Bruce Springsteen

Released: December 4, 2015

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Bruce Springsteen Jon Landau Little Steven

We met on open streets where
We both had no place to go
I remember how my heart beat when
You said “Oh, Billy I love you so”
Now, standing in the doorway
Did you ever think that we could look this old
Victims of the little white lies that we told

We didn’t count tomorrows
We took what we could and ran
There was no time for sorrow
Every place you went I held your hand
And when the night closed in
I was sure your kisses told me all I had to know
But they never whispered the little white lies that we told

It was so good at the start
Nothing could ever pull it apart
Running hand in hand through the rain
But soon the heart break, soon the pain girl

There were no cold denials
Nobody really lied
It wasn’t in the things we said girl
Just time spent, promises implied
And when it began to fall apart
Eaten quietly away from the inside
Bit by bit by those little white lies

Now standing in the doorway did you ever think
Ever think that we could look this old
Victims of the little white lies that we told
Now lying here in the dark, did you ever think
Ever think that we could be this cold
Just as cold as the little white lies that we told

Little white lies

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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