BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Freehold lyrics

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I was born right here on Randolph Street in Freehold

Here right behind that big red maple in Freehold

I went to school right here

Got laid and had my first beer

Here in Freehold

Well, my folks all lived and worked right here in Freehold

I remember running up the street past the convent to the church in Freehold

Chased my daddy down in these bars

First fell in love with this guitar

Here in Freehold

I had my first kiss at the YMCA canteen on a Friday night

Maria Espinoza baby where are you tonight

You were thirteen but way ahead of your time

I walked home with a limp but I felt just fine

That night in Freehold

Well now the girls at Freehold Regional yeah they all looked pretty fine

I had my heart broken at least half a dozen times

I wonder if they miss me if they still get the itch

Would they have dumped me if they knew I'd strike a rich

Straight out of Freehold

Well, a lot of good folks gave us kids a hand in Freehold

When we started up our rock and roll band in Freehold

Yeah we learned pretty quick how to rock

I'll never forget the feeling of that first five bucks in my pocket

That I earned in Freehold

Well, I got outta here hard and fast in Freehold

Everybody wanted to kick my ass back then in Freehold

Well if you were different or black or brown

It was a pretty redneck town

Back in Freehold

Well, now something broke my daddy's back in Freehold

He left for thirty years he'd never come back

'cept once he drove from California in just three days

Called my relatives some dirty names

And pulled straight out of Freehold

Now he's there by the highway buried in the dirt

His ghost flippin' the bird to everybody in Freehold

Well my sister got pregnant at seventeen in Freehold

Back then people they could be pretty mean

Ah honey you had a rough road to go now you ain't made of nothin' but soul

I love you more than you'll ever know

We both survived Freehold

Well my buddy Mike he's the mayor now in Freehold

I remember when we had a lot more hair in Freehold

I left and swore I'd never walk those streets again Jack

Now all I can say is Holy shit I'm back

Back in Freehold

Well I read something in the papers a few weeks ago that was pretty funny

The town council is debating whether to put up a statue of me in my home town

But it cost too much money

Well I'd like to thank the town council my friends

For saving me from humiliation and displaying the good hard common sense

We learned in Freehold

Well, this summer everything was green

Rode my kids on the fire engine through the streets of Freehold

I bored 'em with where dad was born and raised

And first felt the sun on his face

In Freehold

Well I still got a lot of real good friends back there

And I can usually find a free beer somewhere

With free dinners I am blessed

Should I go crazy, blow all my money, hit the tabloids

Become fodder for moronic talk shows and turn my life into a complete fuckin' mess

Well, at least I'll never go hungry I guess

In Freehold

I got a good Catholic education in Freehold

Led to an awful lot of masturbation in Freehold

Well Father it was just something I did for a smile

Hell I still get a good one off once in a while

And dedicate it to Freehold

Don't get me wrong, I ain't puttin' anybody down

In the end it all just goes and comes around

In my hometown back in Freehold