Bruce Springsteen

Released: November 10, 1998

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Roy Bittan Jon Landau Chuck Plotkin Bruce Springsteen

[Verse]
Baby, when I asked you if everything is alright
You whispered "Don't worry" and you shut out the light
Now black is black in this bed we're laying
And I wanna believe the words that you're lips are saying

[Chorus]
But your eyes look like a leavin' train
They keep on dragging me down
Your eyes look like a leavin' train
They keep on draggin'
They keep on draggin'
They keep on draggin' me down

[Verse]
Well I did anything just to try to get close to you
I took it step by step like a man's supposed to
Tell me now, is this my, baby, is this my contrition?
To have the love that I longed for fill me with suspicion

[Chorus]
But your eyes look like a leavin' train
They keep on dragging me down
Your eyes look like a leavin' train
They keep on draggin'
They keep on draggin'
They keep on draggin' me down

[Verse]
Now it's tellin' time, oh my little sister
Now can I believe the words, the words of love you whisper?
Is my train in vain? Has my soul gone to waste?
Am I just a victim of, a victim of my lost faith?

[Chorus]
But your eyes look like a leavin' train
They keep on dragging me down
Your eyes look like a leavin' train
They keep on draggin'
They keep on draggin'
They keep on draggin' me down

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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