bruce springsteen :: milan 2013

Together we could break this trap
We'll run till we drop, baby we'll never go back
  Walk with me out on the wire
  I'm just a scared and lonely rider
and I gotta know out how it feels

I want to know if love is wild, I want to know if love is real

the boss & mrs. boss

Have you ever seen a one trick pony in the field so happy and free?

If you've ever seen a one trick pony then you've seen me

Have you ever seen a one legged dog makin' his way down the street?

If you've ever seen a one legged dog then you've seen me

(Then you've seen me) I come and stand at every door

(Then you've seen me) I always leave with less than I had before

(Then you've seen me) but I can make you smile when the blood it hits the floor

Tell me friend can you ask for anything more

Tell me friend can you ask for anything more

Have you ever seen a scarecrow filled with nothing but dust and weeds?

If you've ever seen that scarecrow then you've seen me

Have you ever seen a one armed man punchin' at nothing but the breeze?

If you've ever seen a one armed man then you've seen me

(Then you've seen me) I come and stand at every door

(Then you've seen me) I always leave with less than I had before

(Then you've seen me) but I can make you smile when the blood it hits the floor

Tell me friend can you ask for anything more

Tell me friend can you ask for anything more

These things that have comforted me I drive away

This place that is my home I cannot stay

My only faith is in the broken bones and bruises I display

Have you ever seen a one legged man tryin' to dance his way free?

If you've ever seen a one legged man then you've seen me

/Bruce Springsteen: The Wrestler/

 pure love

(bruce & patti: tougher than the rest)

best concert ever!
bruce, NY, 1978

I've tried so hard baby but I just can't see

what a woman like you is doing with me

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

 

the boss 

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

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That night we went down to the river

And into the river we'd dive

Oh down to the river we did ride

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Thunder Road


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 saviour 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
We're riding out tonight to case the promised land
Oh-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 town full of losers
And I'm pulling out of here to win


by Bruce Springsteen