Bruce Springsteen

Released: August 31, 1985

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Bruce Springsteen Jon Landau Chuck Plotkin Little Steven

[Verse]
You got your book, baby, with all your fears
Let me, honey, and I'll catch your tears
I'll take your sorrow, if you want me to
Come tomorrow, that's what I'll do
Listen to me

[Chorus]
Janey, don't you lose heart
Janey, don't you lose heart
Janey, don't you lose heart
Janey, don't you lose heart

[Verse]
Well you say you got no new dreams to touch
You feel like a stranger, babe, who knows too much
When you come home late and get undressed
You lie in bed and feel this emptiness
Well listen to me

[Chorus]
Janey, don't you lose heart
Janey, don't you lose heart
Janey, don't you lose heart
Janey, don't you lose heart

[Bridge]
Till every river, baby, it runs dry
Until the sun is torn from the sky
Till every feel you've felt burst free
It's gone tumblin' down into the sea
Listen to me

[Outro]
Janey, don't you lose heart
Janey, don't you lose heart
Janey, don't you lose heart
Janey, don't you lose heart

Bruce Springsteen is a rock ‘n’ roll icon from the great state of New Jersey. Nicknamed “The Boss,” he’s known for spirited sax-powered anthems about working-class people making their way in the world. Backed by the trusty E Street Band, he’s sold more than 120 million records, won numerous awards (including 20 Grammys and an Oscar), sold out stadiums around the globe, and earned a place alongside his teenage heroes in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Although he’s a living legend who ranks among the most important artists in rock history, Springsteen wasn’t an overnight success. Around the time of his first album, 1973’s Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., he was dismissed as just another “new Dylan"—some scruffy folk singer with a decent vocabulary looking to follow in Bob’s footsteps. In the decade that followed, Springsteen proved himself to be much more.

His breakthrough came with his third album, 1975’s Born to Run. The record hit No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and landed the singer-songwriter on the cover of both Time and Newsweek. Bruce nabbed his first chart-topping album five years later with The River, and in 1984, he went global with Born in the U.S.A., a critical and commercial smash that produced seven Top 10 singles.

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