Cover art for Your Own Worst Enemy by Bruce Springsteen

Your Own Worst Enemy

Sep. 25, 20071 viewer

Your Own Worst Enemy Lyrics

[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 own worst enemy has come to town

[Verse 2]
Yesterday the people were at ease
Baby, you slept in peace
You closed your eyes and saw her
You knew who you were

[Chorus]
And your own worst enemy has come to town
Your own worst enemy has come
Your world keeps turning round and round
But everything is upside down
Your own worst enemy has come to town

[Verse 3]
There's a face you know
Staring back from the shop window
The condition you're in
Now you just can't get out of this skin
[Bridge]
Ah ah ah
Ah ah ah
Ah ah ah
Hooo

[Verse 4]
The times, they got too clear
So you removed all the mirrors
Once the family felt secure
Now no one's very sure

[Chorus]
Your own worst enemy has come to town
Your own worst enemy has come
Everything is falling down
Your own worst enemy has come to town
Your own worst enemy has come
Everything is falling down
Your own worst enemy has come to town
Your flag, it flew so high
It drifted into the sky

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