FOR YOU
Princess cards she sends me with her regards
Whoa, barroom 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
Oh, but you let your blue walls get in the way of these facts
Honey, get your carpetbaggers off my back
You wouldn't even 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, and I'm sure you see that too
I came for you, for you, I came for you, but you did not need my urgency
I came for you, for you, I came for you, but your life was one long emergency
And your cloud line urges me, oh, and my electric surges free
Oh, crawl into my ambulance, your pulse is getting weak
Oh, reveal yourself all now to me girl 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
And don't call for your surgeon, even he says it's too late
It's not your lungs this time, it's your heart that holds your fate
Don't give me my money, honey, I don't want it back
You and your pony face and your union jack
We'll take your local joker and teach him how to act
I swear I was never that way even when I really cracked
Didn't you think I knew that you were born with the power of a locomotive
Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound?
And your Chelsea suicide with no apparent motive
You could laugh and cry in a single sound
And your strength is devastating in the face of all these odds
Remember how I kept you waiting when it was my turn to be the god
You were not quite half so proud when I found you broken on the beach
Oh, remember how I poured salt on your tongue and hung just out of reach
And the band they played the homecoming theme as I caressed your cheek
Yeah, that ragged, jagged melody, she still clings to me like a leech
But that medal you wore on your chest always got in the way
Like a little girl with a trophy so soft to buy her way
We were both hitchhikers
Whoa, barroom 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
Oh, but you let your blue walls get in the way of these facts
Honey, get your carpetbaggers off my back
You wouldn't even 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, and I'm sure you see that too
I came for you, for you, I came for you, but you did not need my urgency
I came for you, for you, I came for you, but your life was one long emergency
And your cloud line urges me, oh, and my electric surges free
Oh, crawl into my ambulance, your pulse is getting weak
Oh, reveal yourself all now to me girl 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
And don't call for your surgeon, even he says it's too late
It's not your lungs this time, it's your heart that holds your fate
Don't give me my money, honey, I don't want it back
You and your pony face and your union jack
We'll take your local joker and teach him how to act
I swear I was never that way even when I really cracked
Didn't you think I knew that you were born with the power of a locomotive
Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound?
And your Chelsea suicide with no apparent motive
You could laugh and cry in a single sound
And your strength is devastating in the face of all these odds
Remember how I kept you waiting when it was my turn to be the god
You were not quite half so proud when I found you broken on the beach
Oh, remember how I poured salt on your tongue and hung just out of reach
And the band they played the homecoming theme as I caressed your cheek
Yeah, that ragged, jagged melody, she still clings to me like a leech
But that medal you wore on your chest always got in the way
Like a little girl with a trophy so soft to buy her way
We were both hitchhikers
But you had your ears tuned to the roar, of some
metal-tempered engine on an alien, distant shore
So you left to find a better reason than the one we were living for
And it's not that nursery mouth I came back for
It's not the way you're stretched out on the floor
'Cause I've broken all your windows and I've rammed through all your doors
And who am I to ask you to lick my sores?
And you should know that's true
I came for you, for you, I came for you, but you did not need my urgency
I came for you, for you, I came for you, your life was one long emergency
And your cloud line urges me and my electric surges free
So you left to find a better reason than the one we were living for
And it's not that nursery mouth I came back for
It's not the way you're stretched out on the floor
'Cause I've broken all your windows and I've rammed through all your doors
And who am I to ask you to lick my sores?
And you should know that's true
I came for you, for you, I came for you, but you did not need my urgency
I came for you, for you, I came for you, your life was one long emergency
And your cloud line urges me and my electric surges free
POR TI
Me envía tarjetas de princesa con sus recuerdos
Ojos de taberna brillan vacantes, para verla debes forzar la mirada
Herido profundamente en la batalla, permanecí inmóvil como un soldado impasible
Por su sonrisa de Cheshire estaría en formación, es todo cuanto deseo
Pero dejaste que tus paredes azules se interpusieran entre estos
hechos
Cariño, saca a tus exploradores de mi espalda
Ni siquiera me diste tiempo de borrar mis huellas
Me dijiste: "Aquí tienes tu espejo y tu diábolo"
Pero no vine a por eso y estoy seguro de que tú también lo sabes
Vine por ti, por ti, vine por ti, pero tú no necesitabas mi urgencia
Vine por ti, por ti, vine por ti, pero tu vida era una larga
emergencia
Y tu línea de tormenta me urge y mi electricidad surge libre
Arrástrate hasta mi ambulancia, tu pulso se está debilitando
Revélame toda la verdad ahora, cariño, mientras tengas fuerzas para
hablar
Porque te están esperando en Bellevue con sus máscaras de oxígeno
Pero yo te lo daría todo ahora mismo sólo que me lo pidieras
Y no llames a tu cirujano, aunque diga que es demasiado tarde
No son tus pulmones esta vez, es tu corazón lo que sostiene tu destino
No me des mi dinero, cariño, no quiero que me lo devuelvas
Tú y tu cara de niña y tu bandera del Reino Unido
Puedes llamar a tu bromista local y enseñarle a actuar
Te juro que nunca fui así ni siquiera cuando me derrumbé
¿No creías que yo sabía que habías nacido con el poder de una
locomotora
Capaz de saltar rascacielos de un simple salto?
Y tu suicidio de Chelsea, sin motivo aparente
Podías reír y llorar con el mismo sonido
Tu fuerza es devastadora en el rostro de todos estos aspirantes
¿Recuerdas como te tuve esperando cuando llegó mi turno de ser el dios?
No eras ni la mitad de orgullosa cuando te encontré destrozada en la
playa
¿Recuerdas como eché sal en tu lengua y me puse fuera de tu alcance?
Y la banda tocaba el tema de la vuelta a casa mientras yo acariciaba
tu mejilla
Aquella mellada, rota melodía, todavía la llevo pegada como una
sanguijuela
Pero aquella medalla en tu pecho siempre se entrometía
Como una niña con un trofeo, tan tierna que lo conseguía todo
Los dos éramos autoestopistas
Pero tú tenías el oído afinado al rugido
de un motor de metal templado en una lejana orilla extranjera
Así que te fuiste para encontrar una razón mejor que aquella por la
que vivíamos
Y no es por esa tierna boca por lo regresé
Y no es por la manera como estás tirada en el suelo
Por que he roto todas tus ventanas y he reventado todas tus puertas
¿Y quién soy yo para pedirte que lamas mis heridas?
Debes saber que es verdad
Vine por ti, por ti, vine por ti, pero tú no necesitabas mi urgencia
Vine por ti, por ti, vine por ti, pero tu vida era una larga
emergencia
Y tu línea de tormenta me urge y mi electricidad surge libre
Al piano - 1975
Con la E Street Band - 1978
Al piano - 2005
Con la E Street Band - 2009
Versión acústica - 2012
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