Coverinfo
Bruce performed the song only once:
2004-07-17 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ
Bruce joins Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers, and is aided by Soozie Tyrell and Patti Scialfa for a couple of hours after the Houserockers' main set.
Songinfo
Have a good time (But get out alive) is a song written by Joe Grushecky and released on Iron City Houserockers' 1980 album Have A Good Time But Get Out Alive!
Other cover versions
Bruce on the artist
Bruce co-wrote some songs with Joe Grushecky
He also contributed to other albums with vocals, guitar, harmonica or mandolin
Bruce contributed on three albums of Joe Grushecky
1995 : AMERICAN BABYLON
2006 : A GOOD LIFE
Is a studio album by Joe Grushecky released on 15 Aug 2006 on Schoolhouse Records. It features Bruce Springsteen on four tracks. He shares vocals and plays guitar with Grushecky on
Code of Silence,
Is she the one and
A Good life, and only plays guitar on
Searching for my soul. The primary recording sessions for the album took place at studios in West Virginia. However Springsteen, with Toby Scott engineering, worked only from his New Jersey home studio and overdubbed onto Gruschecky's already completed basic tracks.
2009 : EAST CARSON STREET
is a studio album by Joe Grushecky released in 2009. Bruce Springsteen participated in the recording of three of the album's tracks; he plays guitar on
East Carson Street, sings duet vocals and plays lead guitar on
Another thin line, and plays lead guitar on
Broken wheel.
Lyrics
You never fit quite right in school
Went out and broke all the rules
Well, you talk so loud, you act so cool, that's right
Only sixteen when you left home
Thought you could make it on your own
'Cause you were born with the right to roam the night
Don't put those chains on me
I am young and I am free
And I'll be what I want to be, that's right
Have a good time but get out alive
Don't you know only the strong survive
Have a good time but get out alive
You always did just what you wanted
Didn't matter who you hurt
But you don't hurt no one like you hurt yourself
You took anything that you could get
You did it all with no regrets
And you try so hard but you can't forget your past
You know this life's killing you
Act crazy, but don't be a fool
Do what you got to do but keep in mind
Have a good time but get out alive
Don't you know only the strong survive
Have a good time but get out alive
Have a good time but get out alive
Don't you know only the strong survive
Have a good time but get out alive
Ow, ow, ow!
After one long, long night
Bobby was involved in a senseless fight
Woke up in jail with a broken old man
The old man was staring down at him
He said, "Hey, man, you better wipe off that stupid grin
And you better learn something, boy, while you still can"
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Have a good time (I'm gonna get ???)
But get out alive
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Have a good time (I'm gonna get ???)
Have a good time (I'm gonna get ???)
But get out alive
(Have a good time) Have a good time! (I'm gonna get ???)
(Have a good time) Have a real good time! (I'm gonna get ???)
(Have a good time) Have a good time! (I'm gonna get ???)
But get out alive
(Have a good time) Have a good time! (I'm gonna get ???)
(Have a good time) Have a real good time! (I'm gonna get ???)
(Have a good time) Have a good time! (I'm gonna get ???)
But get out alive