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DollhouseBruce Springsteen

Released: November 10, 1998

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Bruce Springsteen Jon Landau Little Steven

[Verse]
Well, ever since you were a little girl
You set the rules in your little world
But girls grow up and throw their toys away
You're a big girl now, but you still wanna play
(Girl we're living)
You dress them up the way you want to
(Girl we're living)
You make them do just what you want them to
(Girl we're living)
Once I thought we had a love that was true
But I'm just another doll in your dollhouse to you

[Chorus]
We're living in a dollhouse
We're living in a dollhouse
Girl, we're living in a dollhouse
You may feel safe and sound
But your dollhouse, girl, is falling down

[Verse]
It's all been neatly arranged in your mind
Every detail fits your own design
Every room is perfectly in place
But I can see the sadness, baby, on your face
(Girl we're living)
You had a plan and, darling, like a child
(Girl we're living)
You thought it's down to fashion, down to style
(Girl we're living)
But your little dreamhouse is runnin' wild
(Girl we're living)
Before your very eyes we're shrinking down to size

[Chorus]
We're living in a dollhouse
We're living in a dollhouse
Girl, we're living in a dollhouse
You may feel safe and sound
But your dollhouse, girl, is falling down

[Verse]
Everything's as you dreamed it would be
But there's something wrong that you can't see
Room by room, you're looking for some little flaw
A crack somewhere in your dollhouse wall
(Girl we're living)
Something, girl, that will explain away
(Girl we're living)
The hurt you feel, darling, when we play
(Girl we're living)
Your little dolls, they got grip on you
(Girl we're living)
Your little dolls, they got grip on you
(Girl we're living)
Your little dolls, they got grip on you
Until you're just another doll in your dollhouse too

[Outro]
We're living in a dollhouse
Girl, we're living in a dollhouse
Girl, we're living in a dollhouse
We may feel safe and sound
But our dollhouse, girl, is falling down
Oh we're living in a dollhouse
And we're living in a dollhouse
Oh we're living in a dollhouse
Yeah, we're living in a dollhouse

Bruce Springsteen

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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