Coverinfo
Bruce performed the song only once:
2014-05-23 Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
The second of two shows with Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers.
Songinfo
Junior's bar is a song written by Joe Grushecky, Eddie Britt, and Gil Snyder 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
I'm going down to Junior's Bar just to have a drink
Searching for a one-night rendezvous
The girls are standing at the bar all sleazed up and looking good
I sit down and show them all my new tattoo
Junior's Bar where the band is playing just for me
They play real loud, they move the crowd, it's a poor boy's symphony
Junior's bar until they kill the neon lights
I hope I don't go home alone tonight
I hope I don't go home alone tonight
Now Junior works behind the bar, doesn't miss a single night
I always have a place where I can go
The girls down there are something else, they sure know how to roll
They sure have taught me everything I know
Junior's Bar where the band is playing just for me
They play real loud, they move the crowd, it's a poor boy's symphony
Junior's Bar until they kill the neon lights
I hope I don't go home alone tonight
I hope I don't go home alone tonight
I'm tired of sitting home at night glued to my TV
I got to find someone to break the spell and spend the night with me
Julie gets in all the bars with her fake ID
She's just seventeen but she's old enough for me
I got to make my move before they play the final song
Bought a drink, turned around, she was gone
Junior's Bar where the band is playing just for me
They play real loud, they move the crowd, it's a poor boy's symphony
Junior's Bar until they kill the neon lights
Looks like I'm alone again tonight
Looks like I'm alone again tonight