Night after night
I keep holding on
You say you love me
Then you leave me so lonely
Baby I don't believe a word you're sayin'
I think it's all some evil game you're playin'

Still all day long all I do is think about you
You got me believin' that I can't live without you
Well if you want it, here's my confession
Baby I can't help it, you're my obsession

Protection, that's what I need
I need protection, baby, from your love
Protection, that's what I need
I need protection, baby, from your love

I wait at home by the telephone
When I call your house, baby, you're not there
Knock on the door and I rush down the stairs
When I open up, baby, you're not there
When we're together
When we're together and you put your arms around me

You keep my mind
Forever, ever in doubt
You want me believin'
That, baby, I can't live without

Protection, that's what I need
I need protection, baby, from your love
Protection, that's what I need
I need protection, baby, from your love

We stand alone, at my window
And stare out, at the shadows down below
I feel your fingers on my face
I want to stay, I want to run away

Protection, that's what I need
I need protection, baby, from your love
Protection, that's what I need
I need protection, baby, from your love
Protection

Liner notes on lost masters bootleg cd:
Bruce springsteen and the e street band, the hit factory, new york city,
August 1, 1983. the full e street band completed take of song written for
Donna summer.

• 30 Days Out
• A Love So Fine
• Across The Borderline
• Action in The Streets
• After The Thunder
• All I Need
• All Night Long
• All The Way Home
• American Skin
• And The Band Played
• Angelyne
• Arabian Nights
• Baby I
• Bad Moon Rising
• Ballad of The Self-loading Pistol
• Blowin' in The Wind
• Blowing in The Wind
• Boom Boom Boom
• Bye Bye Johnny
• Chevrolet Deluxe
• Child Bride
• Cindy
• Club Soul City
• Dead Man Walking
• Dedication
• Deportee
• Drop on Down & Cover Me
• English Sons
• Everybody's Looking for Somebody
• Fade to Black
• Follow That
• Follow That Dream
• Forever Young
• Fortunate Son
• Freehold
• From Small Things Big Things Come
• Get That Feeling
• Get up Stand Up
• Good Rockin' Tonight
• Gypsy Woman
• Heart Full of Soul
• Heartbreak Hotel
• Held up Without a Gun
• Henry Boy
• High Hopes
• Highway 61 Revisited
• Hold On
• I Ain't Got No Home
• I Can't Help Falling in Love
• I Sold My Heart to The Junkman
• I Wanna Be Where The Bands Are
• I Want You
• I'm a Coward
• In Freehold
• In Michigan
• Jackson Cage
• Janey Needs a Shooter
• Jazz Musician
• Jeanny Needs a Shooter
• Jungeland
• Land of Hope & Dreams
• Let's Go
• Let's Go Tonight
• Lift Me Up
• Like a Rolling Stone
• Little Girl So Fine
• Little Things That Count
• Long Time Coming.
• Look to The Land
• Love on The Wrong Side of Town
• Love's on The Line
• Many Rivers to Cross
• Merry Christmas Baby
• Missing
• Native American
• New Jersey is My Home
• No Need
• None but The Brave
• On The Prowl
• Out of Work
• Outside Looking In
• Pilgrim in The Temple of Love
• Preacher's Daughter
• Protection
• Remember when The Music
• Rickie
• Rockin' All Over The World
• Santa Claus is Coming to Town
• Savin' Up
• Say Sons
• Sell It & They Will Come
• She's Leaving
• She's So Fine
• Song to The Orphans
• Spanish Eyes
• Spanish Harlem
• Street Queen
• Sugarland
• Sweet Soul Music
• Talk to Me
• Taxi Cab
• That's What You Get
• The Ballad of The Architect Angel
• The Big Payback
• The Hitter
• The Iceman
• The Promise Ii
• The Way
• The Word
• There Will Never Be Another for Me but You.
• This Little Girl
• Tonight
• Trapped
• Trapped Again
• Tweeter & The Monkey Man
• Vibes Man
• Vigilante Man
• Visitation at Fort Horn
• Viva Las Vegas
• Walking in The Street
• Walking Through Midnight
• When You Dance
• White Lies
• White Town
• Who'll Stop The Rain
• Wild Kisses
• Wings for Wheels
• Winter Song
• Without You
• Wreck on The Highway
• You Gotta Fight
• You Mean So Much to Me Baby
• Your Love