Tunnel of Love - Bruce Springsteen

I met her at the haunted mansion. She said I looked like Charles Manson, yeah. But I persisted, though. And won her love, you know. Black clouds floating up above. That haunted house was our tunnel of love. The first time she sat next to me, she said I looked just like E.T. The next thing that you know, I was her Romeo. She finally came around. In that haunted house our love was found.

The harlequins have gone to bed, the lights are getting dim The carousel is slowing down, the ferris wheel won't spin The cowboy hats and costume parties don't feel like so much fun The glass's hue turns pink to blue, I see that this is done I want to live forever in your heart like we said But at the end of every happy life somebody drops dead I'm trapped in the tunnel of love It might not be so bad If I could find myself in anything But memories we had And now I'm locked in the tunnel of love Just waiting to jump ship But no sailor wants to accept that the end Is part of the trip Well I love you, I'd love to see you on chapel stairs But we're both in denial if this war was ever fair All the sequins and the sideshows, just distractions from the facts We've been going through the motions, now we're both caught in the act I want to live forever in your heart like we said But at the end of every happy life somebody drops dead I'm trapped in the tunnel of love It might not be so bad If I could find myself in anything But memories we had And now I'm locked in the tunnel of love Just waiting to jump ship But no sailor wants to accept that the end Is part of the trip I'm trapped in the tunnel of love, I'm trapped in the tunnel of love I'm trapped in the tunnel of love

Getting crazy on the waltzers But it's the life that I choose Hey, sing about the six blade, sing about the switchback And a torture tattoo And I've been riding on a ghost train Where the cars, they scream and slam And I don't know where I'll be tonight But I'd always tell you where I am In a screaming ring of faces I seen her standing in the light She had a ticket for the races Yeah, just like me, she was a victim of the night I put my hand upon the lever Said let it rock and let it roll I had the one-arm bandit fever There was an arrow through my heart and my soul And the big wheel keep on turnin' Neon burnin' up above And I'm just high on the world Come on and take a low ride with me girl On the tunnel of love Yeah, love It's just a danger When you're riding at your own risk She said, "You are the perfect stranger" She said, "Baby, let's keep it like this" It's just a cakewalk, twisting baby, yeah, step right up and say "Hey mister, give me two, give me two now 'Cause any two can play" And the big wheel keep on turning Neon burnin' up above And I'm just high on the world Come on and take a low ride with me, girl On the tunnel of love Oh love, love Well it's been money for muscle on a another whirligig Money for muscle and another girl I dig Another hustle just to Just to make it big and rock away, rock away Oh rock away, rock away And girl, it looks so pretty to me Like it always did Oh, like the Spanish city to me When we were kids Yeah, girl it looks so pretty to me Just like it always did Oh, like the Spanish city to me When we were kids Woh la! Check it out She took off her silver locket She said, "Remember me by this" She put her hand in my pocket I got a keepsake and a kiss And in the roar of dust and diesel I stood and watched her walk away I could have caught up with her easy enough But something must have made me stay And the big wheel keep on turning Neon burnin' up above And I'm just high on this world Come on and take a low ride with me, girl On the tunnel of love Yea love, love On the tunnel of love Woah love, love Yeah, now I'm searchin' through these carousels and the carnival arcades Searching everywhere from steeplechase to palisades In any shooting gallery where promises are made To rock away, rock away Rock away, rock away From Cullercoats to Whitley bay And to rock away And, girl it looks so pretty to me Like it always did Like the Spanish city to me When we were kids Girl, it looks so pretty to me Like it always did Like the Spanish city to me When we were kids

Consequences, altered cases Broken noses, altered faces My ego altered, altered egos Wherever I go, so does me go Walk through the fields where the flowers are growing Carve out your names on the first tree you see There are 22 catches when you strike your matches And get down on your knees In the tunnel of love (the tunnel of love) You fall in feet first (in the tunnel of love) You think of yourselves as really good friends But you know how it always ends in the tunnel of love So you get engaged and have a party Only 17 when the wedding bells chime Got a room with a view and a kid on the way Hope you make it to the church on time 'Cause the wedding list is getting longer The bottom drawer is getting fuller And you're not getting any younger Can things get any better? In the tunnel of love (the tunnel of love) You fall in feet first (in the tunnel of love) And think of yourselves as really good friends But you know how it always ends in the tunnel of love The tunnel of love So consequences, altered cases You tried honeymoons in far off places But the trial separation worked And ended up in a divorce case You gave up your friends for a new way of life And both ended up as ex-husband and wife There were 22 catches when you struck your matches And threw away your life In the tunnel of love (the tunnel of love) You fell in feet first (in the tunnel of love) And thought of yourselves as really good friends But you know how it had to end in the tunnel of love In the tunnel of love (the tunnel of love) The tunnel of love (the tunnel of love) In the tunnel of love