Bruce Springsteen

Released: January 14, 2014

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Brendan O’Brien Ron Aniello

[Verse 1]
Sun comes every morning but it ain't no friend
I get dressed and I go back again
The rain it keeps on falling on twisted bones and dirt
I'm buried to my heart here in this hurt

[Chorus]
The fire keeps on burning
You're waiting in the cold
Down in the hole

[Verse 2]
Dark and bloody autumn pierces my heart
The memory of your kiss tears me apart
The sky above is turning, the world below's gone gray
I thought that I could turn and walk away

[Chorus]
The fire keeps on burning
I'm working in the cold
Down in the hole

[Bridge]
Radio's crackling with the headlines
Wind in the phone lines
The sun upon your shoulder
Empty city skyline
The day rips apart
A dark and bloody arrow pierced my heart

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
I got nothing to hide this sky of sunshine
The things you left behind
I wake to find my city's gone to black
Days just keep on falling
Your voice it keeps on calling
I'm going to dig right here until I get you back

[Chorus]
The fires keep on burning
I'm here with you in the cold
Down in the hole (Down in the hole)
(Down in the hole)

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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