Bruce Springsteen

Released: March 31, 1992

Songwriter: Sonny Boy Williamson Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Bruce Springsteen Chuck Plotkin Jon Landau Roy Bittan

[Verse]
First time I crossed my heart, I was beggin', baby, please
At your bedside down on my knees
When I crossed my heart
When I crossed my heart
I crossed my heart, pretty baby, over you

[Verse]
Second time I crossed my heart, rain came in from the south
I was lyin' there with something sweet and salty in my mouth
When I crossed my heart
When I crossed my heart
When I crossed my heart, pretty darlin', over you

[Bridge]
Well, you may think the world's black and white
And you're dirty or you're clean
You better watch out you don't slip
Through them spaces in between

[Verse]
Where the night gets sticky and the sky gets black
I grabbed you, baby, and you grabbed me back
And we crossed our hearts
We crossed our hearts
Yeah, I crossed my heart

[Bridge]
Little boys, little girls, they know their wrongs from their rights
Once you crossed your heart, you ain't ever supposed to lie

[Verse]
Well life ain't nothin' but a cold, hard ride
I ain't leavin' till I'm satisfied
I cross my heart
Yeah I cross my heart
Well I cross my heart, pretty, darlin' over you

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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