Lyrics
Well, lights out tonight
Trouble in the heartland
Got a head on collision
Smashin' in my guts, man
I'm caught in a cross fire
That I don't understand
But there's one thing I know for sure, girl
I don't give a damn
For the same old played out scenes
Baby, I don't give a damn
For just the in-betweens
Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul
I want control right now
You better listen to me, baby
Talk about a dream
Try to make it real
You wake up in the night
With a fear so real
You spend your life waiting
For a moment that just don't come
Well, don't waste your time waiting
Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
Keep pushin' 'til it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good
Workin' in the fields
That'll get your back burned
Workin' 'neath the wheels
'Til you get your facts learned
Baby, I got my facts
Learned real good right now
You better get it straight, darlin'
Poor man wanna be rich
Rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied
'Til he rules everything
I wanna go out tonight
I wanna find out what I got
Well, I believe in the love that you gave me
I believe in the faith that can save me
I believe in the hope and I pray
That someday it may raise me
Above these
Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
Keep pushin' 'til it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
I wanna find one face that ain't looking through me
I wanna find one place
I wanna spit in the face of these
Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
Keep movin' 'til it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, badlands
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, badlands
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, badlands
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, badlands
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, badlands
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, badlands
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Bruce Springsteen - Badlands Lyrics
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In regards to the meaning of this song: Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It's about the last time I went to visit my ...
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Bruce Springsteen - Badlands [Phoenix, 78] Lyrics
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When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, ...
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Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska Lyrics
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... Badlands" (see Bruce's references ?), with Charlie Starkweather played by Martin Sheen (yeah !), and Carol Anne Fugate played by Sissy Spacek (yeah ! (bis)) ...
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The Gaslight Anthem - We Came to Dance Lyrics
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... Badlands song that everybody knows". Badlands is a song by Bruce Springsteen. And if you've ever been to a Springsteen show, you know that everybody does ...
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Bruce Springsteen - Iceman Lyrics
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But, the answer here lies in the first stanza: "I wanna go out tonight, I wanna find out what I got" (which found it's way into Badlands, a song with the ...
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Metal Church - Badlands Lyrics
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Badlands song meanings. Add Your Thoughts. 3 ... Song Meaning. This song talks about ... "Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run.
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Bruce Springsteen - The Promised Land Lyrics
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Most of the songs on this album seems connected to each other, and gives more meaning if you listen to them together. Let,s start by summing up who the ...
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Bruce Springsteen - Johnny 99 Lyrics
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Bruce uses the line "I had debts no honest man could pay" in "Badlands" as well.
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Bruce Springsteen - Mansion On the Hill Lyrics
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... song in reference to the film Days of Heaven. I heard the title track was based off of the Starkweather murders after Bruce saw Badlands. Days of Heaven is ...
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Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town Lyrics
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Darkness on the Edge of Town Lyrics as written by Bruce Springsteen ... Badlands. or. There's a dark cloud rising on the ... Song Meaning. I see this as a very ...
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Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run Lyrics
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In the day we sweat it out on the streets. Of a runaway American dream. At night we ride through the mansions of glory. In suicide machines
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Bruce Springsteen - Spanish Eyes Lyrics
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... badlands. Realize That someone else is yearning. Special Spanish night. And baby there's time. Time enough to cry. With all our sad stories. And all the bad ...
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Bruce Springsteen - Stolen Car Lyrics
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I met a little girl and I settled down. In a little house out on the edge of town. We got married, and swore we'd never part
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Bruce Springsteen Lyrics, Songs, Albums And More at SongMeanings! song lyrics, song meanings, albums, music and more.
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Badlands by Bruce Springsteen - Songfacts
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Badlands by Bruce Springsteen song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position
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Lyrics for Badlands by Bruce Springsteen - Songfacts
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Lyrics and video for the song Badlands by Bruce Springsteen - Songfacts
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Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen - Songfacts
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Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position
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I'm On Fire by Bruce Springsteen - Songfacts
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Used Cars by Bruce Springsteen - Songfacts
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Used Cars by Bruce Springsteen song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position
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Murder Incorporated by Bruce Springsteen - Songfacts
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Mansion On The Hill by Bruce Springsteen - Songfacts
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Downbound Train by Bruce Springsteen - Songfacts
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Johnny 99 by Bruce Springsteen - Songfacts
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Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen - Songfacts
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 Genius Meanings
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Bruce Springsteen – Badlands
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As with other Springsteen songs around this time (1975-1980), “Badlands” is about an angst-ridden young man who wants to change and take control of his life.
The Carter years were
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Bruce Springsteen – Badlands [Live 1975/85]
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Lights out tonight trouble in the heartland / Got a head-on collision smashin' in my guts man / I'm caught in a crossfire that I don't understand / But there's one thing I know for
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Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
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“Nebraska” is sung as a first person narrative of Charles Starkweather, who along with his teenage girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate murdered 11 people over an eight-day period in 1958
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Bruce Springsteen – The Promised Land
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[Verse 1] / On a rattlesnake speedway in the Utah desert / I pick up my money and head back into town / Driving 'cross the Waynesboro county line / I got the radio on and I'm just
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Bruce Springsteen – Adam Raised a Cain
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In The Bible Adam gave birth to two sons Cain and Abel. Abel was the good son, while Cain was the bad son who always caused trouble and ultimately killed his brother. In this song
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Bruce Springsteen – Darkness on the Edge of Town
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In this song, Bruce cuts to the core of contemporary American ennui and dissatisfaction that stems from systemic economic and cultural alienation. The darkness exists on two levels
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Best Coast – Boyfriend
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This song was released as the lead single for the band’s debut studio album, Crazy for You.
The opening drum fill is almost identical to that of Bruce Springsteen’s “Badlands
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Bruce Springsteen – Candy's Room
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There are debates over what this song is about. Some suggest it is about a date with a stripper or prostitute. Other conjecture is that it is a masturbatory fantasy of a teenage
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Bruce Springsteen – Streets of Fire
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The album Darkness on the Edge of Town which was released in 1978 was one of Bruce Springsteen’s landmark records. In a review for the Rolling Stones Dave Marsh wrote that the
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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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Bruce Springsteen – Factory
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A very intimate song about Bruce Springsteen’s father. It highlights the struggles of many people in the working class and how they are treated in the “Factory”. It also showcases
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Bruce Springsteen – Murder Incorporated
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[Verse 1] / Bobby's got a gun that he keeps beneath his pillow / Out on the street your chances are zero / Take a look around you (Come on now) / It ain't too complicated / You're
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Bruce Springsteen – Something in the Night
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“Something In The Night” is the 3rd song off Bruce’s 4th LP, “Darkness on the Edge of Town”. It was the B-side for the single release of ““Badlands” in Germany.
After the
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Bruce Springsteen – Sherry Darling (Live at The Agora, Cleveland, OH - Aug. 9, 1978)
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[Intro] / Alright / A one, two, three, four / So, Sherry Darling / [Verse 1] / Your mama's yappin' in the back seat / Tell her to push over and move them big feet / It's the last
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Bruce Springsteen – Ramrod (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - June/July 2000)
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Hey, little dolly with the blue jeans on / I want to ramrod with you honey, till half-past dawn / Let your hair down mama and pick up this beat / Come on and meet me tonight down
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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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San Francisco Giants – 2015 Walk-Up Songs
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2015 walk-up songs for the San Francisco Giants.
Sourced from the SF Giants' official website.
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Bruce Springsteen – Mansion on the Hill (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - June/July 2000)
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There's a place out on the edge of town, sir / Rising above the factories and the fields / Now, ever since I was a child I can remember / That mansion on the hill / In the day, you
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Bruce Springsteen – Prove It All Night
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Springsteen has said the message he was trying to convey in this song is: “Success requires sacrifice.” It is one of the songs on Darkness On The Edge Of Town that implies you have
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Bruce Springsteen – American Beauty
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Everything in your shadow turns to vapor / You pierce my heart like it was paper / Radio's crackling with the headlines / Something on your shoulder, winds in the phone line
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