Bruce Springsteen

Released: March 31, 1992

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Bruce Springsteen Jon Landau Chuck Plotkin Roy Bittan

[Verse]
Rode through forty nights of the gospels' rain
Black sky pourin' snakes, frogs, and love in vain
You were down where the river grows wider
Baby, let me be your soul driver

[Verse]
Well, if something in the air feels a little unkind
Don't worry, darlin', it'll slip your mind
I'll be your gypsy joker, your shotgun rider
Baby, let me be your soul driver

[Bridge]
Now no one knows which way love's wheel turns
Will we hit it rich or crash and burn?
Does fortune wait or just the black hand of fate
This love potion's all we've got, one toast before it's too late

[Verse]
If the angels are unkind or the season is dark
Or if in the end love just falls apart
Then here's to our destruction
Baby, let me be your soul driver

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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