Bruce Springsteen

Well my soul checked out missing as I sat listening to the hours and minutes ticking away
Yeah just sitting around waiting for my life to begin while it was all just slipping away
And I'm tired of waiting for tomorrow to come or that train to come roaring 'round the bend
I got a new suit of clothes and a pretty red rose and a woman I can call my friend

These are better days, baby
Yeah there's better days shining through
These are better days, baby
Better days with a girl like you

Well I took a piss at fortune's sweet kiss, it's like еating caviar and dirt
It's a sad funny ending to find yourself pretеnding a rich man in a poor man's shirt
Now my ass was dragging when from a passing gypsy wagon, your heart like a diamond shone
Tonight I'm lying in your arms carving lucky charms yeah out of these hard luck bones

These are better days, baby
These are better days, it's true
These are better days, baby
There's better days shining through

Now a life of leisure and a pirate's treasure don't make much for tragedy
It's a sad man my friend who's living in his own skin and can't stand the company
Every fool's got a reason to feeling sorry for himself and turning his heart to stone
Tonight this fool's halfway to heaven and just a mile outta hell and I feel like I'm coming home

These are better days, baby
There's better days shining through
These are better days, baby
Better days with a girl like you

These are better days, baby
These are better days, it's true
These are better days, baby
Better days are shining through

These are better days, baby
Ah better days, it's true
These are better days, baby
Better days are shining through

These are better days, baby
Ah better days, it's true
These are better days, baby
Better days are shining through

These are better days
These are better days
Better days are shining through
These are better days
These are better days

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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