THE RUINS OF ASBURY PARK
WORDS & MUSIC BY VAN TREEK, BRAJER & HARS…2001
ALL OF THE BOARDWALK PLACES,
THEY’RE ALL EMPTY SPACES.
LOOK AT ALL OF THEM RIGHT IN A ROW.
A WINO IS STUMBLING,
ON A BOARDWALK THAT’S CRUMBLING.
IT’S THE RUINS OF ASBURY PARK.
AT THE CONVENTION CENTER,
I MET MY MENTOR,
IN THE RUINS OF ASBURY PARK.
TOO BAD, IT’S SO SAD,
TOO BAD, IT’S SO SAD,
TOO BAD, IT’S SO FREAKING SAD.
PEOPLE ARE DYING,
TILLIE IS CRYING,
IN THE RUINS OF ASBURY PARK.
THE OCEAN IS CHURNING,
BUILDINGS ARE BURNING
IN THE RUINS OF ASBURY PARK.
I’D LIKE TO SEE HOW MANY YEARS FROM NOW,
WHEN THEY REBUILD THE CITY BY THE SEA.
TOO BAD, IT’S SO SAD,
TOO BAD, IT’S SO SAD,
TOO BAD, IT’S SO FREAKING SAD.
I JUST ASKED ALICE,
HOW ‘BOUT THE PALACE?
IN THE RUINS OF ASBURY PARK.
I USED TO SURF THERE,
NOW BROTHER BEWARE,
IN THE RUINS OF ASBURY PARK
THE SCOOTER RIDES,
YOU RUN AND HIDE,
IN THE RUINS OF ASBURY PARK.
TOO BAD, IT’S SO SAD, (IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?),
TOO BAD, IT’S SO SAD, (WHERE IS MADAM MARIE?)
TOO BAD, IT’S SO FREAKING SAD.