Bruce Springsteen

Released: March 6, 2012

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Ron Aniello Bruce Springsteen

[Intro]
(Whoa, whoa-whoa, this train)
(I'm ridin' this train)
(Don't you wanna ride)
(This train, this train)
(This train, this train)
(Whoa-whoa, get on, get on, get on, get on, get on)

[Verse 1]
Grab your ticket and your suitcase
Thunder’s rolling down this track
Well, you don’t know where you’re going now
But you know you won’t be back
Well, darling if you’re weary
Lay your head upon my chest
We’ll take what we can carry
Yeah, and we’ll leave the rest

[Chorus]
Well, big wheels roll through fields where sunlight streams
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams

[Verse 2]
Well, I will provide for you
And I'll stand by your side
You'll need a good companion now
For this part of the ride
Yeah, leave behind your sorrows
Let this day be the last
Well, tomorrow there'll be sunshine
And all this darkness past

[Chorus]
Well, big wheels roll through fields where sunlight streams
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams

[Bridge]
This train carries saints and sinners
This train carries losers and winners
This train carries whores and gamblers
This train carries lost souls

I said this train, dreams will not be thwarted
This train, faith will be rewarded
This train, hear the steel wheels singing
This train, bells of freedom ringing

[Saxophone solo]

[Verse 3]
Yes, this train carries saints and sinners
This train carries losers and winners
This train carries whores and gamblers
This train carries lost souls
I said, this train carries broken-hearted
This train, thieves and sweet souls departed
This train carries fools and kings thrown
This train, all aboard
I said, now this train, dreams will not be thwarted
This train, faith will be rewarded
This train, the steel wheels singing
This train, bells of freedom ringing

[Verse 4]
Come on this train
People get ready
You don't need no ticket
All you gotta do is
Just get onboard
Onboard this train (This train, now)

[Outro]
People get ready
You don't need no ticket (Oh now, no, you don't)
You don't need no ticket
You just get onboard (People get ready)
You just thank the Lord (People get ready)
You just thank the Lord (People get ready)
You just thank the Lord (People get ready)
(Come on this train, people get ready)
(Come on this train, people get ready)

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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