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Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen, né le 23 septembre 1949 à Long Branch , est un chanteur et auteur-compositeur nord-américain.

Il est l'un des artistes ayant vendu le plus d'albums aux États-Unis avec plus de 64 millions d'albums écoulés. Il en a aussi vendu plus de 120 millions à travers le monde.

Selon le classement établi par le magazine Rolling Stone, il figure à la 36e place parmi les 100 plus grands chanteurs de tous les temps, à la 23e place des plus grands artistes, et est classé 96e meilleur guitariste de tous les temps.

✵ 23. septembre 1949
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Bruce Springsteen: Citations en anglais

“I'm working on a dream,
Though trouble can feel like it's here to stay.
I'm working on a dream;
Our love will chase the trouble away.”

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"Working on a Dream"
Song lyrics, Working on a Dream (2009)

“When I die I don't want no part of heaven.
I would not do heaven's work well.
I pray the devil comes and takes me
To stand in the fiery furnaces of hell.”

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

“Outside the street's on fire in a real death waltz
Between flesh and what's fantasy and the poets down here
Don't write nothing 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.”

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

“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.”

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"Nebraska"
Song lyrics, Nebraska (1982)

“Show a little faith, there's magic in the night;
You ain't a beauty but hey you're all right.”

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"Thunder Road"
Song lyrics, Born to Run (1975)
Contexte: 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 all right.
Oh and that's all right with me.

“We gotta get out while we're young,
'Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run.”

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"Born to Run"
Song lyrics, Born to Run (1975)
Contexte: 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 9,
Chrome-wheeled, fuel-injected
And steppin' out over the line.
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.

“I was gonna be your Romeo you were gonna be my Juliet.
These days you don't wait on Romeo's,
You wait on that welfare check.”

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

“I'm stranded in the jungle,
Taking all the heat they was giving.
The night is dark but the sidewalk's bright
And lined with the light of the living.
From a tenement window a transistor blasts,
Turn around the corner things got real quiet real fast.
She hit me with a Tenth Avenue freeze-out.
Tenth Avenue freeze-out.”

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"Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out"
Song lyrics, Born to Run (1975)

“The first day I can remember looking into a mirror and being able to stand what I saw was the day I had a guitar in my hand.”

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“Now a life of leisure and a pirate's treasure
Don't make much for tragedy.
But it's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin
And can't stand the company.
Every fool's got a reason to feelin' sorry for himself
And turn his heart to stone.
Tonight this fool's halfway to heaven and just a mile outta hell,
And I feel like I'm comin' home.”

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"Better Days"
Song lyrics, Lucky Town (1992)

“Hell's brewin', dark sun's on the rise.
This storm'll blow through by and by.
House is on fire, wiper'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.”

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"Lonesome Day"
Song lyrics, The Rising (2002)

“I got my finger on the trigger
But I don't know who to trust.
When I look into your eyes
There's just devils and dust.
We're a long, long way from home, Bobbie.
Home's a long, long way from us.
I feel a dirty wind blowing
Devils and dust.”

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"Devils & Dust"
Song lyrics, Devils & Dust (2005)

“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.”

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"The Rising"
Song lyrics, The Rising (2002)

“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.”

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

“Spare parts
And broken hearts
Keep the world turnin' around.”

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"Spare Parts"
Song lyrics, Tunnel Of Love (1987)

“Now I don't know what it always was with us.
We chose the words, and yeah, we drew the lines.
There was just no way this house could hold the two of us.
I guess that we were just too much of the same kind.”

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

“Badlands, you gotta live it everyday.
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay.
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good.”

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

“Well, no cannon ball did fly, no rifles cut us down.
No bombs fell from the sky, no blood soaked the ground.
No powder flash blinded the eye.
No deathly thunder sounded.
But just as sure as the hand of God,
They brought death to my hometown.
They brought death to my hometown.”

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"Death to My Hometown"
Song lyrics, Wrecking Ball (2012)

“Everybody's got a secret Sonny,
Something 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 some day they just cut it loose.
Cut it loose or let it drag 'em down
Where no one asks any questions,
Or looks too long in your face
In the darkness on the edge of town.”

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

“Is it a gun, is it a knife?
Is it a wallet, this is your life?
It ain't no secret,
It ain't no secret,
No secret my friend.
You can get killed just for living
In your American skin.”

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"American Skin"
Song lyrics, High Hopes (2014)

“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.”

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

“You can't start a fire, sitting 'round crying over a broken heart.
This gun's for hire,
Even if we're just dancing in the dark.
You can't start a fire, worrying about your little world falling apart.
This gun's for hire,
Even if we're just dancing in the dark.”

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"Dancing in the Dark"
Song lyrics, Born in the U.S.A. (1984)

“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 flowing,
I took a wrong turn and I just kept going”

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

“I was tryin' to find my way home,
But all I heard was a drone
Bouncing off a satellite,
Crushin' the last lone American night.
This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?
This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?”

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"Radio Nowhere"
Song lyrics, Magic (2007)

“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.”

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"Streets of Philadelphia", from the soundtrack to the film Philadelphia (1994)
Song lyrics, Singles

“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.”

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"The Rising"
Song lyrics, The Rising (2002)

“Well now you say you've found another man who does things to you that I can't,
And that no matter what I do it's all over now between me and you girl.
But I can't believe what you say;
No I can't believe what you say 'cause babyI don't wanna fade away.
Oh I don't wanna fade away.
Tell me what can I do, what can I say
'Cause darlin' I don't wanna fade away.”

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

“So I bought a.44 magnum, it was solid steel cast.
And in the blessed name of Elvis well I just let it blast.
'Til my TV lay in pieces there at my feet
And they busted me for disturbin' the almighty peace.
Judge said "What you got in your defense son?"
"Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on."
I can see by your eyes friend you're just about gone.
Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on…
Fifty-seven channels and nothin'”

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"57 Channels"
Song lyrics, Human Touch (1992)

“Some guys they just give up living,
And start dying little by little, piece by piece.
Some guys come home from work and wash up
And go racin' in the street.Tonight, tonight the strip's just right.
I wanna blow 'em all out of their seats.
Calling out around the world, we're going racin' in the street.”

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"Racing in the Street"
Song lyrics, Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)

“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.
I strolled all alone through a fallout zone and came out with my soul untouched.”

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"Growin' Up"
Song lyrics, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)

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