{"id":33251,"date":"2022-04-28T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=33251"},"modified":"2022-05-01T13:42:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T20:42:22","slug":"roll-of-the-dice-texas-drive-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/28\/roll-of-the-dice-texas-drive-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Roll of the Dice: Texas Drive-In"},"content":{"rendered":"

Somewhere in the vast recesses of Bruce’s vault, there may reside a legendary “lost” follow-up album to\u00a0Born to Run<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Bruce started compiling songs for his fourth studio album not long after the release of his third, and an album sequence exists that shows a couple of old friends and several unfamiliar faces:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1.<\/td>\nDawn Patrol<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.<\/td>\nHouse On Eden Street<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/td>\nHouse On the Edge Of Dawn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/td>\nFrankie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.<\/td>\nWalking With The Man<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.<\/td>\nTexas Drive In<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7.<\/td>\nDarkness On The Edge Of Town<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.<\/td>\nDrifter’s Barrio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.<\/td>\nYou’re Gonna Cry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

We only know of this planned album thanks to\u00a0 Christopher Sanford’s book, Springsteen: Point Blank,\u00a0<\/em>which refers to several of the songs being cut as demos. Additionally, it would seem (according to the fine folks at Springsteenlyrics.com) that the song sequence could be found on the hand-written cover essay Bruce wrote for Southside Johnny’s debut album.<\/p>\n

And that might have been the end of the story for a rumored track like “Texas Drive In” if Bruce hadn’t released a reproduction of his songwriting notebook in the box set for\u00a0The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story\u00a0<\/em>box set in 2010.<\/p>\n

Because that notebook included a page with the “Texas Drive In” title, and even though we aren’t treated to a full song, we can clearly see at least one verse that Bruce presumably intended for it.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

It’s just a set up, merely a stage setting, but it gives us a taste of what the actual song might have been like:<\/p>\n

A night when the stars crack<\/em>
\nAnd slip from above<\/em>
\nThe engine heat warms your back<\/em>
\nIn a Texas drive-in with a secret love<\/em><\/p>\n

Did Bruce ever finish the song? Presumably, since it was on the lost album sequence. Did he ever record it? Someday, maybe, we’ll know for sure.<\/p>\n

Texas Drive In
\nNever released<\/strong>
\nNever performed<\/strong><\/p>\n

Looking for your favorite Bruce song? Check our\u00a0full index<\/a>. New entries every week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Among the lost tracks from a lost album is this teaser of a song about a secret love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[3469],"class_list":["post-33251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-roll-of-the-dice","tag-texas-drive-in"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t