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Bruce Springsteen – Bobby Jean
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A classic gem from Bruce and The E-Street Band, it is seen as a farewell to guitarist and long time band member, Steve Van Zandt. Bruce and Steve have known each other since their
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Bruce Springsteen – Bobby Jean [Live 1975/85]
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Well I came by your house the other day, your mother said you went away / She said there was nothing that I could have done / There was nothing nobody could say / Me and you we've
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Bruce Springsteen – Bobby Jean (Live at Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA - 9/14/16)
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Well, I came by your house the other day / Your mother said you went away / She said there was nothing that I could have done / There was nothing nobody could say / Me and you, we'
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Jennifer Glass – Bobby Jean
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Well, I came by your house the other day / Your mother said you went away / She said there was nothing I could've done / There was nothing nobody could say / Now, me and you, we've
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Ryan Culwell – Bobby Jean
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[Verse 1] / I came by your house the other day / Your mama said that you went away / She said there was nothing that I could have done / There was nothing nobody could say / You
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Bruce Springsteen – No Surrender
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[Verse 1] / Well, we busted out of class / Had to get away from those fools / We learned more from a three-minute record, baby / Than we ever learned in school / Tonight I hear the
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Bruce Springsteen – Two Hearts (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 07/01/00)
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I went out walking the other day / Seen a little girl crying along the way / She'd been hurt so bad said she'd never love again / Someday your crying, girl will end / And you'll
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Bruce Springsteen – No Surrender (Live at the Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA - 10/20/09)
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Well, we busted out of class / Had to get away from those fools / We learned more from a three-minute record, baby / Than we ever learned in school / Tonight I hear the
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Bruce Springsteen – Glory Days
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The first verse actually happened. The second verse mostly happened, and the third verse, of course, is happening now.
– Bruce Springsteen, Greatest Hits liner notes
The song
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Bruce Springsteen – The Ties That Bind (Live at the Summit, Houston, TX - 12/08/78)
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You been hurt and you're all cried out you say / You walk down the street pushin' people outta your way / You packed your bags and all alone you want to ride / You don't want
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Bruce Springsteen – If I Should Fall Behind (Live at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT - 05/17/14)
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We said we'd walk together, baby, come what may / That come the twilight should we lose our way / If as we're walking a hand should slip free / I'll wait for you, should I fall
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Bruce Springsteen – Better Days (Live at the Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ - 06/24/93)
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Well my soul checked out missing as I sat listening to the hours and minutes ticking away / Yeah just sitting around waiting for my life to begin while it was all just slipping
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Bruce Springsteen – Blood Brothers (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 07/01/00)
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We played king of the mountain out on the end / The world come chargin’ up the hill, and we were women and men / Now there’s so much that time, time and memory fade away / We got
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Bruce Springsteen – Spirit in the Night (Live at Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA - 12/31/75)
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Crazy Janey and her mission man were back in the alley trading hands / 'Long came Wild Billy with his friend G-Man all duded up for Saturday night / Well, Billy slammed on his
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Bruce Springsteen – Darlington County (Live at Olympiastadion, Helsinki, Finland - 07/31/12)
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[Verse 1] / Driving in to Darlington County / Me and Wayne on the Fourth of July / Driving in to Darlington County / Looking for some work on the county line / We drove down from
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Bruce Springsteen – Dancing In the Dark (Live at the Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ - 08/05/84)
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[Verse 1] / I get up in the evening / And I ain't got nothing to say / I come home in the morning / I go to bed feeling the same way / I ain't nothing but tired / Man, I'm just
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Bruce Springsteen – I'm Goin' Down
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“I’m Goin' Down” was the sixth of seven singles released from Born in the USA. All seven reached the top 10 in the US. In the UK, it did not chart despite all six of the album’s
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Tom Kitt, Amanda Green & David Lindsay-Abaire (Ft. Caren Lyn Manuel & Will Chase) – Goodbye and Good Luck
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While Rob laments that he could never be as cool or successful as Bruce Springsteen – “the Boss” – the rock icon comes to him in a vision and inspires him to call up all of his top
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Bruce Springsteen – Paradise by the ‘C’
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[Instrumental]
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Bruce Springsteen – I’m on Fire
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“I’m On Fire” was the fourth of seven singles from Born In The USA that reached the top 10 in the US. Overseas it reached the top 20 in eight countries including a #5 peak in the
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Bruce Springsteen – Downbound Train
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Perhaps the most depressing song on the album Born in the USA, “Downbound Train” tells the story of a man whose life is mired in decline after he gets laid off.
This song has an
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Bruce Springsteen – Adam Raised A Cain [Live 1975/85]
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In the summer that I was baptized my father held me to his side / As they put me to the water he said how on that day I cried / We were prisoners of love a love in chains / He was
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Bruce Springsteen – My Hometown [Live 1975/85]
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I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand / Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man / I'd sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer as we drove
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Bruce Springsteen – My Hometown
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“My Hometown” was the seventh and final single from Springsteen’s blockbuster 1984 album, Born in the USA. It reached the top 10 in the US (along with all other six singles from
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Bruce Springsteen – Hungry Heart [Live 1975/85]
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Got a wife and kids in Baltimore Jack / I went out for a ride and I never went back / Like a river that don't know where it's flowing / I took a wrong turn and I just kept going
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Bruce Springsteen – Darlington County [Live 1975/85]
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Driving in to Darlington County / Me and Wayne on the Fourth of July / Driving in to Darlington County / Looking for some work on the county line / We drove down from New York City
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Bruce Springsteen – Tenth Avenue Freeze Out [Live 1975/85]
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Tear drops on the city / Bad Scooter searching for his groove / Seem like the whole world walking pretty / And you can't find the room to move / Well everybody better move over
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Bruce Springsteen – Two Hearts [Live 1975/85]
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I went out walking the other day / Seen a little girl crying along the way / She'd been hurt so bad said she'd never love again / Someday your crying girl will end / And you'll
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Bruce Springsteen – Fire [Live at the Winterland, San Francisco, CA - December 1978]
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[Verse 1] / I'm driving in my car / I turn on the radio / I'm pulling you close / You just say no / You say you don't like it / But girl I know you're a liar / 'Cause when we kiss
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Bruce Springsteen – Cover Me
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The second of seven top 10 singles from Springsteen’s massively-successful Born In The USA, “Cover Me” was originally written by Bruce for Donna Summer, but after recording the
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Bruce Springsteen – You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) [Live 1975/85]
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Yesterday I went shopping buddy down to the mall / Looking for something pretty I could hang on my wall / I knocked over a lamp before it hit the floor I caught it / A salesman
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Bruce Springsteen – Cadillac Ranch [Live 1975/85]
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Well there she sits buddy just a-gleaming in the sun / There to greet a working man when his day is done / I'm gonna pack my pa and I'm gonna pack my aunt / I'm gonna take them
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Bruce Springsteen – Working on the Highway [Live 1975/85]
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Friday night's pay night guys fresh out of work / Talking about the weekend scrubbing off the dirt / Some heading home to their families some looking to get hurt / Some going down
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Bruce Springsteen – Johnny 99 [Live 1975/85]
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Well they closed down the auto plant in Mahwah late that month / Ralph went out lookin' for a job but he couldn't find none / He came home too drunk from mixin' Tanqueray and wine
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Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska [Live 1975/85]
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I saw her standin' on her front lawn just twirlin' her baton / Me and her went for a ride sir and ten innocent people died / From the town of Lincoln Nebraska with a sawed-off .410
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Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run [Live 1975/85]
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In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway American dream / At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines / Sprung from cages out on highway 9 / Chrome
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Bruce Springsteen – Candy's Room [Live 1975/85]
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In Candy's room there are pictures of her heroes on the wall / But to get to Candy's room you gotta walk the darkness of Candy's hall / Strangers from the city call my baby's
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Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A.
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One of Springsteen’s most iconic songs, “Born in the U.S.A.” is about the troubled return home of a Vietnam veteran. It’s original working title was “Vietnam Blues”.
On January 3
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Bruce Springsteen – Reason to Believe [Live 1975/85]
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Seen a man standin' over a dead dog lyin' by the highway in a ditch / He's lookin' down kinda puzzled pokin' that dog with a stick / Got his car door flung open he's standin' out
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Bruce Springsteen – Jersey Girl
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A Springsteen cover that was originally written and performed by Tom Waits, “Jersey Girl” is the final song off of Live/1975-85.
It would become one of Springsteen’s favorite
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Bruce Springsteen – 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) [Live 1975/85]
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Sandy the fireworks are hailin' over Little Eden tonight / Forcin' a light into all those stoned-out faces left stranded on this Fourth of July / Down in town the circuit's full
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