Bruce Springsteen: Trending quotes (page 5)

“And the world is busting at its seams;
And you're just a prisoner of your dreams.
Holding on for your life 'cause you work all day
To blow 'em away in the night.”

Bruce Springsteen

"Night"
Song lyrics, Born to Run (1975)

Life , World , Dreams , Night

“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.”

Bruce Springsteen

"For You"
Song lyrics, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)

God , Waiting

“Well 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.”

Bruce Springsteen

"The Ghost of Tom Joad"
Song lyrics, The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)

Light

“Rosalita jump a little lighter.
Senorita come sit by my fire.
I just want to be your love, ain't no lie.
Rosalita you're my stone desire.”

Bruce Springsteen

"Rosalita"
Song lyrics, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (1973)

Love , Lie

“They found him shot dead outside Stockton,
His body lyin' on a muddy hill.
Nothin' taken, nothin' stolen;
Somebody killed him just to kill.”

Bruce Springsteen

"The New Timer"
Song lyrics, The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)

Dead

“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.”

Bruce Springsteen

"My City of Ruins"
Song lyrics, The Rising (2002)

“And she was blinded by the light. 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.”

Bruce Springsteen

"Blinded by the Light"
Song lyrics, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)

Light , Night

“We're here to re-dedicate you to The Power, The Passion, The Mystery, and The Ministry of Rock and Roll.”

Bruce Springsteen

Guitar magazine (July 1999)

Passion

“Here everybody has a neighbor,
Everybody has a friend.
Everybody has a reason to begin again.”

Bruce Springsteen

"Long Walk Home"
Song lyrics, Magic (2007)

“And we danced all night to a soul fairy band.
And she kissed me just right like only a lonely angel can.
She felt just right just like as sweet as a spirit in the night.
In the night baby don't know what she do to you?
Spirits in the night, in the night.
Stand up now and let her shoot right through you.”

Bruce Springsteen

"Spirit in the Night"
Song lyrics, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)

Angels , Soul , Kiss , Dance

“Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
Or is it something worse?”

Bruce Springsteen

"The River"
Song lyrics, The River (1980)

Lie , Dreams

“Tend to your flock or they will stray.
We’ll be called for our service come judgment day.
Before we cross that river wide,
The blood on our hands will come back on us twice.”

Bruce Springsteen

"Rocky Ground"
Song lyrics, Wrecking Ball (2012)

“Sometimes it's like someone took a knife baby, edgy and dull
And cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my soul.At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
And a freight train running through the middle of my head.
Only you can cool my desire.
I'm on fire.”

Bruce Springsteen

"I'm on Fire"
Song lyrics, Born in the U.S.A. (1984)

Baby , Training , Night

“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 come take my hand,
We're riding out tonight to case the promised land.
Oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road.
Thunder Road.”

Bruce Springsteen

"Thunder Road"
Song lyrics, Born to Run (1975)

Chance , Waiting , Night

“My father said "Son, we're lucky in this town.
It's a beautiful place to be born.
It just wraps its arms around you.
Nobody crowds you, nobody goes it alone.
That you know flag flying over the courthouse
Means certain things are set in stone:
Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't."”

Bruce Springsteen

"Long Walk Home"
Song lyrics, Magic (2007)

Beauty , Flying

“Poor man want to be rich
Rich man want to be king
And a king ain't satisfied
Till he rules everything.
I want to go out tonight
I want to find out what I got.”

Bruce Springsteen

"Badlands"
Song lyrics, Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)

“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.”

Bruce Springsteen

"Brilliant Disguise"
Song lyrics, Tunnel Of Love (1987)

Love , God

“I been knocking on the door that holds the throne.
I been looking for the map that leads me home.
I been stumbling on good hearts turned to stone.
The road of good intentions has gone dry as a bone.
We take care of our own.
We take care of our own.
Wherever this flag’s flown,
We take care of our own.”

Bruce Springsteen

"We Take Care of Our Own"
Song lyrics, Wrecking Ball (2012)

Home , Heart

“In the Bible Cain slew Abel and East of Eden he was cast.
You're born into this life paying for the sins of somebody else's past.
Daddy worked his whole life for nothing but the pain.
Now he walks these empty rooms looking for something to blame.
You inherit the sins, you inherit the flames.
Adam raised a Cain.”

Bruce Springsteen

"Adam Raised a Cain"
Song lyrics, Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)

Life , Pain , Past

“Come on, rise up! Come on, rise up!”

Bruce Springsteen

"My City of Ruins"
Song lyrics, The Rising (2002)