Tokyo Lyrics by Bruce Springsteen

Tokyo Lyrics

    The hook hung like a shadow on a rung over shanghai
    The firemen were returning home screaming "bonzai!"
    And the reindeers played games,
    And got hurt in the rain
    As I listened to the broadcast.
    Oh, blow me down Tokyo 'cuz i'm sinking fast.

    And then the band played.
    (out of nowhere)
    (everybody)
    (everybody)

    Well now the legendary chaplain of the fighting 51st
    Was getting ready to go.
    I said "padre do you know a cheap virgin who likes to tango?"
    He said "you can try rosa lee;
    Around the corner and across the sea.
    Oh word is out she's fast."
    Oh blow me down now rosie, 'cuz i'm sinking fast.

    Yes and the cats are sure getting fat down in the trainyard.
    the sandman brings them dreams they ship out in boxcars.
    The union says hold; break out the dice, break out the gold.
    It's lunchtime at last.
    oh, And stage mama said george raff's tonight on the late show.
    She sits straddling the kitchen chair really gung-ho
    She shivers with chills, wet with slotcar thrills
    Hypnotically lost in the glass

    And the sun rised, we all sighed...

    As we watched the credits pass.
    And the little blue dot went away.

    And then the morning cloak fell down like a hoax over sleepytown
    And garbage truck vigilantes out makin' the last round
    He hurriedly sipped his beer, and made fun of the queer
    And threatened to kick his ass.

    But the bell rang
    a horn blows
    And he's outside pumping gas
    But things were moving so slow tonight
    So the kid goes back inside the station
    And turns on the radio to his local am station



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