Bruce Springsteen

Released: November 10, 1998

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Bruce Springsteen Jon Landau Little Steven

[Verse]
Early North Jersey industrial skyline
I'm an all-set cobra jet creepin' the night time
Gotta find a gas station, gotta find a pay phone
This turnpike sure is spooky at night when you're all alone

[Chorus]
I'm living on the edge of the world
Tryin' to get my girl on the line
Livin' on the edge of the world
But I think I'm just wasting of my time
Some jerk keeps breaking my connection, girl
'Cause I'm living on the edge of the world
Living on the edge of the world

[Verse]
Radio, radio, hear the tale of heartbreak
Jersey in the morning like a lunar landscape
Got a counter girl at the Exit 24 HoJo
Down past the refinery towers where the great black river flows

[Chorus]
I'm living on the edge of the world
Tryin' to get back to you, girl
I'm living on the edge of the world
Tryin' to get a message through
I gotta make a connection, girl
Because I'm living on the edge of the world
Living on the edge of the world

[Verse]
Radio's jammed with gospel stations
Lost souls callin' long distance salvation
Hey mister deejay, gotta hear my last prayer
It's a hey ho rock and roll, deliver me from nowhere

[Chorus]
I'm living on the edge of the world
Tryin' to get back to you, girl
Living on the edge of the world
Tryin' to get a message through
I gotta make some connection, girl
Because I'm living on the edge of the world
Living on the edge
I gotta make some connection, girl
Because I'm living on the edge of the world
Living on the edge of the world

[Verse]
Now my boss don't dig me 'cause he put me on the night shift
It takes me two hours to get back to where my baby lives
In the wee wee hours, my mind gets hazy
Relay towers, won't you lead me to my baby?
'Neath the overpass, the trooper hits his party lights switch
Good night, good luck, one, two, powershift!

[Outro]
Living on the edge of the world
Living on the edge of the world
Living on the edge of the world
Living on the edge of the world

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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