Bruce Springsteen

Released: December 14, 2018

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

[Verse 1]
In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream
At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines
We're sprung from cages out on Highway 9
Chrome wheeled, fuel-injected and steppin’ out over the line
Oh, baby this town rips the bones from your back
It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap
We gotta get out while we’re young
\`Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run

[Verse 2]
Wendy let me in, I wanna be your friend
I wanna guard your dreams and visions
Yeah, just wrap your legs round these velvet rims
Strap your hands across my engines
And together we could break this trap
We'll run 'til we drop, and we'll never go back
Walk with me out on the wire
\`Cause I'm just as scared and a lonely rider
I gotta find out how it feels
I want to know if love is wild, I want to know if love is real

[Verse]
Beyond the palace, hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard
The girls comb their hair in rear view mirrors
And the boys try to look so hard
The amusement park rises bold and stark
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
I wanna die with you, Wendy, on the street tonight
In an everlasting kiss

[Verse 4]
The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive
Everybody's out on the run tonight, but there's no place left to hide
So together, Wendy, we’ll live with the sadness
I’ll love you with all the madness in my soul
Someday girl, I don't know when, we’re gonna get to that place
Where we really want to go
And we'll walk in the sun
Til' then tramps like us, baby we were born to run

[Outro]
Whoa-oh-whoa-whoa
Whoa-oh-whoa-whoa
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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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