My Best was never good enough Bruce Springsteen

The tough, now they get going, when the going gets tough But for you my best was never good enough "Now don't try for a home run, baby If you can get the job done with a hit" Remember, "A quitter

Reno Bruce Springsteen

" My eyes drifted out the window And down to the road below I felt my stomach tighten As the sun bloodied the sky And sliced through hotel blinds I closed my eyes Sunlight on the Amatitlan

Good Eye Bruce Springsteen

I was standing by the river Where the cold black water runs I was standing by the river Where the cold black water runs I had my good eye to the dark And my blind eye to the sun I had all of the

Ain't Good Enough For You Bruce Springsteen

Springsteen Well, you don't like, don't like the way I walk And you don't like, don't like the way I talk You criticize about me endlessly Logic defies how you get stuck with me.

In Freehold Bruce Springsteen

, black or brown It was a pretty red neck town Back there in Freehold Well, now something broke my daddy's back in Freehold He left, and for thirty years he'd never come back Except once he drove

EVACUATION OF THE WEST Bruce Springsteen

It was on the day the cowboys were abandoned from the ranch (It was on the day the cowboys were banned from the range) Middle touch world as a master (Metal touched the world as a master) They rode

When You're Alone Bruce Springsteen

Times were tough love was not enough So you said sorry Johnny I'm gone gone gone You said my act was funny But we both knew what was missing honey So you let out on your own Now that pretty form that

Mary Queen of Arkansas Bruce Springsteen

Mary Queen of Arkansas Mary Queen of Arkansas, It's not too early for dreamin' The sky is grown with cloud seed sown And a bastard's love can be redeeming Mary, my Queen, your soft hulk is reviving

Two Hearts Bruce Springsteen

I went out walking the other day Seen a little girl crying along the way She'd been hurt so bad said she'd never love again Someday your crying girl will end And you'll find once again (Chorus

FAMILY SONG Bruce Springsteen

And I guess you could say it took California to bring us close There was a lot of hard livin' and some stone cold women on the east coast And I saw my papa turn away when I need him most And California

Loose Ends Bruce Springsteen

We met out on open streets when we had no place to go I remember how my heart beat when you said I love you so Then little by little we choked out all the life that our love could hold Oh no CHORUS

My Hometown Bruce Springsteen

I was eight years old, and runnin\' with A dime in my hand To the bus stop, to pick up a paper For my old man I\'d sit in his lap In that big old Buick And steer as we drove through town He\'d tossle

Silver Palomino Bruce Springsteen

I was barely 13 years old She came out of the Guadalupe's on a night so cold Her coat was frosted diamonds in the sallow moon's glow My silver palomino Sixteen hands from her withers to the ground

Take 'Em As They Come Bruce Springsteen

Last night I dreamed we was running through the outlands Tears streaming, your pretty face all a wreck (I held your daddy's gun in my tremblin' hands And down the highway another stranger comes You gotta

My Home Town Bruce Springsteen

My Home Town I was eight years old, and runnin' with A dime in my hand To the bus stop, to pick up a paper For my old man I'd sit in his lap In that big old Buick And steer as we drove through

Cindy Bruce Springsteen

love you like I do I try and try You treat me like a fool It makes me wanna cry It makes me feel so blue But I just do, baby, I just do I call you up Just to pass the time Soon as you hear my

The Line Bruce Springsteen

I got my discharge from Fort Irwin took a place on the San Diego county line felt funny bein' a civilian again it'd been some time my wife had died a year ago I was still tryin' to find my way back

Line Bruce Springsteen

I got my discharge from Fort Irwin Took place on the San Diego county line Felt funny bein' a civilian again It'd been some time My wife had died a year ago I was still tryin' to find my way back

The Hitter Bruce Springsteen

Well I was just passin' through and got caught in the rain. There's nothing that I want, nothin' that you need say. Just let me lie down a while and I'll be on my way.

RANDOLPH STREET (MASTER OF ELECTRICITY) Bruce Springsteen

I remember yesterday When I'd sit and watch the hound dogs play Howlin' at the China moon Now yesterday is the busted balloon Life was young and things were easy, Days were short, nights were warm

Highway Patrolman Bruce Springsteen

Highway Patrolman My name is Joe Roberts, I work for the state I'm a Sergeant out of Perrineville, Barracks number eight I always done an honest job, as honest as I could But I got a brother named

My Oklahoma Home Bruce Springsteen

I hollered and I cussed when my land went up in dust, When my Oklahoma farm, it blowed away. It looked so green and fair, when I built my shanty there, I figured I was all set for life.

The River (Live) Bruce Springsteen

And I'd tuck my hair down in my collar, and I'd walk in, and he'd call me back to sit down with him. The first thing he'd always ask me was what did I think I was doing with myself?

Out in the Street Bruce Springsteen

Put on your best dress baby And darlin', fix your hair up right Cause there's a party, honey Way down beneath the neon lights All day you've been working that hard line Now tonight you're gonna

Youngstown Bruce Springsteen

Youngstown Here in Northeast Ohio Back in eighteen oh three James and Dan Heaton Found the ore that was linin Yellow Creek They built a blast furnace Here near the shore And they made the cannonballs

Jesus Was An Only Son Bruce Springsteen

Jesus was an only son As he walked up Calvary Hill His mother Mary walking beside him In the path where his blood spilled Jesus was an only son In the hills of Nazareth As he lay reading the Psalms

Wrecking Ball Bruce Springsteen

I was raised out of steel here in the swamps of Jersey some misty years ago Through the mud and the beer and the blood and the cheers I've seen champions come and go So if you got the guts mister

A Good Man Is Hard To Find Bruce Springsteen

A Good Man Is Hard To Find It's cloudy out in Pittsburgh It's raining in Saigon Snow's fallin' all across the Michigan Line Well she sits by the lights of the Christmas Tree With the radio softly

Rocky Ground Bruce Springsteen

Rise up Sheppard rise up Your flock has roam far from the hill Stars have faded The sky is still Sun's in the heaven and a new day's rising Ease your muscle and your mind and you pray your best

A Good Man Is Hard To Find (Pittsburgh) Bruce Springsteen

It's cloudy out in Pittsburgh It's raining in Saigon Snow's fallin' all across the Michigan Line Well she sits by the lights of the Christmas Tree With the radio softly on Thinkin' how a good man is so

The New Timer Bruce Springsteen

He rode the rails since the great depression Fifty years out on the skids He said you don't cross nobody You'll be all right out here kid Left my family in Pennsylvania Searchin' for work I hit

New Timer Bruce Springsteen

He rode the rails since the great depression Fifty years out on the skids He said you don't cross nobody You'll be all right out here kid Left my family in Pennsylvania Searchin' for work I hit the

Tunnel Of Love Bruce Springsteen

Fat man sitting on a little stool Takes the money from my hand while his eyes take a walk all over you Hands me the ticket smiles and whispers good luck Cuddle up angel cuddle up my little dove We'll

SOUTHERN SON Bruce Springsteen

Born on the Hudson, twenty-two years gone Bred and raised in the City From my daddy's knee I learned the Union songs Grandma sang lullabies in Dixie And though the Northern winters fills my heart

Tougher Than The Rest Bruce Springsteen

maybe you been watching me too So somebody ran out left somebody's heart in a mess Well if you're looking for love honey I'm tougher than the rest Some girls they want a handsome Dan or some good-lookin

Tougher Than The Rest (Live at LA Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA - April 1988) Bruce Springsteen

you awhile maybe you been watching me too So somebody ran out left somebody's heart in a mess Well if you're looking for love honey I'm tougher than the rest Some girls they want a handsome Dan or some good-lookin

SAD EYES Bruce Springsteen

Every day here you come walking I hold my tongue, I don't do much talking You say you're happy and you're doin' fine Well go ahead, baby, I got plenty of time Sad eyes never lie Sad eyes never lie

Just Like Fire Would (Feat. Tom Morello) Bruce Springsteen

One night in a motel room eyes cast like steel I drank the wine they left on my table I knew the morning was too far I smoked my last pack of foreign cigarettes I stay only to survive the night was dark

Lucky Town Bruce Springsteen

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

Lucky Town (Live at Warner Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, CA - September 1992) Bruce Springsteen

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

Vigilante Man Bruce Springsteen

Rainy night down in the engine house Sleepin' just as still as a mouse A man came along and chase us out in the rain Well was that a vigilante man?

Zero and blind Terry Bruce Springsteen

says these kids are some kind of monsters But Terry says "No, pop, they're just plain heroes" Zero and Terry they found a love that burnes like wildfire Now Terry's daddy understood that this Zero was

Brothers Under the Bridge Bruce Springsteen

Brothers Under the Bridge Saigon, It was all gone The same Coke machines As the streets I grew up on Down in a mesquite canyon We come walkin' along the ridge Me and the brothers under the bridge

Walk Like A Man Bruce Springsteen

I remember how rough your hand felt on mine On my wedding day And the tears cried on my shoulder I couldn't turn away Well so much has happened to me That I don't understand All I can think of

Roulette Bruce Springsteen

We left the toys out in the yard I took my wife and kids and left my home unguarded We packed what we could into the car No one here knows how it started Suddenly everything was just so out of control

I Ain't Got No Home Bruce Springsteen

I ain't got no home, I'm just a ramblin' around Work when I can get it, I roam from town to town The police make it hard wherever I may go And I ain't got no home in this world anymore I was farmin' shares

Independence Day Bruce Springsteen

Mary's gate We wouldn't change this thing even if we could somehow 'Cause the darkness of this house has got the best of us There's a darkness in this town that's got us too But they can't touch me

Incident On 57th Street Bruce Springsteen

side of town Where paradise ain't so crowded There'll be action goin down on Shanty Lane tonight All them golden heeled fairies in a real bitch fight Pull .38's and kiss the girls goodnight Oh good

Growin' Up Bruce Springsteen

I stood stonelike at midnight suspended in my masquerade I combed my hair till it was just right and commanded the night brigade I was open to pain and crossed by the rain and i walked on a crooked crutch

My Father's House Bruce Springsteen

Last night I dreamed that I was a child out where the pines grow wild and tall I was trying to make it home through the forest before the darkness falls I heard the wind rustling through the trees