Bruce Springsteen

Released: December 4, 2015

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Bruce Springsteen Jon Landau Little Steven

Hey girl I’m calling all stations
Blowing down the wire tonight
I’m singing through these power lines
I’m running on time and feeling alright
Skipping over the currents in the air
Reaching to see if you’re out there
Come across your radio station
Calling out nation to nation
If you can hear me then say alright
And if you can
Meet me in the city tonight

I was busted for feeling no pain
Charged with doing things I can’t explain
Picked up for parole violation
Locked with the boys in the subway station
Handcuffed on the killing floor
Transmitting from behind these jailhouse doors
If you’re sick, if you’re tired, if you’re bored
Then check the line, check the time, check the action, check the score
Come and get me if I ain’t right
But if I am
Meet me in the city tonight

Everybody’s lost in romance
Do you feel the way I feel
I’m just searching, girl
For the blood, for the bone, for the muscle, for what’s real

I was busted for feeling no pain
Charged with doing things I can’t explain
Picked up for parole violation
Locked with the boys in the subway station
I pushed my way through the heart of the crowd
I shoved my way through the heart of the crowd
Past the sign saying this is not allowed
To where someone’s standing straight and shouting out loud
Handcuffed to the jailhouse door
Transmittin’ from the gallows floor
If you’re sick, if you’re tired, if you’re bored
Check the line, check the time, check the action, check the score
If you can holler, then say alright (alright)
If you can holler, then say alright (alright)
If you can holler, then say alright (alright)
If you can holler, then say alright (alright)
If you can holler, then say alright
And if you can
Meet me in the city tonight
Meet me in the city tonight
Meet me in the city tonight
In the city
Meet me in the city tonight
In the city
Meet me in the city tonight
In the city
Meet me in the city tonight
In the city
Meet me in the city tonight

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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