In Harlem late last night
And the Magic Rat drove his sleek machine
Over the Jersey state line
Barefoot girl sitting on the hood of a Dodge
Drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain
The Rat pulls into town, rolls up his pants
Together they take a stab at romance
And disappear down Flamingo Lane
Well the Maximum Lawmen run down Flamingo
Chasing the Rat and the barefoot girl
And the kids 'round there live just like shadows
Always quiet, holding hands
From the churches to the jails
Tonight all is silence in the world
As we take our stand
Down in Jungleland
The midnight gang's assembled
And picked a rendezvous for the night
They'll meet 'neath that giant Exxon sign
That brings this fair city light
Man there's an opera out on the turnpike
There's a ballet being fought out in the alley
Until the local cops
Cherry tops
Rips this holy night
The street's alive
As secret debts are paid
Contacts made, they vanish unseen
Kids flash guitars just like switchblades
Hustling for the record machine
The hungry and the hunted
Explode into rock and roll bands
That face off against each other in the street
Down in Jungleland
In the parking lot the visionaries
Dress in the latest rage
Inside the backstreet girls are dancing
To the records that the DJ plays
Lonely-hearted lovers
Struggle in dark corners
Desperate as the night moves on
Just one look and a whisper
And they're gone
Beneath the city two hearts beat
Soul engines running through a night so tender
In a bedroom locked
In whispers of soft refusal
And then surrender
In the tunnels uptown
The Rat's own dream guns him down
As shots echo down them hallways in the night
No one watches when the ambulance pulls away
Or as the girl shuts out the bedroom light
Outside the street's on fire
In a real death waltz
Between what's flesh and what's fantasy
And the poets down here
Don't write nothing at all
They just stand back and let it all be
And in the quick of a knife
They reach for their moment
And try to make an honest stand
But they wind up wounded
Not even dead
Tonight in Jungleland
Bruce Springsteen - Lucky Town - Stockholm 1993-05-28 (04:15)
A track from the new The Lost 1993 TV Special 2 DVD set.
This backing band, in my opinion, blows the ESB away in every sense, shape or form....except of course for the romantic/nostalgic thoughts/feelings that a lot of people seems to suffer from....which is sad:/
Autor: jenseyde - 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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This back-up band is underrated.
Autor: snusansmammut - 6 months, 3 weeks ago
3
The chick sounds great with the harmony. Bruce is not a polished lead player, he just guts it out like a street guy. But that is Bruce, a street guy who makes good music.
Autor: taylor8492 - 6 months, 2 weeks ago
4
Great Boss!!! What an amazing performance, even without the E-Street Band!!!!
Autor: fantomaticot - 8 months ago
5
Brilliant song. One of my favorite Boss tunes. Was never keen on "the other band" though. They don't seem as together as the E Streeters.
Autor: CallumJStewart - 5 months, 3 weeks ago
6
I have to disagree.
The biggest problem with this band was the fact that they where a band of session musicians and not a proper band.
The result was a band that did the songs they did just fine but removed the spontanity that is a well oiled machinery in a proper band like the E Street Band.
Autor: ShabbyDogRCR - 6 months, 3 weeks ago
7
i agree,they had to be counted in every song! but saying that i thought they were underrated