4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) is the second song on
The Wild, The Innocent and The E Street Shuffle[?] by
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, and often cited as the best song on the
album. It is a powerful love ballad, dedicated to Sandy and describing the depressing atmosphere that threatens to suffocate the love between the singer and Sandy. Locals include the "stoned-out faces," "
switchblade[?] lovers" and "the
greasers[?]" who "tramp the streets or get busted for sleeping out on the
boardwalk[?] till dawn." The singer is tired of "hangin' in them
dusty arcades" and "chasin' the
factory girls."
"Sandy, the
fireworks are hailin' over Little
Eden tonight"
lyrics (http://www.xs4all.nl/~maroen/engels/lyrics/4thjuly.htm)