Handwritten working lyrics by Bruce Springsteen for the "E Street Shuffle," two lined notebook pages, 8 x 10.5, no date but circa 1973. Springsteen's complete, original handwritten lyrics for 'The E Street Shuffle,' the headline track from his second studio album, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, released on November 5, 1973. On this track, Springsteen delivers a lyrical masterpiece from the boardwalk of Asbury Park, New Jersey. The lyrics begin: "Sparks fly!! on E Street when the boy prophets walk in handsome and hot / All the little girls souls grow weak when the manchild gives them a double shot / them schoolboy pull out all the stops on a Friday night / those teenage tramps in skintight pants do the E Street dance and it's all right / (Well) the kids down there are either dancing or hooked up in a scuffle." Springsteen pens 43 lines of lyrics with a few deletions and superscript including several notations and corrections. In very good to fine condition, with overall light creasing. Accompanied by full letters of authenticity from JSA and REAL.
"The E Street Shuffle" is the energetic opening track from Bruce Springsteen's 1973 album The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle. The song blends storytelling with full-band rock 'n' roll to capture the youthful chaos and street life of New Jersey. With playful, jazzy rhythms, its dynamic shifts and brass flourishes helped to define the early sound of the E Street Band, and the song marked Springsteen's evolution toward more ambitious storytelling on his second studio album.
In the spring of 2014, nearly 40 years to the day since they took their name, the E Street Band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the surviving original members were all on hand. When the modern E Street Band took the stage the first song they played as members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was the only song fit for the occasion: the "E Street Shuffle." Original handwritten lyric manuscripts by Springsteen are exceedingly rare and highly prized. This is one of the most important lyric manuscripts to surface publicly, from arguably one of the most creatively significant periods in Springsteen’s life as an artist.
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