Bruce Springsteen

Released: December 4, 2015

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Bruce Springsteen Jon Landau Little Steven

They call him Mr. Outside
Cause he don't care
Mr. Outside
He's just havin' his fun
Mr. Outside
He's just looking out for number one

Well Mr. Outside
All your money and your power
Won't help you come the dark hour
Well kingdoms crumble
To your feet
You're left another thief out on the street

Mr. Outside
Yeah he don't care
Mr. Outside
He's just having his fun
Mr. Outside
Oh, looking out for number one

Dark glasses and money for hire
(?) and high tension wire
He got long dark, dark Cadillac
He got pretty little little girl in back

Mr. Outside
Oh yeah he don't care
Mr. Outside
He's just having his fun
Mr. Outside
Just looking out for number one

Oh little baby got no diamond ring
You cry cause you ain't got no pretty things
Them pretty things babe just look dumb
You gotta take 'em when they come

Mr. Outside
Oh lord he don't care
Mr. Outside
Oh has his fun
Mr. Outside
He's just looking out for No. 1

Mr. Outside
Oh yeah he don't care
Mr. Outside
He's just having his fun
Mr. Outside
He's just looking out for No. 1

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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