bruce springsteen lyric bot

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 'Til you spend half your life just coverin' up

He rides headfirst into a hurricane and disappears into a point And there's nothin' left but some blood where the body fell That is, nothin' left that you could sell Just junk all across the horizon, a real highwayman's farewell

I live now, only with strangers I talk to only strangers I walk with angels that have no place And so don't look at my face Don't, don't come around my place 'Cause I'm strung out on the wire

He was standin' in the door I was standin' in the rain With the same hot blood burning in our veins

In the Bible brother Cain slew Abel And East of Eden mama he was cast You're born into this life paying For the sins of somebody else's past

But I gotta know how it feels I want to know if love is wild, babe I want to know if love is real Oh, can you show me?

'Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run

And tell her There's a darkness on the edge of town There's a darkness on the edge of town

For all the shut-down strangers and hot rod angels Rumbling through this promised land Tonight my baby and me we’re gonna ride to the sea And wash these sins off our hands

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

And you're in love with all the wonder it brings And every muscle in your body sings as the highway ignites You work nine to five and somehow you survive 'til the night

And I'm driving a stolen car Down on Eldridge Avenue Each night I wait to get caught But I never do

When the promise is broken You go on living, but it steals something from down in your soul Like when the truth is spoken, and it don't make no difference Something in your heart turns cold

Well the kids down there are either dancing or hooked up in a scuffle Dressed in snakeskin suits packed with Detroit muscle They're doing the E Street Shuffle

Together, Wendy, we can live with the sadness I'll love you with all the madness in my soul

Badlands, you gotta live it everyday Let the broken hearts stand as the price you've gotta pay

I live now, only with strangers I talk to only strangers I walk with angels that have no place And so don't look at my face Don't, don't come around my place 'Cause I'm strung out on the wire

I had skin like leather and the diamond-hard look of a cobra I was born blue and weathered but I burst just like a supernova I could walk like Brando right into the sun Then dance just like a Casanova

That thunder in your heart At night when you're kneeling in the dark It says you're never gonna leave her But there's this angel in her eyes That tells such desperate lies And all you want to do is believe her

And I'm driving a stolen car On a pitch black night And I'm telling myself I'm gonna be alright But I ride by night and I travel in fear That in this darkness I will disappear