Bruce Springsteen

Released: November 10, 1998

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Bruce Springsteen Chuck Plotkin Jon Landau Little Steven

[Verse 1]
Well my name is Catherine LeFevre
I work at the Astrowash on Sunset and Vine
I drop my kids at school in the morning
And I pick 'em up at Mary's just 'fore suppertime

[Chorus]
Well I work down at the car wash
For a dollar and a dime
And mister, I hate my boss
It's at the car wash, I'm doing my time

Pick up my water bottle and my towel, sir
And I take 'em one by one
From Mercedes to VWs
I do 'em all and I don't favor none

[Chorus]
Well I work down at the car wash
For a dollar and a dime
And mister, I hate my boss
It's at the car wash, I'm doing my time

[Verse 2]
Well someday I'll sing in a night club
I'll get a million-dollar break
A handsome man will come here with a contract in his hand
And say "Catherine, this has all been some mistake"

[Chorus]
Well I work down at the car wash
For a dollar and a dime
And mister, I hate my boss
It's at the car wash, I'm doing my time
It's at the car wash, I'm doing my time
It's at the car wash, I'm doing my time

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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