The Essential Bruce Springsteen de Bruce Springsteen

Listado de Canciones

Disco 1

1. Blinded by the Light

   Letra

   Madman drummers, bummers and Indians in the summer With a teenage diplomat In the dumps, with the mumps as the adolescent pumps His way into his hat With a boulder on my shoulder, feelin’ kinda older I tripped the merry-go-round With this very unpleasing, sneezing and wheezing The Calliope crashed to the ground Some all-hot, half-shot was headin’ for a hot spot Snappin’ his fingers, clappin’ his hands And some fleshpot, mascot was tied into a lovers knot With a whatnot in her hand And now young Scott, with a slingshot Finally found a tender spot And throws his lover in the sand And some bloodshot, forget-me-not Whispers “Daddy’s within earshot Save the buckshot, turn up the band” And she was blinded by the light Oh, cut loose like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light She got down, but she never got tight But, she’ll make it, alright Some brimstone, baritone, anticyclone Rolling stone preacher from the east He says: “Dethrone the Dictaphone Hit it in its funny bone, that's where they expect it least” And some new-mown chaperone was standin’ in the corner All alone watchin’ the young girls dance And some fresh-sown moonstone was messin’ with his frozen zone To remind him of the feeling of romance Yeah, he was blinded by the light Oh, cut loose like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light He got down, but he never got tight But, he's gonna make it, tonight Some silicone sister with her manager’s mister Told me I got what it takes She said “I'll turn you on sonny to something strong If you play that song with the funky break” And go-cart Mozart was checkin’ out the weather chart To see if it was safe to go outside And little early-pearly came by in her curly-wurly And asked me if I needed a ride Oh, some hazard from Harvard was skunked on beer Playin’ backyard bombardier Yes, and Scotland Yard was trying hard They sent some dude with a calling card It said, “Do what you like, but don't do it here” Well, I jumped up, turned around Spit in the air, fell on the ground Asked him which was the way back home He said “Take a right at the light” “Keep going straight until night” “And then boy, you're on your own” And now in Zanzibar, a shootin’ star Was ridin’ in a side car, hummin’ a lunar tune Yes, and the Avatar said “Blow the bar But, first remove the cookie jar We’re gonna teach those boys to laugh too soon And some kidnapped handicap Was complaining that he caught the clap From some mousetrap he bought last night Well, I unsnapped his skull cap And between his ears I saw a gap But, figured he'd be all right He was just blinded by the light Cut loose like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light Mama always told me not to look into the sights of the sun Whoa, but, mama that's where the fun is Woo, yeah (I was blinded) Oh, mama, oh, mama, oh mama (I was blinded) Oh, mama, oh, mama (I was blinded) I was blinded (I was blinded) I was blinded (I was blinded) I was blinded (I was blinded) I was blinded (I was blinded) I was blinded (I was blinded) I was blinded
2. For You

   Letra

   Princess cards she sends me With her regards Oh, barroom eyes shine vacancy To see her you gotta look hard Wounded deep in battle I stand stuffed like some soldier undaunted To her Cheshire smile I'll stand on file She's all I ever wanted Oh, but you let your blue walls get in the way of these facts Honey, get your carpetbaggers off my back You wouldn't even give me time to cover my tracks You said "Here's your mirror and your ball and jacks" But they're not what I came for And I'm sure you see that too I came for you, for you, I came for you But you did not need my urgency I came for you, for you, I came for you But your life was one long emergency And your cloud line urges me And my electric surges free Well, crawl into my ambulance Your pulse is getting weak Oh; reveal yourself all now to me girl While you've got the strength to speak Cause they're waiting for you at Bellevue With their oxygen masks But I could give it all to you now If only you could ask Well and don't call for your surgeon Even he says it's too late It's not your lungs this time It's your heart that holds your fate Don't give me money, honey I don't want it back You and your pony face and your Union Jack Well take your local joker and teach him how to act I swear I was never that way Even when I really cracked Didn't you think I knew that? You were born with the power of a locomotive Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound And your Chelsea suicide with no apparent motive You could laugh and cry in a single sound Oh, alright, mmm And your strength is devastating In the face of all these odds Remember how I kept you waiting When it was my turn to be the god? You were not quite half so proud When I found you broken on the beach Remember how I poured salt on your tongue And hung just out of reach And the band they played the homecoming theme As I caressed your cheek Yeah, that ragged, jagged melody She still clings to me like a leach But that medal you wore on your chest Always got in the way Like a little girl with a trophy So soft to buy her way We were both hitchhikers But you had your ear tuned to the roar Of some metal-tempered engine On an alien, distant shore So you left to find a better reason Than the one we were living for And it's not that nursery mouth I came back for It's not the way you're stretched out on the floor Cause I've broken all your windows And I've rammed through all your doors And who am I to ask you to lick my sores? And you should know that's true I came for you, for you, I came for you, But you did not need my urgency I came for you, for you, I came for you But life was one long emergency And your cloud line urges me And my electric surges free, wooo
3. Spirit in the Night

   Letra

   Crazy Janey and her mission man were back in the alley tradin' hands 'long came Wild Billy with his friend G-man all duded up for Saturday night Well Billy slammed on his coaster brakes and said anybody wanna go on up to Greasy Lake It's about a mile down on the dark side of route eighty-eight I got a bottle of rose so let's try it We'll pick up Hazy Davy and Killer Joe and I'll take you all out to where the gypsy angels go They're built like light and they dance like spirits in the night (all night) in the night (all night) Oh, you don't know what they can do to you Spirits in the night (all night) in the night (all night) Stand right up now and let them shoot through you Well now Wild Billy was a crazy cat and he shook some dust out of his coonskin cap He said, "Trust some of this it'll show you where you're at." or at least it'll help you really feel it By the time we made it up to Greasy Lake I had my head out the window and Janey's fingers were in the cake I think I really dug her 'cause I was too loose to fake I said, "I'm hurt." She said, "Honey let me heal it." And we danced all night to a soul fairy band and she kissed me just right like only a lonely angel can She felt so nice, just as soft as a spirit in the night (all night) In the night (all night). Janey don't know what she do to you Spirit in the night (all night) in the night (all night) Stand right up and let her shoot through me Now the night was bright and the stars threw light on Billy and Davy dancin' in the moonlight They were down near the water in a stone mud fight Killer Joe gone passed out on the lawn Well now Hazy Davy got really hurt, he ran into the lake in just his socks and a shirt Me and Crazy Janey was makin' love in the dirt singin' our birthday songs Janey said it was time to go so we closed our eyes and said goodbye to gypsy angel row, felt so right Together we moved like spirits in the night, all night Baby don't know what it do to you Spirits in the night (all the night) in the night (all night)
4. 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)

   Letra

   Sandy the fireworks are hailin' over Little Eden tonight Forcin' a light into all those stoned-out faces left stranded on this Fourth of July Down in town the circuit's full with switchblade lovers so fast so shiny so sharp As the wizards play down on Pinball Way on the boardwalk way past dark And the boys from the casino dance with their shirts open like Latin lovers along the shore Chasin' all them silly New York girls Sandy the aurora is risin' behind us The pier lights our carnival life forever Love me tonight for I may never see you again Hey Sandy girl Now the greasers they tramp the streets or get busted for trying to sleep on the beach all night Them boys in their spiked high heels ah Sandy their skins are so white And me I just got tired of hangin' in them dusty arcades bangin' them pleasure machines Chasin' the factory girls underneath the boardwalk where they promise to unsnap their jeans And you know that tilt-a-whirl down on the south beach drag I got on it last night and my shirt got caught And that Joey kept me spinnin' I didn't think I'd ever get off Oh Sandy the aurora is risin' behind us The pier lights our carnival life on the water Runnin' down the beach at night with my boss's daughter Well he ain't my boss no more Sandy Sandy the angels have lost their desire for us I spoke to 'em just last night and they said they won't set themselves on fire for us anymore Every summer when the weather gets hot they ride that road down from heaven on their Harleys they come and they go And you can see 'em dressed like stars in all the cheap little seashore bars parked making love with their babies out on the Kokomo Well the cops finally busted Madame Marie for tellin' fortunes better than they do This boardwalk life for me is through You know you ought to quit this scene too Sandy the aurora's rising behind us The pier lights our carnival life forever Oh love me tonight and I promise I'll love you forever
5. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)

   Letra

   Spread out now Rosie doctor come cut loose her mama's reins You know playin' blind man's bluff is a little baby's game You pick up Little Dynamite I'm gonna pick up Little Gun And together we're gonna go out tonight and make that highway run You don't have to call me lieutenant Rosie and I don't want to be your son The only lover I'm ever gonna need's your soft sweet little girl's tongue and Rosie you're the one Dynamite's in the belfry playin' with the bats Little Gun's downtown in front of Woolworth's tryin' out his attitude on all the cats Papa's on the corner waitin' for the bus Mama she's home in the window waitin' up for us She'll be there in that chair when they wrestle her upstairs 'cause you know we ain't gonna come I ain't here on business I'm only here for fun Rosalita jump a little lighter Senorita come sit by my fire I just want to be your lover ain't no liar Rosalita you're my stone desire Jack the Rabbit and Weak Knees Willie you know they're gonna be there Ah Sloppy Sue and Big Bones Billy they'll be comin' up for air We're gonna play some pool skip some school act real cool Stay out all night it's gonna feel all right Rosie come out tonight Rosie come out tonight Windows are for cheaters chimneys for the poor Closets are for hangers winners use the door Rosalita jump a little lighter Senorita come sit by my fire I just want to be your lover ain't no liar Rosalita you're my stone desire Now I know your mama she don't like me 'cause I play in a rock and roll band And I know your daddy he don't dig me but he never did understand Papa lowered the boom he locked you in your room I'm comin' to lend a hand I'm comin' to liberate you confiscate you I want to be your man Someday we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny But now you're sad your mama's mad And your papa says he knows that I don't have any money Tell him this is his last chance to get his daughter in a fine romance Because a record company Rosie just gave me big bucks My tires were slashed and I almost crashed but the Lord had mercy My machine she's a dud out stuck in the mud somewhere in the swamps of Jersey Hold on tight stay up all night 'cause Rosie I'm comin' on strong By the time we meet the morning light I will hold you in my arms I know a pretty little place in Southern California down San Diego way There's a little cafe where they play guitars all night and day You can hear them in the back room strummin' So hold tight baby 'cause don't you know daddy's comin' Rosalita jump a little lighter Senorita come sit by my fire I just want to be your lover ain't no liar Rosalita you're my stone desire
6. Thunder Road

   Letra

   The screen door slams Mary's dress waves Like a vision she dances across the porch As the radio plays Roy Orbison singing for the lonely Hey that's me and I want you only Don't turn me home again I just can't face myself alone again Don't run back inside darling you know just what I'm here for So you're scared and you're thinking That maybe we ain't that young anymore Show a little faith, there's magic in the night You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright Oh and that's alright with me You can hide `neath your covers And study your pain Make crosses from your lovers Throw roses in the rain Waste your summer praying in vain For a savior to rise from these streets Well now I'm no hero That's understood All the redemption I can offer, girl Is beneath this dirty hood With a chance to make it good somehow Hey what else can we do now Except roll down the window And let the wind blow back your hair Well the night's busting open These two lanes will take us anywhere We got one last chance to make it real To trade in these wings on some wheels Climb in back Heaven's waiting on down the tracks Oh oh come take my hand Riding out tonight to case the promised land Oh oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road oh Thunder Road Lying out there like a killer in the sun Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run Oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold Thunder Road Well I got this guitar And I learned how to make it talk And my car's out back If you're ready to take that long walk >From your front porch to my front seat The door's open but the ride it ain't free And I know you're lonely For words that I ain't spoken But tonight we'll be free All the promises'll be broken There were ghosts in the eyes Of all the boys you sent away They haunt this dusty beach road In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets They scream your name at night in the street Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet And in the lonely cool before dawn You hear their engines roaring on But when you get to the porch they're gone On the wind, so Mary climb in It's a town full of losers And I'm pulling out of here to win.
7. Born to Run
   Vídeo Letra

   

   In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American Dream At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines Sprung from cages on Highway Nine Chrome wheeled, fuel injected and steppin’ out over the line Oh, baby, this town rips the bones from your back It’s a death trap, it's a suicide rap We gotta get out while we’re young Cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run Yes, girl, we are Wendy, let me in I wanna be your friend I wanna guard your dreams and visions Just wrap your legs ‘round these velvet rims And strap your hands ‘cross my engines Together we could break this trap We’ll run till we drop, baby we’ll never go back Oh, will you walk with me out on the wire? Cause baby I'm just a scared and lonely rider But I gotta know how it feels I wanna know if love is wild, babe, I wanna know if love is real Oh, can ya show me Huh, sax (Sax Solo) Beyond the palace, hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard Girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors And the boys try to look so hard The amusement park rises bold and stark Kids are huddled on the beach in the mist I wanna die with ya, Wendy, on the street tonight In an everlastin’ kiss, ha (Guitar Solo) One, two, three, four The highway’s jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive Well, everybody’s out on the run tonight, but there's no place left to hide Together Wendy we can live with the sadness I’ll love you with all the madness in my soul Oh, someday girl, I don't know when we’re gonna get to that place Where we really wanna go and we’ll walk in the sun But till then, tramps like us, baby, we were born to run Come on, Honey, tramps like us Baby, we were born to run Come on Wendy, tramps like us Baby, we were born to run Whoa, a-whoa, mmm, mmm, ahh, ahh, aah Whoa, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oo, ooo Mmm, mmm, whoa, ooo, ooo, whoa, oh, oh, oh, ooo, ooo
8. Jungleland

   Letra

   The Rangers had a homecomin’ in Harlem late last night And the Magic Rat drove his sleek machine, over the Jersey state line Barefoot Girl sitting on the hood of a Dodge Drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain The Rat pulls into town rolls up his pants Together they take a stab at romance And disappear down Flamingo Lane Well, the maximum lawman run down Flamingo Chasing the Rat and the Barefoot Girl And the kids ‘round here, look just like shadows Always quiet, holding hands From the churches to the jails Tonight all is silence in the world, as we take our stand Down in Jungleland The midnight gangs assembled And picked a rendezvous for the night They'll meet 'neath that giant Exxon sign That brings this fair city light Man, there's an opera out on the turnpike There's a ballet being fought out in the alley Until the local cop, cherry top, rips this holy night The street’s alive as debts are paid Contacts made, they vanished unseen Kids flash guitars just like switch-blades Hustling for the record machine The hungry and the hunted Explode into rock ‘n roll bands That face off against each other out in the street Down in Jungleland (Guitar solo) In the parking lot the visionaries dress in the latest rage Inside the backstreet girls Are dancing to the records that the D. J. plays Lonely-hearted lovers struggle in dark corners Desperate as the night moves on Just a look and a whisper, and they're gone (Soulful Sax Solo) Beneath the city two hearts beat Soul engines runnin’ through a night so tender In a bedroom locked In whispers of soft, refusal, and then surrender In the tunnels uptown The Rat’s own dream guns him down As shots echo down them hallways in the night No one watches, when the ambulance pulls away Or, as the girl shuts out the bedroom light Outside, the street’s on fire in a real death waltz Between what’s flesh and what's fantasy And then poets down here, don't write nothin’ at all They just stand back and let it all be And in the quick of the night They reach for their moment And try to make an honest stand But they wind up wounded, not even dead Tonight in Jungleland
9. Badlands

   Letra

   There’re lights out tonight, trouble in the heartland Got a head-on collision, smashin’ in my guts, man I'm caught in a crossfire, that I don't understand But there's one thing I know for sure, girl I don't give a damn for the same old played out scenes Honey, I don't give a damn, for just the in-betweens Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul, I want control right now You better listen to me, baby Talk about a dream; try to make it real You wake up in the night, with a fear so real You spend your life waitin’ for a moment, that just don't come Well, don't waste your time waiting Badlands, you’ve gotta live it every day Let the broken hearts stand As the price you’ve gotta pay Keep pushin’ until it's understood And these badlands start treating us good Workin’ in the field Till you get your back burned Workin’ 'neath the wheels Till you get your facts learned Baby, I got my facts, learned real good right now You better get it straight, darling Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king And a king ain’t satisfied, till he rules everything I wanna go out tonight, I wanna find out what I got Now, I believe in the love that you gave me I believe in the faith, that could save me I believe in the hope and I pray that someday it Will raise me above these Badlands, you’ve gotta live it every day Let the broken hearts stand As the price you’ve gotta pay Keep pushin’ till it's understood And these badlands start treating us good Whoa, whoa, whoa (Guitar & Sax Solo) Mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmm Mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmm Mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmm Mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmm For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside That it ain’t no sin to be glad you're alive I wanna find one face, that ain’t looking through me I wanna find one place, I wanna spit in the face of these Badlands, you’ve gotta live it every day Let the broken hearts stand As the price you’ve gotta pay Keep pushin’ until it's understood And these badlands start treating us good A-whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa Badlands, a-whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa Badlands, a-whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa Badlands, a-whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa Badlands, a-whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa Badlands, a-whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
10. Darkness on the Edge of Town

    Letra

    Well, they're still racing out at the trestles But, that blood it never burned in her veins Now, I hear she's got a house up in Fairview In a style she's trying to maintain Well, if she wants to see me You can tell her that I'm easily found Tell her, there's a spot out 'neath Abram's Bridge And tell her there's a darkness on the edge of town There’s a darkness on the edge of town Well, everybody's got a secret, Sonny Somethin’ that they just can't face Some folks spend their whole lives trying to keep it They carry it with them every step that they take Till someday, they just cut it loose Cut it loose or let it drag 'em down Where no one asks any questions Or looks too long at your face In the darkness on the edge of town In the darkness on the edge of town (Guitar Solo) Now some folks are born into a good life And other folks get it anyway, anyhow And I lost my money and I lost my wife Them things don't seem to matter much to me now Tonight I'll be on that hill 'cause I can't stop I'll be on that hill with everything I got Well, lives on the line where dreams are found and lost I'll be there on time and I'll pay the cost For wantin’ things that can only be found In the darkness on the edge of town In the darkness on the edge of town
11. The Promised Land

    Letra

    On a rattlesnake speedway in the Utah desert I pick up my money and head back into town Driving cross the Waynesboro county line I got the radio on and I'm just killing time Working all day in my daddy's garage Driving all night chasing some mirage Pretty soon little girl I'm gonna take charge The dogs on Main Street holw 'cause they understand If I could take one moment into my hands Mister I ain't a boy no I'm a man And I believe in a promised land I've done my best to live the right way I get up every morning and go to work each day But your eyes go blind and your blood runs cold Sometimes I feel so weak I just want to explode Explode and tear this town apart Take a knife and cut this pain from my heart Find somebody itching for something to start The dogs on Main Street holw 'cause they understand If I could take one moment into my hands Mister I ain't a boy no I'm a man And I believe in a promised land There's a dark cloud rising from the desert floor I packed my bags and I'm heading straight into the storm Gonna be a twister to blow everything down That ain't got the faith to stand its ground Blow away the dreams that tear you apart Blow away the dreams that break your heart Blow away the lies that leave you nothing but lost and broken hearted The dogs on Main Street holw 'cause they understand If I could take one moment into my hands Mister I ain't a boy no I'm a man And I believe in a promised land
12. The River

    Letra

    I come from down in the valley Where mister, when you're young They bring you up to do like your daddy done Me and Mary we met in high school When she was just seventeen We'd drive out of this valley down to where the fields weregreen We'd go down to the river And into the river we'd dive Oh down to the river we'd ride Then I got Mary pregnant And, man, that was all she wrote And for my 19th birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat We went down to the courthouse And the judge put it all to rest No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle No flowers, no wedding dress That night we went down to the river And into the river we'd dive Oh down to the river we did ride I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy Now all them things that seemed so important Well mister they vanished right into the air Now I just act like I don't remember Mary acts like she don't care But I remember us riding in my brother's car Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir At night on them banks I'd lie awake And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take Now those memories come back to haunt me They haunt me like a curse Is a dream a lie if it don't come true Or is it something worse That sends me Down to the river Though I know the river is dry That sends me down to the river tonight Down to the river My baby and I Oh down to the river we ride
13. Hungry Heart

    Letra

    Yeah, come on, ah Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack I went out for a ride and I never went back Like a river that don't know where it's flowin’ I took a wrong turn and I just kept goin’ Everybody’s got a hungry heart Everybody’s got a hungry heart Lay down your money and ya play your part Everybody’s got a hungry heart I met her in a Kingstown bar We fell in love, I knew it had to end We took what we had and we ripped it apart Now here I am, down in Kingstown, again Everybody’s got a hungry heart Everybody’s got a hungry heart Lay down your money and ya play your part Everybody’s got a hungry heart (Instrumental Break) Everybody needs a place to rest Everybody wants to have a home Don't make no difference what nobody says Ain’t nobody like to be alone Oh yeah, everybody’s got a hungry heart Everybody’s got a hungry heart Lay down your money and ya play your part Everybody’s got a hungry heart (Everybody’s got a hungry heart) Oh, yeah (Everybody’s got a hungry heart) (Lay down your money and ya play your part) Oh, yeah (Everybody’s got a hungry heart) Oh, yeah, yeah, na, na, na, na, oh, yeah Oh, yeah, na, na, na, na, na Oh, yeah, mmm, mmm...
14. Nebraska

    Letra

    I saw her standin' on her front lawn Just a-twirlin' her baton Me and her went for a ride, sir And ten innocent people died From the town of Lincoln, Nebraska With a sawed-off .410 on my lap Through to the badlands of Wyoming I killed everything in my path I can't say that I'm sorry For the things that we done At least for a little while, sir Me and her we had us some fun The jury brought in a guilty verdict And the judge, he sentenced me to death Midnight in prision storeroom With leather straps across my chest Sheriff, when the man pulls That switch, sir, and snaps my poor neck back You make sure my pretty baby Is sittin' right there on my lap They declared me unfit to live Said into that great void my soul'd be hurled They wanted to know why I did what I did Well sir, I guess there's just a meanness in this world
15. Atlantic City

    Letra

    Well, they blew up the chicken man in philly last night Now, they blew up his house, too Down on the boardwalk they're gettin ready for a fight Gonna see what them racket boys can do Now, there's trouble bustin in from outta state And the D. A. Can't get no relief Gonna be a rumble out on the promenade And the gamblin commissions hangin on by the skin of his teeth Well now, evrything dies, baby, that's a fact But maybe evrything that dies someday comes back Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty And meet me tonight in atlantic city Well, I got a job and tried to put my money away But I got debts that no honest man can pay So I drew what I had from the central trust And I bought us two tickets on that coast city bus Now, baby, evrything dies, honey, that's a fact... Now our luck may have died and our love may be cold But with you forever I'll stay Were goin out where the sands turnin to gold Put on your stockins baby, 'cause the nights getting cold And maybe evrything dies, baby, that's a fact But maybe evrything that dies someday comes back Now, I been lookin for a job, but it's hard to find Down here it's just winners and losers and don't Get caught on the wrong side of that line Well, I'm tired of comin out on the losin end So, honey, last night I met this guy and I'm gonna Do a little favor for him Well, I guess everything dies, baby, that's a fact...

Disco 2

1. Born in the U.S.A.
   Vídeo Letra

   

   Born down in a dead man's town The first kick I took was when I hit the ground You end up like a dog that's been beat too much Till you spend half your life just covering up Born in the U.S.A I was born in the U.S.A I was born in the U.S.A Born in the U.S.A Got in a little hometown jam So they put a rifle in my hand Sent me off to a foreign land To go and kill the yellow man Born in the U.S.A I was born in the U.S.A. ah! Born in the U.S.A I was born in the U.S.A Come back home to the refinery Hiring man says: son if it was up to me Went down to see my v.a. man He said: son, don't you understand now Had a brother at Khe Sahn fighting off the Viet Cong They're still there he's all gone He had a woman he loved in Saigon I got a picture of him in her arms now Down in the shadow of penitentiary Out by the gas fires of the refinery I'm ten years burning down the road Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go Born in the U.S.A I was born in the U.S.A. now Born in the U.S.A I'm long gone daddy in the U.S.A. now Born in the U.S.A Born in the U.S.A Born in the U.S.A I'm a cool rocking daddy in the U.S.A. now
2. Glory Days
   Vídeo Letra

   

   I had a friend was a big baseball player Back in high school He could throw that speedball by you Make you look like a fool boy Saw him the other night at this roadside bar I was walking in, he was walking out We went back inside sat down had a few drinks But all he kept talking about was Chorus: Glory days well they'll pass you by Glory days in the wink of a young girl's eye Glory days, glory days Well there's a girl that lives up the block Back in school she could turn all the boy's heads Sometimes on a friday i'll stop by And have a few drinks after she put her kids to bed Her and her husband bobby well they split up I guess it's two years gone by now We just sit around talking about the old times, She says when she feels like crying She starts laughing thinking about Chorus My old man worked 20 years on the line And they let him go Now everywhere he goes out looking for work They just tell him that he's too old I was 9 nine years old and he was working at the Metuchen ford plant assembly line Now he just sits on a stool down at the legion hall But I can tell what's on his mind Glory days yeah goin back Glory days aw he ain't never had Glory days, glory days Now I think I'm going down to the well tonight And I'm going to drink till I get my fill And I hope when I get old I don't sit around thinking about it But I probably will Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture A little of the glory of, well time slips away And leaves you with nothing mister but Boring stories of glory days Chorus (repeat twice) Assorted all rights, oh yeahs, come on nows, hoots, etc til fade
3. Dancing in the Dark
   Vídeo Letra

   

   I get up in the evening, and I ain't got nothing to say I come home in the morning, I go to bed feeling the same way I ain't nothing but tired, man I'm just tired and bored with myself Hey there baby, I could use just a little help [Chorus:] You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark Message just keep getting clearer, radio's on and I'm moving round my place I check my look in the mirror wanna change my clothes my hair my face Man I ain't getting nowhere I'm just livin in a dump like this There's something happening somewhere baby I just know that there is [Chorus:] You sit around getting older there's a joke here somewhere and it's on me I'll shake this world off my shoulders come on baby the laughs on me Stay on the streets of this town and they'll be carving you up alright They say you got to stay hungry hey baby I'm just about starving tonight I'm dying for some action I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write This book I need a love reaction come on baby give me just one look [Chorus:] You can't start a fire, sittin' 'round cryin' over a broken heart This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark You can't start a fire, worryin' about your little world falling apart This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark Even if we're just dancing in the dark Even if we're just dancing in the dark Even if we're just dancing in the dark Hey baby!
4. Tunnel of Love
   Vídeo Letra

   

   Fat man sitting on a little stool Takes the money from my hand while his eyes take a walk all over you Hands me two tickets smiles and whispers good luck Cuddle up angel cuddle up my little dove We'll ride down baby into this tunnel of love I can feel the soft silk of your blouse And them soft thrills in our little fun house Then the lights go out and it's just the three of us You me and all that stuff we're so scared of Gotta ride down baby into this tunnel of love There's a crazy mirror showing us both in 5-D I'm laughing at you you're laughing at me There's a room of shadows that gets so dark brother It's easy for two people to lose each other in this tunnel of love It ought to be easy ought to be simple enough Man meets a woman and they fall in love But the house is haunted and the ride gets rough And you've got to learn to live with what you can't rise above if you want to ride on down in through this tunnel of love
5. Brilliant Disguise
   Vídeo Letra

   

   I hold you in my arms as the band plays What are those words whispered baby just as you turn away I saw you last night out on the edge of town I wanna read your mind and know just what I've got in this new thing I've found So tell me what I see when I look in your eyes Is that you baby or just a brilliant disguise I heard somebody call your name from underneath our willow I saw something tucked in shame underneath your pillow Well I've tried so hard baby but I just can't see What a woman like you is doing with me So tell me what I see when I look in your eyes Is that you baby or just a brilliant disguise Now look at me baby struggling to do everything right And then it all falls apart when out go the lights I'm just a lonely pilgrim I walk this world in wealth I want to know if it's you I don't trust cause I damn sure don't trust Myself Now you play the loving woman I'll play the faithful man But just don't look too close into the palm of my hand We stood at the alter the gypsy swore our future was right But come the wee wee hours maybe baby the gypsy lied So when you look at me you better look hard and look twice Is that me baby or just a brilliant disguise Tonight our bed is cold I'm lost in the darkness of our love God have mercy on the man Who doubts what he's sure of
6. Human Touch

   Letra

   You and me we were the pretenders We let it all slip away In the end what you don't surrender Well the world just strips away Girl, aint no kindness in the face of strangers Aint gonna find no miracles here Well you can wait on your blesses my darling I got a deal for you right here I aint looking for praise or pity I aint coming round searching for a crutch I just want someone to talk to And a little of that human touch Just a little of that human touch Aint no mercy on the streets of this town Aint no bread from heavenly skies Aint nobody drawing wine from this blood Its just you and me tonight Tell me, in a world without pity Do you think what I'm askins too much I just want something to hold on to And a little of that human touch Just a little of that human touch Oh girl that feeling of safety that you prize Well it comes at a hard hard price You can't shut off the risk and the pain Without losing the love that remains Were all riders on this train So youve been broken and youve been hurt Show me somebody who aint Yeah, I know I aint nobodys bargain But, hell, a little touch up and a little paint... You might need something to hold on to When all the answers, they don't amount to much Somebody that you could just to talk to And a little of that human touch Baby, in a world without pity Do you think what I'm askins too much I just want to feel you in my arms Share a little of that human touch Feel a little of that human touch Give me a little of that human touch
7. Living Proof

   Letra

   Well now on a summer night in a dusky room Come a little piece of the Lord's undying light Crying like he swallowed the fiery moon In his mother's arms it was all the beauty I could take Like the missing words to some prayer that I could never make In a world so hard and dirty so fouled and confused Searching for a little bit of God's mercy I found living proof I put my heart and soul I put 'em high upon a shelf Right next to the faith the faith that I'd lost in myself I went down into the desert city Just tryin' so hard to shed my skin I crawled deep into some kind of darkness Lookin' to burn out every trace of who I'd been You do some sad sad things baby When it's you you're tryin' to lose You do some sad and hurtful things I've seen living proof You shot through my anger and rage To show me my prison was just an open cage There were no keys no guards Just one frightened man and some old shadows for bars Well now all that's sure on the boulevard Is that life is just a house of cards As fragile as each and every breath Of this boy sleepin' in our bed Tonight let's lie beneath the eaves Just a close band of happy thieves And when that train comes we'll get on board And steal what we can from the treasures treasures of the Lord It's been a long long drought baby Tonight the rain's pourin' down on our roof Looking for a little bit of God's mercy I found living proof
8. Lucky Town

   Letra

   House got too crowded clothes got too tight And I don't know just where I'm going tonight Out where the sky's been cleared by a good hard rain There's somebody callin' my secret name I'm going down to Lucky Town Going down to Lucky Town I wanna lose these blues I've found Down in Lucky Town Down in Lucky Town Had a coat of fine leather and snakeskin boots But that coat always had a thread hangin' to loose Well I pulled it one night and to my surprise It led me right past your house and on over the rise I'm going down to Lucky Town Down to Lucky Town I'm gonna lose these blues I've found Down in Lucky Town Down in Lucky Town I had some victory that was just failure in deceit Now the joke's comin' up through the soles of my feet I been a long time walking on fortune's cane Tonight I'm sleepin' lightly and feelin' no pain Well here's to your good looks baby now here's to my health Here's to the loaded places that we take ourselves When it comes to luck you make your own Tonight I got to dirt on my hands but I'm building me a new home Down in Lucky Town Down in Lucky Town I'm gonna lose these blues I've found Down in Lucky Town
9. Streets of Philadelphia
   Vídeo Letra

   

   I was bruised and battered and I couldn't tell what I felt I was unrecognizable to myself I saw my reflection in a window I didn't know my own face Oh, brother, are you gonna leave me wastin' away On, the streets of Philadelphia I walked the avenue till my legs felt like stone I heard the voices of friends vanished and gone At night I could hear the blood in my veins Just as black and whispering as the rain On the streets of Philadelphia Ain't no angel gonna greet me It's just you and I my friend My clothes don´t fit me no more I walked a thousand miles Just to slip the skin The night has fallen, I´m lyin´awake I can feel myself fading away So receive me brother with your faithless kiss Or will we leave each other alone like this On the streets of Philadelphia
10. The Ghost of Tom Joad

    Letra

    Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks Goin' someplace there's no goin' back Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge Shelter line stretchin' 'round the corner Welcome to the new world order Families sleepin' in their cars in the Southwest No home no job no peace no rest The highway is alive tonight But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag Waitin' for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass Got a one-way ticket to the promised land You got a hole in your belly and gun in your hand Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock Bathin' in the city aqueduct The highway is alive tonight Where it's headed everybody knows I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Waitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad Now Tom said "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred in the air Look for me Mom I'll be there Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand Or decent job or a helpin' hand Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free Look in their eyes Mom you'll see me." Well the highway is alive tonight But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light With the ghost of old Tom Joad
11. The Rising

    Letra

    Can't see nothin' in front of me Can't see nothin' coming up behind I make my way through this darkness I can't feel nothing but this chain that binds me Lost track of how far I've gone How far I've gone, how high I've climbed On my back's a sixty pound stone On my shoulder a half mile line Come on up for the rising Com on up, lay your hands in mine Come on up for the rising Come on up for the rising tonight Left the house this morning Bells ringing filled the air Wearin' the cross of my calling On wheels of fire I come rollin' down here Come on up for the rising Come on up, lay your hands in mine Come on up for the rising Come on up for the rising tonight Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li Spirits above and behind me Faces gone, black eyes burnin' bright May their precious blood forever bind me Lord as I stand before your fiery light Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li I see you Mary in the garden In the garden of a thousand sighs There's holy pictures of our children Dancin' in a sky filled with light May I feel your arms around me May I feel your blood mix with mine A dream of life comes to me Like a catfish dancin' on the end of the line Sky of blackness and sorrow ( a dream of life) Sky of love, sky of tears (a dream of life) Sky of glory and sadness ( a dream of life) Sky of mercy, sky of fear ( a dream of life) Sky of memory and shadow ( a dream of life) Your burnin' wind fills my arms tonight Sky of longing and emptiness (a dream of life) Sky of fullness, sky of blessed life ( a dream of life) Come on up for the rising Come on up, lay your hands in mine Come on up for the rising Come on up for the rising tonight Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li
12. My City of Ruins

    Letra

    There is a blood red circle On the cold dark ground And the rain is falling down The church door's thrown open I can hear the organ's song But the congregation's gone My city of ruins My city of ruins Now the sweet bells of mercy Drift through the evening trees Young men on the corner Like scattered leaves, The boarded up windows, The empty streets While my brother's down on his knees My city of ruins My city of ruins Come on, rise up! Come on, rise up! Come on, rise up! Come on, rise up! Come on, rise up! Come on, rise up! Now's there's tears on the pillow Darlin' where we slept And you took my heart when you left Without your sweet kiss My soul is lost, my friend Tell me how do I begin again? My city's in ruins My city's in ruins Now with these hands, With these hands, With these hands, I pray Lord With these hands, With these hands, I pray for the strength, Lord With these hands, With these hands, I pray for the faith, Lord We pray for your love, Lord We pray for the lost, Lord We pray for this world, Lord We pray for the strength, Lord We pray for the strength, Lord Come on Come on Come on, rise up Come on, rise up Come on, rise up Come on, rise up Come on, rise up Come on, rise up Come on, rise up Come on, rise up Come on, rise up
13. Lonesome Day

    Letra

    Once I thought I knew Everything I needed to know about you Your sweet whisper, Your tender touch But I didn't really know that much Joke's on me, It's gonna be okay If I can just get through this lonesome day Hell's brewin' dark sun's on the rise This storm'll blow through by and by House is on fire, Viper's in the grass A little revenge and this too shall pass This too shall pass, I'm gonna pray Right now all I got's this lonesome day It's allright? It's allright? It's allright Better ask questions before you shoot Deceit and betrayals bitter fruit It's hard to swallow, come time to pay That taste on your tongue don't easily slip away Let kingdom come I'm gonna find my way Through this lonesome day
14. American Skin (41 Shots)
15. Land of Hope and Dreams

    Letra

    Oh this train... I'm ridin' this train... Don't you wanna ride? Grab your ticket and your suitcase Thunder's rollin' down this track Well, you don't know where you're goin' now But you know you won't be back Well darlin' if you're weary Lay your head upon my chest We'll take what we can carry And we'll leave the rest Big wheels rolls through fields where sunlight streams Meet me in a land of hope and dreams 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 Leave behind your sorrows Let this day be the last Tomorrow there'll be sunshine And all this darkness past Big wheels roll through fields where sunlight streams Meet me in a land of hope and dreams Well, 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 singin' This train Bells of freedom ringin' 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 This train All aboard I said now, this train Dreams will not be thwarted This train Faith will be rewarded This train Hear the steel wheels singin' This train Bells of freedom ringin' Come on this train... People get ready You don't need no ticket All you gotta do is Just get on board On board this train People get ready You don't need no ticket (Oh I know you don't) You don't need no ticket You just get on board (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