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Bruce Springsteen The Ties That Bind: The River Collection front cover
Track

Chain Lightning (The River: Outtakes)

Label
Columbia Records
Release Date
4 December 2015
Lyrics

There’s a rumble in the park, there’s a thunder in the dark
The night’s so quiet, it’s chain lightning
Beneath a street light two boys boppin’ in the night
They had somethin’ in ’em called chain lightning

Though you never hear a sound, there’s a fire underground
Rumbling through the town, you can’t keep it from comin’ down
Lovers walking through the mist, Romeo he steal a kiss
Caught up in the moment of chain lightning

Now I don’t know about romance, but baby it’s the latest dance
Everybody’s getting up, doin’ it, chain lightning
All along the strand baby down in jungleland
Everybody’s caught up in chain lightning

Ever hear the sound of a fire underground
Rumblin’ through the town the big cold is comin’ down
Sittin’ at the light, I’m a rider in the night
Streaking light to light for chain lightning

I ain’t into style, baby I ain’t into fashion
I just got a passion for chain lightning
Sittin’ at the light, I’m a rider in the night
Streaking light to light for chain lightning

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