American musician (1949- )
The highway's jammed with broken heroes
On a last chance power drive.
Everybody's out on the run tonight
But there's no place left to hide.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Born to Run"
Everybody's got a hunger, a hunger they can't resist;
There's so much that you want, you deserve much more than this.
But if dreams came true, oh, wouldn't that be nice?
But this ain't no dream we're living through tonight.
Girl, you want it, you take it, you pay the price.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Prove It All Night", Darkness on the Edge of Town
We all come up a little short and we go down hard.
These days I spend my time skipping through the dark.
Through the empires of dust, I chant your name.
I am the hunter of invisible game.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Hunter of Invisible Game", High Hopes
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.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Point Blank", The River
This train...
Carries saints and sinners.
This train...
Carries losers and winners.
This train...
Carries whores and gamblers.
This train...
Carries lost souls.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Land of Hope and Dreams", Wrecking Ball
Baby this town rips the bones from your back.
It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap.
We gotta get out while we're young,
'Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Born to Run"
Born down in a dead man's town,
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground.
You end up like a dog that's been beat too much,
Till you spend half your life just covering up.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Born in the U.S.A."
It's rainin' but there ain't a cloud in the sky;
Musta been a tear from your eye.
Everything'll be okay.
Funny, thought I felt a sweet summer breeze;
Musta been you sighin' so deep.
Don't worry we're gonna find a way.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Waitin' on a Sunny Day", The Rising
Now I don't know what it always was with us.
We chose the words, and yeah, we drew the lines.
There was just no way this house could hold the two of us.
I guess that we were just too much of the same kind.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Independence Day", The River
Well now everything dies baby that's a fact,
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back.
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty,
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Atlantic City", Nebraska
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night;
You ain't a beauty but hey you're all right.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Thunder Road", Born to Run
Sometimes it's like someone took a knife baby, edgy and dull
And cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my soul.
At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
And a freight train running through the middle of my head.
Only you can cool my desire.
I'm on fire.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"I'm on Fire", Born in the U.S.A.
You know, at the time -- you think 30, you think you're old. We thought we were old at 30. And then you look back, and of course that's funny.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
interview, Backstreets, December 10, 2015
Climb in back, heaven's waiting on down the tracks.
Oh come take my hand,
We're riding out tonight to case the promised land.
Oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Thunder Road", Born to Run
I'm working on a dream,
Though trouble can feel like it's here to stay.
I'm working on a dream;
Our love will chase the trouble away.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Working on a Dream"
I pull you close but when we kiss I can feel a doubt.
I remember back when we started,
My kisses used to turn you inside out.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"I'm Goin' Down", Born in the U.S.A.
When it comes to luck you make your own.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Lucky Town"
We're here to re-dedicate you to The Power, The Passion, The Mystery, and The Ministry of Rock and Roll.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Guitar Magazine, July 1999
Cheap romance, it's all just a crutch.
You don't want nothin' that anybody can touch.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"The Ties That Bind", The River
Baby, in a world without pity,
Do you think what I'm askin's too much?
I just want to feel you in my arms,
Share a little of that Human Touch.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Human Touch"