Genius Lyrics
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Bruce Springsteen – Radio Nowhere
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“Radio Nowhere”. The first song on the Boss’s 2007 album, Magic. According to a Rolling Stone interview, it’s about making a connection with people. Springsteen explained,
“It
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Bruce Springsteen – Open All Night
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The eighth track on Springsteen’s 1982 album ‘Nebraska’ ‘Open All Night’ is another song that takes on the American ideal of having the self attached to vehicle. A trend across the
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Bruce Springsteen – State Trooper
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While working on the album Nebraska, Bruce Springsteen was influenced by the music of the New York City synth punk band Suicide. Out of all the songs on Nebraska, “State Trooper
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TheRaconteur
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I wear my heart upon my sleeve like a big deal. Now watch me jump right off the London Bridge.
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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 – Dancing in the Dark
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The first single off of Springsteen’s seminal album Born In The U.S.A., this track was written two years after most of the other songs on the album.
Producer Jon Landau thought
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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 – Thunder Road
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Perhaps the quintessential Bruce number, this anthemic 1975 song contains many of the lyrical and musical hallmarks that make the band from E Street so justly famous. It is the
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Bruce Springsteen – Devil's Arcade
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[Verse 1] / Remember the morning we dug up your gun / The worms in the barrel, the hanging sun / Those first nervous evenings of perfume and gin / The lost smell on your breath as
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Bruce Springsteen – Last to Die
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The ninth song on the Magic album, “Last to Die” is befittingly placed between the song “Magic,” which highlights the theme of deception, and “Long Walk Home” which is about
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Bruce Springsteen – Gypsy Biker
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[Verse 1] / The speculators made their money on the blood you shed / Your momma's pulled the sheets up off your bed / Profiteers on Jane Street sold your shoes and clothes / Ain't
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Bruce Springsteen – Magic
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The eighth track off Springsteen’s eponymous release, “Magic” is simple but haunting. A magician of sorts speaks to us and eerily gets more and more sinister as the track goes on.
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Bruce Springsteen – Living on the Edge of the World
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[Verse 1] / Early North Jersey industrial skyline / I'm an all-set cobra jet creepin' through the night time / Gotta find a gas station, gotta find a pay phone / This turnpike sure
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Bruce Springsteen – Terry's Song
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Springsteen wrote this song as a posthumous tribute to his long-time assistant, Terry Magovern, who was with him since 1987 during the Tunnel of Love Express Tour.
Magovern died
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Bruce Springsteen – Your Own Worst Enemy
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[Verse 1] / You can't sleep at night / You can't dream your dream / Your fingerprints on file / Left clumsily at the scene / [Bridge] / Your own worst enemy has come to town / Your
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Bruce Springsteen – Open All Night (Live at New Orleans Jazz And Heritage Festival, New Orelans, LA, 04/30/06)
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Well, I had the carburetor, baby, cleaned and checked / With her line blown out she's hummin' like a turbojet / Propped her up in the backyard on concrete blocks / For a new clutch
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Bruce Springsteen – I'll Work for Your Love
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[Verse 1] / Pour me a drink, Theresa, in one of those glasses you dust off / And I'll watch the bones in your back like the stations of the cross / Around your hair, the sun lifts
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