Bruce Springsteen

Released: February 24, 1995

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Little Steven Chuck Plotkin Bruce Springsteen Jon Landau

[Verse 1]
Bobby's got a gun that he keeps beneath his pillow
Out on the street, your chances are zero
Take a look around you (come on now)
It ain't too complicated
You're messing with murder incorporated

[Verse 2]
Now you check over your shoulder everywhere that you go
Walking down the street, there's eyes in every shadow
You better take a look around you (come on now)
That equipment you got is so outdated
You can't compete with murder incorporated
Everywhere you look now, murder incorporated

[Verse 3]
So you keep a little secret down deep inside your dresser drawer
For dealing with the heat you're feeling out on the killing floor
No matter where you step you feel you're never out of danger
So the comfort that you keep's a gold-plated-snub-nose-thirty-two
I heard that you

[Verse 4]
You got a job downtown, man that leaves your head cold
Everywhere you look life ain't got no soul
That apartment you live in feels like it's just a place to hide
When you're walking down the street, you won't meet no-one eye to eye
The cops reported you as just another homicide
But I can tell that you were just frustrated
From living with murder incorporated
Everywhere you look now, murder incorporated
Murder incorporated

[Outro]
Murder incorporated
Everywhere you look now, murder incorporated
Murder incorporated
Murder incorporated
Murder incorporated

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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