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#11






Thunder Road

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album: Born To Run (1975)











It pains me that this song fell just outside of the top ten, but it also hurt just to leave out a
Couple dozen songs off of this list entirely. This is the opening track to his third album, Born To Run.
His first two albums were not very successful and Bruce was in danger of losing the contract with
His record label if he couldn't provide a big hit. This was the first song he wrote about escaping to
The open road, and in doing so, he began gathering one of the most loyal fan bases of all time.
This is essentially the song that kick-started his way into being one of the most legendary
Figures in the history of music. Ever felt a sense of worry, because you're getting older and not
Sure what the future has planned for you? This song is definitely for you.




Don't run back inside, darling, you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
Thunder Road lyrics
The screen door slams, Mary's dress sways
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison's singing for the lonely
Hey, that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again

Don't run back inside, darling, you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty, but hey, you're alright
Oh, and that's alright with me

You can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain
For a savior to rise from these streets

Well now, I'm no hero, that's understood
All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow
Hey, what else can we do now?

Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
Well, the night's busted open, these two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real, to trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back, heaven's waiting down on the tracks

Oh, come take my hand
We're riding out tonight to case the promised land
Oh, Thunder Road, oh, Thunder Road
Oh, Thunder Road

Lying out there like a killer in the sun
Hey, I know it's late, we can make it if we run
Oh, Thunder Road, sit tight
Take hold, Thunder Road

Well, I got this guitar and I've learned how to make it talk
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
The door's open but the ride ain't free
And I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken
Tonight we'll be free, all the promises will be broken

There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road in the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
They scream your name at night in the street
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet

And in the lonely cool before dawn, you hear their engines roaring on
But when you get to the porch they're gone on the wind
So Mary climb in
It's a town full of losers, I'm pulling out of here to win
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Downbound Train

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album: Born In The U.S.A. (1984)











It's hard to put into words what so many of these songs mean to me - trying to word it in the best way
That I can in order to provide some sort of understanding where you can grasp exactly what I feel when
I listen to them. This one is an interesting one in a lot of ways, and I'm gonna give it my best shot to break it down.
As I've mentioned before, Bruce was always a part of my childhood, but certainly not his entire catalog of music.
My knowledge of Bruce only extended as far as his greatest hits could take me. Once I got to be about 21 or 22 is when
I really started getting heavily into Bruce Springsteen. I may have heard this song as a child, but I had no recollection
Of it when I put in the Born In The U.S.A. album about ten years ago. At the time, I was going through a very rough
Break up. I had lost my job, I found out my girlfriend had been cheating on me and I was an absolute wreck.
I was about 22, so I was at the age where I was smack in the middle of discovering who I was as a man.

When I listened to this song, it absolutely blew me away for so many reasons. In the song, he loses his job and his girlfriend, and he
Reminisces of the time she took the train and left him, saying at night he'll hear the whistle from the train keeping
Him up at night. He then describes a dream he had where he heard her voice, she was crying for him to come back,
And as he heads back to their wedding house, he hears the train whistle in his dream, reminding him that what he's
Experiencing isn't real, and in the dream he drops down to his knees and hangs his head. I can still remember how
Stunningly relatable this was for me, at the time. Not only did I experience all the hardships Bruce sings about in the
Song, I experienced nearly an identical dream, where everything was fine, we were together and she was sorry for all
The wrong things she had done to me, and in the middle of the dream I realized it wasn't real. Hearing this song with
All that pain that I was experiencing was one of the most incredible things I'd ever felt. If I had to guess, I would say that
Downbound Train is the song that really catapulted my desire to search for Bruce Springsteen's tunes, and the journey of
Discovering all the songs he wrote and relating to damn near every one of them on some level is an experience I will forever
Cherish. Childhood nostalgia is going to play a fairly prominent part on the rest of this top ten, but let it be known that I am
On record saying that Downbound Train is very likely the song that is responsible for my desire to discover Bruce Springsteen's
catalog, and he has never disappointed. He is my #1 musician, with a bullet, for a very good reason, and Downbound Train started it all.

Downbound Train may not be my favorite Bruce Springsteen song, but it is probably the most important.




Nights as I sleep, I hear that whistle whining
I feel her kiss in the misty rain
And I feel like I'm a rider
On a downbound train
Downbound Train lyrics
I had a job, I had a girl
I had something going, mister, in this world
I got laid off down at the lumber yard
Our love went bad, times got hard

Now I work down at the car wash
Where all it ever does is rain
Don't you feel like you're a rider
On a downbound train?

She just said, "Joe, I gotta go
We had it once, we ain't got it anymore"
She packed her bags, left me behind
She bought a ticket on the Central Line

Nights as I sleep, I hear that whistle whining
I feel her kiss in the misty rain
And I feel like I'm a rider
On a downbound train

Last night, I heard your voice
You were crying, crying, you were so alone
You said your love had never died
You were waiting for me at home

Put on my jacket, I ran through the woods
I ran 'til I thought my chest would explode
There in the clearing, beyond the highway
In the moonlight, our wedding house shone

I rushed through the yard, I burst through the front door
My head pounding hard, up the stairs I climbed
The room was dark, our bed was empty, then I heard that long whistle whine
And I dropped to my knees, hung my head and cried

Now I swing a sledgehammer on a railroad gang
Knocking down them cross ties, working in the rain
Now don't it feel like you're a rider
On a downbound train?
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Born In The U.S.A.

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Max Weinberg on drums, ladies and gentlemen.

If Born In The U.S.A. is not the most anthemic song in the history of music, I don't know what is.
This is easily Bruce Springsteen's most political song and it could not be more perfect. Whether you're
A Conservative, Liberal, Authoritarian or Libertarian, this song is a universal message that everyone
Can enjoy. It really bugs me when people on opposite sides of the political compass play tug-of-war
With who this song belongs to. It belongs to all of us, the citizens of the U.S.A. (Not the lowly commies).

When the Vietnam War ended, it was an incredibly tough time for the war veterans who returned home.
The government completely failed to provide anything for them when they returned and many were stuck
With nothing, essentially. "Nothing", which is a great word to describe what those American soldiers died for.
Veterans suffered for many years, especially from the mid-late 70's immediately after the war ended.
Many people still use this song in protest, today, and while it used to bug me that groups would gather and play this song
As a form of protest that didn't match the song, I grew to understand it. Whether left or right, we all have some form
Of protest in our hearts for the way big government handles things, and while the fact that the true meaning behind
The lyrics to this song isn't necessarily as prominent as it was when it was written, we are lucky that we are able to protest
The things in our country that we disagree with. Most countries would not tolerate this behavior. We, as Americans,
Should rejoice in that we were all lucky enough to be Born In The U.S.A.!

This song was written for the soldiers relegated to war, not just for those who were neglected by the
Government upon their return home, but for those who never even made it back. It was also written in part
That because this was America's only losing war, they didn't even receive the hero's welcome they deserved.
No matter where we wish to apply the song in today's American culture, This song is, and always will be
The anthem for the American soldier.




Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I'm ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run, ain't got nowhere to go
Born In The U.S.A. lyrics
Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
End up like a dog that's been beat too much
'Til you spend half your life just to cover it up, now

Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A., now

Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Send me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man

Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.

Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man says, "son, if it was up to me"
Went down to see my V.A. man
He said, "son, don't you understand, now?"

I had a brother at Khe Sahn, fighting off the Vietcong
They're still there, he's all gone
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms, now

Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I'm ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run, ain't got nowhere to go

Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A., now
Born in the U.S.A.
I'm a long gone daddy in the U.S.A., now

Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I'm a cool rocking daddy in the U.S.A., now
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BONUS TRACK Born In The U.S.A. was originally recorded for the Nebraska album, but Bruce simply wasn't feeling it, felt something was missing, so he left it out. While I do believe it was a damn good idea to go with the version he recorded for the Born In The U.S.A. album, his rejected version is not bad at all, and fits right in with the sound of Nebraska. Here's the rejected version of Born In The U.S.A...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22Gh1wQEe1I
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#8






Backstreets

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In my review of Jungleland on this list, which was also on the Born To Run album, I considered it to be
Bruce Springsteen's "Stairway To Heaven" or "Bohemian Rhapsody". His "epic" song. Well, I think he has two.
Backstreets is one of Bruce's most powerful songs, musically and lyrically. Written as a combination of
Relationships that he had growing up and his overall experiences with the world as he grew to be a man,
Backstreets provided one of the most emotional songs in his entire catalog. I flipped back and forth on
Whether or not to include Born In The U.S.A. at #8 or Backstreets at #8. After changing my mind more than
A couple of times, I decided Backstreets deserved the nod for the simple reason of the song picking up
Speed about 2 minutes into the song. It gets faster, Bruce gets louder and emotions run high. It is a favorite
Among Bruce Springsteen concert-goers. When this song plays, put up your whiskey glasses and sing along,
because you are going on a fun ride with this tune.

Roy Bittan on piano, ladies and gentlemen.




Blame it on the lies that killed us, blame it on the truth that ran us down
You can blame it all on me, Terry, it don't matter to me now
When the breakdown hit at midnight there was nothing left to say
But I hated him and I hated you when you went away
Backstreets lyrics
One soft, infested summer me and Terry became friends
Trying in vain to breathe the fire we was born in
Catching rides to the outskirts, tying faith between our teeth
Sleeping in that old abandoned beach house, getting wasted in the heat

And hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
With a love so hard and filled with defeat
Running for our lives at night on them backstreets

Slow dancing in the dark on the beach at Stockton's Wing
Where desperate lovers park, we sat with the last of the Duke Street Kings
Huddled in our cars, waiting for the bells that ring
In the deep heart of the night they set us loose of everything

To go running on the backstreets
Running on the backstreets
Terry, you swore we'd live forever
Taking it on them backstreets together

Endless juke joints and Valentino drag
Where dancers scraped the the tears up off the streets, dressed down in rags
Running into the darkness, some hurt bad, some really dying
At night sometimes it seemed you could hear that whole damn city crying

Blame it on the lies that killed us, blame it on the truth that ran us down
You can blame it all on me, Terry, it don't matter to me now
When the breakdown hit at midnight there was nothing left to say
But I hated him and I hated you when you went away

Laying here in the dark, you're like an angel on my chest
Just another tramp of hearts crying tears of faithlessness
Remember all the movies, Terry, we'd go see?
Trying to learn how to walk like the heroes we thought we had to be

And after all this time to find we're just like all the rest
Stranded in the park and forced to confess to

Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
Where we swore forever friends
On the backstreets until the end

Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
It was alright
We'll go hiding on the backstreets tonight

Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
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#7






I'm Goin' Down

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"It was either this, or 'Pink Cadillac'", Bruce Springsteen said about this song making the cut
For the Born In The U.S.A. album. While I do love Pink Cadillac, I feel he definitely made the right
Choice. It's a straight-forward, upbeat rocker about a girl losing interest in her lover. I'd wager most
Of us have been in this situation at one point or another. I can't tell you how many times an ex of mine
let out one of her bored sighs when we were spending time together. For a long time I knew it wasn't
Gonna last, but pressed forward as though it was just a hurdle we needed to climb. But she just wasn't
Digging me anymore, eventually driving her to cheat, which ended the relationship. It's been so long and
The memories I have no longer bug me. It's another relatable tune from Bruce, and what I love about it
Is the sound. The upbeat rocking track that generates an incredibly unique sound that can only be done by
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band. A childhood favorite, one that's not only withstood the test of time,
But one that I enjoy more, and more, and more, every time I play it. Not many songs can make that claim.
I'm Goin' Down makes that claim easily.




I pull you close now, baby
But when we kiss I can feel a doubt
I remember back when we started
My kisses used to turn you inside out
Im Goin Down lyrics
We sit in the car outside your house, you're quiet
I can feel the heat coming around
I go to put my arm around you and you
You give me a look like I'm way out of bounds
Well, you let out one of your bored sighs
But lately when I look into your eyes

I'm goin' down, down, down, down
I'm goin' down, down, down, down
I'm goin' down, down, down, down
I'm goin' down, down, down, down

We get dressed up and we go
Out, baby, for the night
We come home early, burning, burning
Burning in some firefight
I'm sick and tired of you setting me up, yeah
Setting me up just to knock-a-knock-a-knock-a me down

I'm goin' down, down, down, down
I'm goin' down, down, down, down
I'm goin' down, down, down, down
I'm goin' down, down, down, down

I pull you close now, baby
But when we kiss I can feel a doubt
I remember back when we started
My kisses used to turn you inside out

I used to drive you to work in the morning
Friday night I'd drive you all around
You used to love to drive me wild
But lately girl, you get your kicks from just driving me down

Down, down, down
I'm goin' down, down, down, down
I'm goin' down, down, down, down
I'm goin' down, down, down, down

I'm goin' down, down, down, down
I'm goin' down, down, down, down
I'm goin' down, down, down, down
I'm goin' down, down, down, down
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Glory Days

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The title says it all. Glory Days. They're passing me by in the wink of a young girl's eye. A very
Frequent play as a youngster, I never had any idea how relatable this song would be for me as
I grew up. Go back to my review for Downbound Train, add some nostalgia and that pretty much
Sums up the way I feel about this tune. I played baseball in high school, there's a girl who used to
Turn all the boys heads back in school who I talk to every now and then. As with most Bruce Springsteen
Tracks, the sound they generate play a heavy part in how you interpret the lyricism. It is OK to be
Nostalgic and reminisce of the Glory Days, which I do quite often, and probably too often. This
Song is one of Springsteen's most popular tunes, and for damn good reason. I didn't realize this
Until I was in my early 20s and first saw the music video, but when I watched the music video, I
Realized I was becoming the guy Bruce Springsteen plays in the video. The blue-collar worker,
Reminiscing about the good times and not quite being able to let go of the past and how great it was.

If you look closely, you can spot both of Bruce Springsteen's wives in the music video! :D




Well time slips away
and leaves you with nothing mister but
boring stories of glory days
Glory Days lyrics
I had a friend was a big baseball player
back in high school
He could throw that speedball by you
Make you look like a fool boy
Saw him the other night at this roadside bar
I was walking in, he was walking out
We went back inside sat down had a few drinks
but all he kept talking about was

Glory days well they'll pass you by
Glory days in the wink of a young girl's eye
Glory days, glory days

Well there's a girl that lives up the block
back in school she could turn all the boy's heads
Sometimes on a Friday I'll stop by
and have a few drinks after she put her kids to bed
Her and her husband Bobby well they split up
I guess it's two years gone by now
We just sit around talking about the old times,
she says when she feels like crying
she starts laughing thinking about

Glory days well they'll pass you by
Glory days in the wink of a young girl's eye
Glory days, glory days

My old man worked 20 years on the line
and they let him go
Now everywhere he goes out looking for work
they just tell him that he's too old
I was 9 nine years old and he was working at the
Metuchen Ford plant assembly line
Now he just sits on a stool down at the Legion hall
but I can tell what's on his mind

Glory days yeah goin back
Glory days aw he ain't never had
Glory days, glory days

Now I think I'm going down to the well tonight
and I'm going to drink till I get my fill
And I hope when I get old I don't sit around thinking about it
but I probably will
Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture
a little of the glory of, well time slips away
and leaves you with nothing mister but
boring stories of glory days

Glory days well they'll pass you by
Glory days in the wink of a young girl's eye
Glory days, glory days

Glory days well they'll pass you by
Glory days in the wink of a young girl's eye
Glory days, glory days
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Gonna complete the top 5 at some point this weekend.

Anybody feel like taking at a guess at what songs will be up there?

My top 3 are solid and not gonna change. #4 and #5 are the two songs I'm still debating where to place.
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I do believe I'll be finishing this thing today. Wooooooo.
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#5






The River

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The sharp stab of Bruce Springsteen's harmonica in The River has echoed in my ears throughout my entire life.
The way the music comes together in The River is one of the most painfully haunting songs you'll ever hear, and
The lyricism cuts even deeper. Bruce claimed that it was one of his first songs where he felt like he was
Telling a story and said it paved the way for the entire Nebraska album. If ever a story was told perfectly, The River
Undoubtedly fits the bill. Truly, this may be Bruce Springsteen's greatest song. The River tells about a shotgun wedding
And how the young teen couple had to settle down and raise their child. The narrator reminisces of the "glory days"
When he and his girlfriend were totally in love and had their whole lives ahead of them, but everything was cut short
When she became pregnant. Still yearning for the days of his youth, he visits the dry riverbed that symbolizes their
Relationship at their highest point before it all slipped away.

This song is a true story about Bruce's older sister and her husband, who are still together today.




Now I just act like I don't remember
Mary acts like she don't care

But I remember us riding in my brother's car
Her body tanned and wet down at the reservoir
At night on them banks I'd lie awake
And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
Now those memories come back to haunt me
They haunt me like a curse
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
Or is it something worse
The River lyrics
I come from down in the valley
Where mister when you're young
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
Me and Mary we met in high school
When she was just seventeen
We'd drive out of this valley down to where the fields were green

We'd go down to the river
And into the river we'd dive
Oh down to the river we'd ride

Then I got Mary pregnant
And man that was all she wrote
And for my nineteenth birthday
I got a union card and a wedding coat
We went down to the courthouse
And the judge put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
No flowers, no wedding dress

That night we went down to the river
And into the river we'd dive
Oh down to the river we'd ride

I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company
But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy
Now all them things that seemed so important
Well mister they vanished right into the air
Now I just act like I don't remember
Mary acts like she don't care

But I remember us riding in my brother's car
Her body tanned and wet down at the reservoir
At night on them banks I'd lie awake
And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
Now those memories come back to haunt me
They haunt me like a curse
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
Or is it something worse

That sends me down to the river
Though I know the river is dry
That sends me down to the river tonight

Down to the river
My baby and I
Oh down to the river we ride
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BONUS TRACK An Unforgettable live performance of The River in 1980, the year the song was released...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc6F47Z6PI4
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[quote="Jason"]#4






Bobby Jean

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"Good luck, goodbye..." Bobby Jean is one of the most heartfelt, gut-wrenching songs in Bruce Springsteen's
Catalog. It's totally straight-forward in its lyricism and if you've ever had someone important in your life who went
Away, this song captures the essence of that feeling. It's been an absolute staple throughout my Bruce Springsteen
Fandom. It feels as though the deeper and deeper I get into this list, more and more distance separates Bruce Springsteen
From every other presence in music. Totally unique and one of a kind, and this is one of the many examples that
Showcases exactly that. It's a beautiful sound that only Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band can generate, and
Just when you think the song couldn't possibly get any better, Clarence Clemons closes the song with my favorite
Saxophone performance in music history. Clarence Clemons on the saxophone is greatness beyond words, you can only listen.

Springsteen was inspired to write this song as a farewell to longtime friend and band mate, Steve Van Zandt,
Who left the E Street Band after the recording of this album to pursue a solo career. He would return to the band
15 years later in 1999.

"TWO, THREE, FOUR!"




Well, maybe you'll be out there on that road somewhere
In some bus or train, traveling alone
In some motel room there'll be a radio playing
And you'll hear me sing this song
Bobby Jean lyrics
Well, I came by your house the other day
Your mother said you went away
She said there was nothing that I could've done
There was nothing nobody could say

Now, me and you, we've known each other
Ever since we were sixteen
I wished I would have known, I wished I could have called you
Just to say goodbye, Bobby Jean

Now, you hung with me when all the others
Turned away, turned up their nose
We liked the same music, we liked the same bands
We liked the same clothes

Yeah, we told each other that we were the wildest
The wildest things we'd ever seen
And I wished you would have told me, I wished I could have talked to you
Just to say goodbye, Bobby Jean

Now, we went walking in the rain
Talking about the pain that from the world we hid
Now, there ain't nobody, nowhere, nohow
Gonna ever understand me the way you did

Well, maybe you'll be out there on that road somewhere
In some bus or train, traveling alone
In some motel room there'll be a radio playing
And you'll hear me sing this song

Well, if you do, you'll know I'm thinking of you
And all the miles in between
And I'm just calling one last time not to change your mind
But just to say I miss you, baby, good luck, goodbye, Bobby Jean
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I will get the final three done tomorrow.
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Finishing tonight.
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#3






I'm On Fire

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album: Born In The U.S.A. (1984)











The lyrics behind I'm On Fire don't get cute, beat around the bush or dance around anything. It's a
Straight-forward message about pure sexual desire, and Bruce let's the music do a lot of the talking. While
The song is still simple in nature, both lyrically and musically, it's done in a way that I've never seen replicated.
Listen to the cross stick on the snare, the soft echo of the synthesizer and the plucking of the guitar
strings and tell me I'm On Fire isn't one of the most beautiful sounds you've heard in music. If ever there's
A sound so unique that perfectly captures the meaning of a song, this is it.

This one hits me on a personal level, as most of his songs do, in that I know the exact feeling he describes in
The song about lusting after a woman he can't (or shouldn't) have. She's in a relationship with another
Man, but the chemistry is there, it's burning him alive and he can't control his lust for her. You can't
Mistake the confidence in himself as a lover, but you can sense the jealousy he has for the man she's
With. "Can he do to you the things that I'd do? Oh, no... I could take you higher". While I do love
The music video behind the song, and watch it frequently, I prefer the song by itself rather than seeing
The music video because it eliminates some of the mystery behind the lyrics. You get more closure in the
Music video and while the closures of my lusting for women have ended similarly, the song provides enough
Story that you can make the ending whatever the hell you want. That's what I love about Bruce Springsteen.
He can do it all.




Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull
And cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my skull
At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
And a freight train running through the middle of my head
Only you
Can cool my desire
I'm on fire
Im On Fire lyrics
Hey, little girl, is your daddy home?
Did he go away and leave you all alone?
I got a bad desire
Oh-oh-oh, I'm on fire

Tell me now, baby, is he good to you?
Can he do to you the things that I do, uh-huh?
I can take you higher
Oh-oh-oh, I'm on fire

Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull
And cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my skull
At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
And a freight train running through the middle of my head
Only you can cool my desire
Oh-oh-oh, I'm on fire
Oh-oh-oh, I'm on fire
Oh-oh-oh, I'm on fire
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Don't want too many videos embedded on one page or the site will sometimes act kinda weird and mix them up.
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So I'm going to shit post several times to get to the next page. :p
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#2 and #1 will be on page 7...
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