Listen to Highway Patrolman (Live at the Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland - November 2006) by Bruce Springsteen

Highway Patrolman (Live at the Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland - November 2006)

Bruce Springsteen

Rock

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

Guitar

Sam Bardfeld

Violin

Art Baron

Trombone

Frank Bruno

Vocals

Jeremy Chatzky

Bass

Larry Eagle

Drums

Clark Gayton

Trombone

Charles Giordano

Charles Giordano

Accordion

Curtis King, Jr.

Curtis King, Jr.

Vocals

Greg Liszt

Banjo

Lisa Lowell

Vocals

Eddie Manion

Saxophone

Cindy Mizelle

Vocals

Curt Ramm

Trumpet

Marty Rifkin

Dobro

Patti Scialfa

Vocals

Marc Anthony Thompson

Marc Anthony Thompson

Vocals

Soozie Tyrell

Violin

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Brett Dicus

Assistant Engineer

Brandon Duncan

Assistant Engineer

Bob Ludwig

Mastering Engineer

Bob Clearmountain

Bob Clearmountain

Mixing Engineer

John Cooper

Recording Engineer

Lyrics

My name is Joe Roberts

I work for the state

I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville

Barracks number eight

I always done an honest job

As honest as I could

Got a brother named Franky

Franky ain't no good

Ever since we was young kids

It's been the same come down

I get a call on the short-wave

Franky's in trouble downtown

If it was any other man

I'd put him straight away

When it's your brother

Sometimes you look the other way

Yeah, me and Franky laughin' and drinkin'

Nothin' feels better than blood on blood

Takin' turns dancin' with Maria

As the band played Night of the Johnstown flood

I catch him when he's strayin'

Like any brother would

Man turns his back on his family

He just ain't no good

Well Franky went in the army back in 1965

I got a farm deferment

Settled down, took Maria for my bride

Them wheat prices kept on droppin'

Till it was like we were gettin' robbed

Franky came home in '68

And me, I took this job

Yeah, me and Franky laughin' and drinkin'

Nothin' feels better than blood on blood

Takin' turns dancin' with Maria

As the band played Night of the Johnstown flood

I catch him when he's strayin'

Like any brother would

Man turns his back on his family

He just ain't no good

Well, the night was like any other

I got a call 'bout quarter to nine

There was trouble in a roadhouse

Out on the Michigan line

There was a kid lyin' on the floor lookin' bad

Bleedin' hard from his head

Was a girl cryin' at a table

"It was Frank" they said

Well I went out and I jumped in my car

And then I hit the lights

I must of done a hundred and ten

In Michigan county at night

It was out at the crossroads

Head down round Willow bank

I seen a Buick with Ohio plates

Behind the wheel was Frank

Well I chased him through those county roads

'Til a sign said, "Canadian border five miles from here"

Pulled over the side of the highway

And I watched his taillights disappear

Yeah, me and Franky laughin' and drinkin'

Nothin' feels better than blood on blood

Takin' turns dancin' with Maria

As the band played Night of the Johnstown flood

I catch him when he's strayin'

Like any brother would

Man turns his back on his family

He just ain't no good

Hey, me and Franky laughin' and drinkin'

Nothin' feels better than blood on blood

Takin' turns dancin' with Maria

The band played Night of the Johnstown flood

Catch him when he strays

Like any brother would

Man turns his back on his family

He just ain't no good

Thank you!

Written by: Bruce Springsteen

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