Bruce Springsteen

Released: March 27, 2001

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Bruce Springsteen Chuck Plotkin

[Intro]
One, two

[Verse 1]
Oh, lights out tonight
Trouble in the heartland
Got a head-on collision
Mashin' in my guts, man
Caught in a crossfire
I don’t understand
But there's one thing I know for sure
I don't give a damn
For the same old played-out scenes
And I don’t give a damn
For just the in-betweens
Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul
I want control right now

[Pre-Chorus]
Talk about a dream
Try to make it real
You wake up in the night
With a fear so real
You spend your life waiting
For a moment that just don't come
Don't waste your time waiting

[Chorus]
Badlands, you gotta live it every day
Let the brokеn hearts stand
As the price you'vе gotta pay
Keep pushin' 'til it's understood
These badlands start treating us good

[Verse 2]
Workin' in the field
’Til you get your back burned
Workin’ 'neath the wheels
’Til you get your facts learned
Baby, I got my facts
Learned real good right now
Get it straight!
Poor man wanna be rich
Rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied
'Til he rules everything
Wanna go out tonight
Wanna find out what I got

[Pre-Chorus]
I believe in the love that you gave me
I believe in the faith that could save me
I believe in the hope
And I pray that someday it may raise me
Above these

[Chorus]
Badlands, you gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
Keep pushin’ 'til it's understood
These badlands start treating us good, woah, woah, woah, yeah

[Guitar & Saxophone Solos]

[Verse 3]
For the ones who had a notion
A notion deep inside
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
Wanna find one face that ain't lookin' through me
Wanna find one place
I wanna spit in the face of these

[Chorus]
Badlands, you gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
Keep pushin' 'til it's understood
These badlands start treating us good

[Outro]
Woah, woah, woah, woah
Badlands, woah, woah, woah, woah
Badlands, woah, woah, woah, woah
Badlands, woah, woah, woah, woah
Badlands, woah, woah, woah, woah

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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