Bruce Springsteen

Released: April 26, 2005

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Brendan O’Brien

[Verse 1]
I wanna build me a house on higher ground
I wanna find me a world where love's the only sound
High above this road filled with shadow and doubt
I want to shoulder my load and figure it all out

[Refrain]
With Leah

[Verse 2]
I walk this road with a hammer and a fiery lantern
With this hand, I've built and with this, I've burned
I want to live in the same house, beneath the same roof
Sleep in the same bed, search for the same proof

[Refrain]
As Leah

[Verse 3]
I got something in my heart I been waiting to give
I got a life I wanna start, one I been waiting to live
No more waiting, tonight I feel the light, I say the prayer
I open the door, I climb the stairs

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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