Genius Meanings
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Bruce Springsteen – Girls in Their Summer Clothes
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The opening lines rework the introductory sentences of Irwin Shaw’s “The Girls In Their Summer Dresses” (1939): “Fifth Avenue was shining in the sun when they left the Brevoort
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Lake Malawi – Girls in Their Summer Clothes
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[Verse 1] / Well the street lights shine / Down on Blessing Avenue / Lovers they walk by / Holding hands two by two / A breeze crosses the porch / Bicycle spokes spin around
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – You'll Be Comin' Down
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“You’ll Be Comin' Down” is the second song on Springsteen’s Magic album, a love song that takes on a spiteful tone.
The song appears very straight-forward: a girl has wronged the
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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 – Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
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Released in 1973 on The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle, “Rosalita” tells the story of forbidden love between a wild adolescent and an over-protected young girl.
The
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Bruce Springsteen – Incident on 57th Street (Live at Capitol Theatre, Passiac, NJ, 09/20/78)
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Spanish Johnny drove in from the underworld last night / With bruised arms and broken rhythm in a beat-up old Buick but dressed just like dynamite / He tried sellin' his heart to
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Bruce Springsteen – Livin’ in the Future
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“Livin' In The Future” is the third song on the album, Magic.
“Livin' In The Future” covers many topics that are further delved into later in the album, from the Iraq War in “
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Bruce Springsteen – Incident on 57th Street
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“Incident” is an epic masterpiece of composition and performance. The lyrics center on the romantic affair of Johnny and Jane, two Hispanic Americans wrapt in the charms and
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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 – Incident on 57th Street
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“Incident” is an epic masterpiece of composition and performance. The lyrics center on the romantic affair of Johnny and Jane, two Hispanic Americans wrapt in the charms and
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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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Bruce Springsteen – Atlantic City
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Atlantic City is perhaps one of Springsteen’s most dour songs. It depicts a young couple’s romantic escape to the New Jersey seaside resort of Atlantic City, where the man in the
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Bruce Springsteen – The Rising
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This song, “The Rising” is off of Bruce Springsteen’s 2002 album also titled The Rising. It’s one of the two songs from the record (the other being “Into The Fire”) dedicated to
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Bruce Springsteen – Hello Sunshine
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“Hello Sunshine” is the first single off Bruce Springsteen’s 2019 album, Western Stars. It is a song about changing your perspective while there is still time: to enjoy the present
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Bruce Springsteen – The Ghost of Tom Joad
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Originally written as the title track of Springsteen’s 1995 solo album, this song deals with the complications of American capitalism. The song uses the character of Tom Joad
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Bruce Springsteen – Hungry Heart
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“Hungry Heart” is the sixth song on The River and its lead single. It was also Springsteen’s first big hit on the Hot 100, peaking at #5 in December 1980. It also did well in
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Bruce Springsteen – Secret Garden
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“Secret Garden” by Bruce Springsteen is one of four new songs included on his 1995 compilation Greatest Hits. It was released as a single and reached #64 that spring in the US and
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Bruce Springsteen – Streets of Philadelphia
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“Streets of Philadelphia” was written and performed by American rock musician Bruce Springsteen for the film Philadelphia (1993), an early mainstream film dealing with HIV/AIDS.
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