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- “Candy’s Boy<\/a>” (September 2020)<\/li>\n
- “The Fast Song<\/a>” (January 2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Caught up? Great–then let’s continue.<\/p>\n
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We left Bruce and the band on September 2, 1977–the day they finished both the version of “Candy’s Boy” that appears on\u00a0The Promise<\/em> and the last known version of “The Fast Song.” In the latter, Bruce had the completed music for “Candy’s Room,” but the lyrics were still floating unresolved between the two.<\/p>\n
It was at this point that Bruce began to merge the sibling songs. As September progressed, “Candy’s Boy” and “The Fast Song” came together in the creatively titled “New Fast Song (Candy).” In a surviving page of handwritten lyrics, we can see the ideas starting to coalesce.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nIn Candy’s room she has pictures of her savior on the wall<\/em>
\nBut to get to Candy’s room you got to walk Candy’s hall<\/em>
\nStrangers from the city call my baby’s number<\/em>
\nThey bring Candy toys but when I come knockin’<\/em>
\nShe smiles pretty, she knows I’m gonna be Candy’s boy<\/em><\/p>\nThere somewhere in\u00a0the<\/span> darkness\u00a0I find hidden worlds that shine<\/em>
\nThrough the fear blackness<\/span>\u00a0mist<\/em><\/p>\nThen<\/span> when we kiss my hearts explodes<\/span> through my skin<\/em>
\nFor with<\/span> a moment she lets me in<\/em>
\nThat’s when the sadness begins<\/em>
\nI get visions of avenging angels of eden<\/em>
\nWith them white horses and flaming swords<\/em>
\nCan blow this whole town into the sea<\/em>
\nBut they cant touch Candy and me<\/em>
\nOur love they cannot destroy<\/em>
\nI will forever be Candy’s boy<\/em><\/p>\nShe says baby if you wanna be wild you got a lot to learn<\/em>
\nYou gotta let your heart burn<\/em>
\nSo come with me together baby we’ll drive all<\/em>
\nWe’ll go<\/span> drivin’ together into the night<\/em>
\nthrough the heart of a fire fight with no rain<\/em><\/p>\nWe go driving south through the pines ???\u00a0<\/span>the out roads<\/em>
\nthat ??? off the line and then we kiss<\/em>
\nFrom a world we’ll meet \/ burn \/ take \/ know \/ without end<\/em><\/p>\nWe’re getting closer to the final version of “Candy’s Room,” now:\u00a0 The first verse is there (it’s the one consistent component from the very beginning of the song’s evolution), and we see hints of the second (although this version contains lyrics that will make their way to “Iceman<\/a>“).<\/p>\n
The bridge is there too, although it’s a bit distributed. It’s only at the end of the song that Bruce seems to run out of steam, losing both power and coherence.<\/p>\n
Bruce continued tinkering and polishing throughout the month, but sometimes evolution doesn’t happen in a straight line. On September 30, Bruce sat down at the piano and played yet another new version of what was quickly becoming “Candy’s Room,” and his demonstration was captured on video by Barry Rebo.<\/p>\n
- “The Fast Song<\/a>” (January 2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n