Bruce Springsteen

Released: October 17, 1980

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Little Steven Bruce Springsteen Jon Landau

[Verse 1]
Well now you say you've found another man
Who does things to you that I can't
And that no matter what I do
It's all over now between me and you, girl
But I can't believe what you say
No, I can't believe what you say
'Cause baby

[Chorus]
I don't want to fade away
Oh I don't wanna fade away
Tell me what can I do? What can I say?
'Cause, darling, I don't wanna fade away

[Verse 2]
Well now you say that you've made up your mind
It's been such a long, long time since it's been good with us
And that somewhere back along the line
You lost your love and I lost your trust
Now rooms that once were so bright
Are filled with the coming night, oh darling

[Chorus]
I don't want to fade away
Oh, I don't wanna fade away
Tell me what can I do? What can I say?
'Cause, darling, I don't wanna fade away

[Verse 3]
You say it's not easy for you
And that you've been so lonely
While other girls go out, doing what they want to do
You say that you miss the nights when we'd go out dancing
The days when you and I walked as two
Well girl, I miss them too
Oh I swear that I do
Oh girl

[Verse 4]
Now baby, I don't wanna be just another useless memory
Holding you tight
Or just some other ghost out on the street
To whom you stop and politely speak when you pass on by
Vanishing into the night
Left to vanish into the night
No baby

[Chorus]
I don't want to fade away
Oh, I don't wanna fade away
Tell me what can I do? What can I say?
'Cause, darling, I don't wanna fade away

No darlin'
I don't want to fade away
No, I don't wanna fade away
Tell me what can I do? What can I say?
Oh, darling, I don't wanna fade away

[Outro]
Don't make me, darling
I don't wanna fade away
Don't make me, darling
I don't wanna fade away
I don't wanna fade away
I don't wanna fade away
I don't wanna fade away

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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