Point Blank [German translation]

Do you still say your prayers little darling, do you go to bed at night

Praying that tomorrow everything will be alright

But tommorow's fall in number, in number one by one

You wake up and you're dying, you don't even know what from

Well, they shot you point blank

You been shot in the back, baby, point blank

You been fooled this time, little girl, that's a fact

Right between the eyes, baby, point blank

Right between the pretty lies that they tell

Little girl you fell

You grew up where young girls they grow up fast

You took what you were handed and left behind what was asked

But what they asked baby wasn't right

You didn't have to live that life

And I was gonna be your Romeo, you were gonna be my Juliet

These days you don't wait on Romeos, you wait on that welfare check

And on all the pretty things that you can't ever have

And on all the promises

That always end up point blank

Shot between the eyes, whoa, point blank

Like little white lies you tell to ease the pain

You're walking in the sights, girl, of point blank

And it's one false move and, baby, the lights go out

Once I dreamed we were together again, baby, you and me

Back home in those old clubs the way we used to be

We were standing at the bar, it was hard to hear

The band was playing loud and you were shouting something in my ear

You pulled my jacket off and as the drummer counted four

You grabbed my hand and pulled me out on the floor

You just stood there and held me and you started dancing slow

And as I pulled you tighter I swore I'd never let you go

Well I saw you last night down on the avenue

Your face was in the shadows but I knew that it was you

You were standing in the doorway out of the rain

You didn't answer when I called out your name

You just turned and then you looked away

Like just another stranger waiting to get blown away

Point blank, right between the eyes

Whoa, point blank, right between the pretty lies you fell

Point blank, you been shot right through the heart

Yeah, point blank, you've been twisted up till you've become just another part of it

Point blank, you're walking in the sights

Point blank, living one false move, just one false move away

They caught you in their sights

Point blank, did you forget how to love, girl, did you forget how to fight.

They must have shot you in the head

'Cause point blank, bang bang, baby you're dead

• Artist:Bruce Springsteen
• Album:The River (1980)