Bruce Springsteen

Released: September 25, 2007

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Brendan O’Brien

[Verse 1]
I got a coin in my palm
I can make it disappear
I got a card up my sleeve
Name it, and I'll pull it out your ear
I got a rabbit in my hat
If you want to come and see

This is what will be
This is what will be

[Verse 2]
I got shackles on my wrists
Soon I'll slip 'em, and I'll be gone (Slip 'em and be gone)
Chain me in a box in the river
And I'll rise singing this song
Trust none of what you hear (Trust none of what you hear)
And less of what you see

This is what will be
This is what will be

[Instrumental]
(Slip 'em and be gone)
(I'll cut you in half)

[Verse 3]
I got a shiny saw blade (Shiny saw blade)
All I need's a volunteer
I'll cut you in half
While you're smilin' ear to ear
And the freedom that you sought's
Drifting like a ghost amongst the trees
This is what will be
This is what will be

[Verse 4]
Now there's a fire down below
But it's coming up here
So leave everything you know
Carry only what you fear
On the road the sun is sinkin' low
There's bodies hanging in the trees

This is what will be
This is what will be

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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