Listen to Jungleland (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - June/July 2000) by Bruce Springsteen

Jungleland (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - June/July 2000)

Bruce Springsteen

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Jungleland (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - June/July 2000)

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

Vocals

Nils Lofgren

Guitar

Patti Scialfa

Guitar

Steven Van Zandt

Steven Van Zandt

Guitar

Garry Tallent

Bass

Clarence Clemons

Clarence Clemons

Tenor Saxophone

Max Weinberg

Drums

Roy Bittan

Piano

Danny Federici

Keyboards

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

Producer

Chuck Plotkin

Producer

Ross Peterson

Engineer

Gary Myerberg-Lauter

Gary Myerberg-Lauter

Engineer

David Boucher

Assistant Mixing Engineer

Bob Ludwig

Mastering Engineer

Toby Scott

Recording Engineer

Bob Clearmountain

Bob Clearmountain

Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

The rangers had a homecoming

In Harlem late last night

And the Magic Rat drove his sleek machine

Over the Jersey state line

[Verse 2]

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

[Verse 3]

The Maximum Lawman run down Flamingo

Chasing the Rat and the barefoot girl

The kids 'round here look just like shadows

Always quiet, holding hands

[Verse 4]

And from the churches to the jails

Tonight all is silent in the world

As we take our stand

Down in Jungleland

[Verse 5]

The midnight gangs assembled

And picked a rendezvous for the night

They'll meet 'neath that giant Exxon sign

That brings this fair city light

[Verse 6]

Man, there's an opera out on the Turnpike

There's a ballet being fought out in the alley

Until the local cop's cherry top

Rip this holy night

[Verse 7]

The street's alive as secret debts are paid

Contacts made, they vanished unseen

Kids flash guitars just like switchblades

Hustling for the record machine

[Verse 8]

The hungry and the hunted

Explode into rock n' roll bands

That faced off against each other out in the street

Down in Jungleland

[Verse 9]

In the parking lot

The visionaries dress in the latest rage

Inside, the backstreet girls

Are dancing to the records the DJ plays

[Verse 10]

Lonely hearted lovers struggle in dark corners

Desperate as the night moves on

With just one look and a whisper

They're gone

[Verse 11]

Beneath the city, two hearts beat

Soul engines running through a night so tender

In a bedroom locked, in whispers of soft, soft refusal

And then surrender in the tunnels uptown

[Verse 12]

The Rat's own dream guns him down

The shots echo down them hallways in the night

Nobody watches when the ambulance pulls away

When the girl shuts out the bedroom light

[Verse 13]

But outside the street's on fire in a real death waltz

Between what's flesh and what's fantasy

And man, the poets down here don't write nothing at all

They just stand back and let it all be

[Verse 14]

And in the quick of the night, they reach for their moment

And try to make an honest stand

But they wind up wounded, they're not even dead

Tonight in Jungleland

[Verse 15]

Oh, oh

Oh, oh

Oh, oh

Oh

Oh

Oh, oh

Written by: Bruce Springsteen