well now everything dies baby that's a fact / but maybe everything that dies someday comes back / put your makeup on / fix your hair up pretty / and meet me tonight in Atlantic City

Atlantic City

by Bruce Springsteen

cover by The Band / vocal: Levon Helm

Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night 

now they blew up his house too
Down on the boardwalk they're gettin' ready for a fight 

gonna see what them racket boys can do

Now there's trouble busin' in from outta state 

and the D.A. can't get no relief
Gonna be a rumble out on the promenade 

and the gamblin' commission's hangin' on 
by the skin of its teeth

Well now everything dies baby that's a fact
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
Put your makeup on fix your hair up pretty
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City

Well I got a job and tried to put my money away
But I got debts that no honest man can pay
So I drew what I had from the Central Trust
And I bought us two tickets on that Coast City bus

CHORUS

Now our luck may have died 
and our love may be cold 

but with you forever I'll stay
We're goin' out where the sand's turnin' to gold 

so put on your stockings baby 

'cause the night's getting cold
 

And everything dies baby that's a fact
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back

Now I been lookin' for a job but it's hard to find
Down here it's just winners and losers 
and don't get caught on the wrong side of that line
Well I'm tired of comin' out on the losin' end
So honey last night I met this guy and I'm gonna do a little favor for him
 

Well I guess everything dies baby that's a fact
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
Put your hair up nice and set up pretty
and meet me tonight in Atlantic City
Meet me tonight in Atlantic City
Meet me tonight in Atlantic City