Released: April 19, 2014

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Brendan O’Brien

They're holding a committee
Of treason and lies
Doublespeak and sedition
Then somebody dies

From the hill the smell of lilacs
And the repeat of guns
She closes the window, draws the blinds
Her first touch sucks the air from my lungs

Hey blue eyes, what you doing tonight?
Hey blue eyes, yeah it's alright

She says in this house we've abandoned history
In this house there are no laws
Just the false taste of paradise
And then the fall

In this house the guilty go unpunished
Blood and silence prevail
Here the dead remain nameless
The nameless remain jailed

Hey blue eyes, what you doing tonight?
Hey blue eyes, yeah it's alright

In this house there's just the dust of bones
The basement's filled with lye
In this house our sons and daughters
Are spilled like wine

So come close my pretty darling
And let me feel your disease
Tonight I'll have you naked and crawling
At the end of my leash

Hey blue eyes, what you doing tonight
Hey blue eyes, hey it's alright

She says in this house it's so easy
To set a world on fire
All you need is a name, the money
And a soul full of reckless desire

Upstairs the landlord is dining
Here with his criminal friends
Don't worry, they'll have the bags packed
And be long gone before the real fucking begins

Hey blue eyes, yeah, what you doing tonight?
Hey blue eyes, hey it's alright
Hey blue eyes, what you doing tonight?
Hey blue eyes, yeah it's alright

Bruce Springsteen

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.