These are better days baby Better days are shining through Better days with a girl like you There's better days shining through Are better days it's true Well my soul checked out missing as I sat listening To the hours and minutes tickin' away Yeah just

Meet me tonight in Atlantic City But maybe everything that dies someday comes back And meet me tonight in Atlantic City Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night Now they blew up his house too Down on the boardwalk they're gettin' ready For

Prove it all night I'll prove it all night Girl there's nothing else that we can do And girl I'll prove it all night for you I've been working real hard, trying to get my hands clean We'll drive that dusty road from Monroe to Angeline To buy you a gold

Whoa-oh-oh-oh Funny how a melody sounds like a memory Like a soundtrack to a July Saturday night Springsteen To this day when I hear that song I see you standin' there all night long Discount shades, store bought tan Flip flops and cut-off jeans

This is your hometown My hometown Your hometown I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man I'd sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer as we drove through town He'd tousle my hair

Come on dream on, dream baby dream Yeah I just wanna see you smile Come on and open up your heart Come on and open up your hearts Come on and dream baby dream Dream baby dream Come on, we gotta keep the light burning Come on, we gotta keep on dreaming

On the streets of Philadelphia I was bruised and battered, I couldn't tell what I felt I was unrecognizable to myself Saw my reflection in a window and didn't know my own face Oh brother are you gonna leave me wastin' away I walked the avenue, 'til my

There's a place out on the edge of town, sir Rising above the factories and the fields Now ever since I 'as a child I can remember That mansion on the hill In the day you can see the children playing On the road that leads to those gates of hardened

She'll let you in her house If you come knockin' late at night She'll let you in her mouth If the words you say are right If you pay the price She'll let you deep inside But there's a secret garden she hides She'll let you in her car To go drivin' round

Down in Lucky Town I'm going down to Lucky Town I'm gonna lose these blues I've found Baby, down in Lucky Town Down to Lucky Town Yeah, house got too crowded clothes got too tight And I don't know just where I'm going tonight Out where the sky's been