THE RIVER

CD1
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The Ties That Bind
. Sherry Darling
. Jackson Cage
. Two Hearts
. Independence Day
. Hungry Heart
. Out In the Street
. Crush On You
. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
. I Wanna Marry You
. The River


CD2
. Point Blank
. Cadillac Ranch
. I'm a Rocker
. Fade Away
. Stolen Car
. Ramrod
. The Price You Pay
. Drive All Night
. Wreck On the Highway

Wreck on the Highway

Last night I was out driving
Coming home at the end of the working day
I was riding alone through the drizzling rain
On a deserted stretch of a county two-lane
When I came upon a wreck on the highway

There was blood and glass all over
And there was nobody there but me
As the rain tumbled down hard and cold
I seen a young man lying by the side of the road
He cried Mister, won't you help me please

An ambulance finally came and took him to Riverside
I watched as they drove him away
And I thought of a girlfriend or a young wife
And a state trooper knocking in the middle of the night
To say your baby died in a wreck on the highway

Sometimes I sit up in the darkness
And I watch my baby as she sleeps
Then I climb in bed and I hold her tight
I just lay there awake in the middle of the night
Thinking 'bout the wreck on the highway

Ainda corria o ano de 1979, quando fitas com gravações de músicas do álbum "The River", foram roubadas alimentando o mercado pirata.
Uma época onde os concertos ao vivo chegavam a ultrapassar as três horas de duração.
Apesar de tudo, sai em Novembro de 1980 um duplo álbum cheio de canções intimistas, uma visita ao passado de Springsteen.