Bruce Springsteen

Released: November 10, 1998

Songwriter: Roy Bittan Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Bruce Springsteen Jon Landau Chuck Plotkin Roy Bittan

[Verse]
You do the drying, I'll do the dishes
Who'll do the crying when all the wishes don't come true?
You do the washing, I'll do the folding
Whose heart is breaking when whose arms are holding someone new?

[Chorus]
Sittin' on a peaceful lake sunnin'
Didn't hear the roar of the waterfall coming
When it's all a storybook story
When it's all so easy and nice
Here comes trouble in paradise

[Verse]
You did the dusting, I did the sweeping
You did the driving oh and I did the sleeping a little too long

[Chorus]
On a picnic 'neath the sky so blue
We didn't see the rain and heartache coming through
When it's all an old black-and-white movie
And you're sure you've seen the ending twice
Here comes trouble in paradise

[Bridge]
You said everything was fine
I'm sorry, baby, I didn't see the signs
Oh so beautifully you read your lines
In a play where the hero has no vice
And love comes without a price
So does trouble in paradise

[Verse]
Don't matter who did the dusting or who did the sweeping
Who did the trusting or who did the cheating when it's all gone

[Chorus]
Laying in a field on a summer's day
Waitin' for those gray skies to clear away
Knowing all love's glory and beauty
Can vanish before you think twice
Leaving trouble in paradise

[Outro]
Now we share the laughing, we share the joking
We do the sleeping with one eye open

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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