Bruce Springsteen

Released: February 27, 1995

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Little Steven Chuck Plotkin Jon Landau Bruce Springsteen

[Verse 1]
Hey there mister, can you tell me what happened
To the seeds I've sown?
Can you give me a reason, sir
As to why they've never grown?
They've just blown around from town to town
Back out on to these fields
Where they fall from my hand
Back into the dirt of this hard land

[Verse 2]
Now me and my sister
From Germantown, we did ride
We made our bed, sir
From the rock on the mountainside
We've been blowin' around from town to town
Lookin for a place to land
Where the sun could break through the clouds and fall like a circle
A circle of fire down on this hard land

[Verse 3]
Now even the rain it don't come round
Don't come round here no more
And the only sound at night
Is the wind slammin' the back-porch door
It just stirs you up like it wants to just blow you down
Twistin' and churnin' up the sand
Leavin' all them scarecrows lyin' face down
Into the dirt of this hard land

[Verse 4]
From a building up on the hill
I can hear a tape deck blastin' "Home on the Range"
I can hear them Bar-M choppers
Sweepin' low across the plains
It's me and you, Frank, we're lookin' for lost cattle
Our hooves twistin' and churnin' up the sand
We're ridin' in the whirlwind, searchin' for a treasure
Way down south of the Rio Grande
We're ridin' across that river in the moonlight
Up onto the banks of this hard land

[Verse 5]
Hey Frank, won't you pack your bags
And meet me tonight down at Liberty Hall?
Just one kiss from you, my brother
And we'll ride until we fall
Well sleep out in the fields, we'll sleep by the rivers
And in the morning, we'll make a plan
Well, if you can't make it
Stay hard, stay hungry, stay alive, if you can
And meet me in a dream of this hard land

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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