bruce springsteenin double albümü the riverın ikinci plağın ilk şarkısı. bu durumda ilk albümün son şarkısı the riverı izleyen şarkı da diyebiliriz. keza anlatılan hikayaler ve iki şarkıyada hakim olan umutsuzluk ve hüzün birbirine çok benzer. ayrıca ilk olarak farklı sözlerle darkness on the edge of town turnesinde çalınmıştır.

do you still say your prayers little darlin'
do you go to bed at night
prayin' that tommorow, 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,
i was gonna be your romeo you were gonna be my juliet
these days you don't wait on romeo's
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
sot between the eyes
point blank like little white lies you tell to ease the pain
you're walkin' 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 standin' at the bar it was hard to hear
the band was playin' loud and you were shoutin' somethin' 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, then you started dancin' 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 standin' 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 waitin' to get blown away

point blank, right between the eyes
point blank, right between the pretty lies you fell
point blank, shot right through the heart
yea point blank, you've been twisted up
till you've become just another part of it
point blank, you're walkin' in the sights
point blank, livin' one false move
just one false move away
point blank, they caught you in their sights
point blank, did you forget how to love,
girl, did you forget how to fight.
point blank they must have shot you in the head
cause point blank, bang bang baby you're dead.

(kermith - 24 Ocak 2003 05:37)