Bruce Springsteen

Released: October 17, 1980

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Little Steven Bruce Springsteen Jon Landau

[Verse 1]
Put on your best dress, baby
And darling, fix your hair up right
'Cause there's a party, honey
Way down beneath the neon lights
All day, you've been working that hard line
Now tonight, you're gonna have a good time

[Verse 2]
I work five days a week, girl
Loading crates down on the dock
I take my hard-earned money
And meet my girl down on the block
And Monday when the foreman calls time
I've already got Friday on my mind
When that whistle blows, girl, I'm down the street
I'm home, I'm out of my work clothes

[Chorus]
When I'm out in the street
I walk the way I wanna walk
When I'm out in the street
I talk the way I wanna talk
When I'm out in the street
When I'm out in the street

[Verse 3]
When I'm out in the street, girl
Well, I never feel alone
When I'm out in the street, girl
In the crowd, I feel at home
The black-and-whites they cruise by
And they watch us from the corner of their eye
But there ain't no doubt, girl, down here
We ain't gonna take what they're handing out

[Chorus]
When I'm out in the street
I walk the way I wanna walk
When I'm out in the street
I talk the way I wanna talk

Baby, out in the street, I don't feel sad or blue
Baby, out in the street, I'll be waiting for you

When the whistle blows
Girl, I'm down the street
I'm home, I'm out of my work clothes

[Chorus]
When I'm out in the street
I walk the way I wanna walk
When I'm out in the street
I talk the way I wanna talk

When I'm out in the street
Pretty girls, they're all passing by
When I'm out in the street
From the corner, we give them the eye

Baby, out in the street I just feel all right
Meet me out in the street, little girl, tonight
Meet me out in the street
Meet me out in the street
Meet me out in the street
Meet me out in the street
Meet me out in the street
Meet me out in the street
I'm talking out in the street
Meet me out in the street
Meet me out in the street
Meet me out in the street
I'm talking out in the street

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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