Bruce Springsteen

Released: July 31, 1984

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Little Steven Bruce Springsteen Chuck Plotkin Jon Landau

[Verse 1]
The times are tough now, just getting tougher
This old world is rough, it's just getting rougher
Cover me, come on baby, cover me

[Chorus 1]
Well I'm looking for a lover who will come on in and cover me

[Verse 2]
Promise me baby you won't let them find us
Hold me in your arms, let's let our love blind us
Cover me, shut the door and cover me

[Chorus 1]
Well I'm looking for a lover who will come on in and cover me

[Chorus 2]
Outside's the rain, the driving snow
I can hear the wild wind blowing
Turn out the light, bolt the door
I ain't going out there no more

[Verse 3]
This whole world is out there just trying to score
I've seen enough; I don't want to see any more
Cover me, come on and cover me

[Chorus 1]
Well I'm looking for a lover who will come on in and cover me

[Chorus 2]
Outside's the rain, the driving snow
I can hear the wild wind blowing
Turn out the light, bolt the door
I ain't going out there no more

[Chorus 1]
Well I'm looking for a lover who will come on in and cover me
Well I'm looking for a lover who will come on in and cover me
Well I'm looking for a lover who will come on in and cover me

[Outro]
Come on baby
Come on baby
Come on baby

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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From the albums

Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
Blinded by the Light (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2019)

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