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It don't matter to me now when the breakdown hit at midnight/There was nothing left to say but I hated him and I hated you when you went away
ANSWER: He's talking about Terry in "Backstreets" from Born to Run He's talking about Terry in "Backstreets" from Born to Run
2 of 9
I think I really dug her 'cause I was too loose to fake/I said, "I'm hurt." She said, "Honey let me heal it"./And we danced all night to a soul fairy band/and she kissed me just right like only a lonely angel can
ANSWER: He's talking about Janey in "Spirit in the Night" from Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. He's talking about Janey in "Spirit in the Night" from Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.
3 of 9
But I was not born to live to die and you were not born for queenin'/It's not too late to infiltrate, the servants are just leavin'
ANSWER: He's talking to Mary in "Mary Queen of Arkansas" from Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. He's talking to Mary in "Mary Queen of Arkansas" from Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.
4 of 9
She has fancy clothes and diamond rings/She has men who give her anything she wants but they don't see/That what she wants is me
ANSWER: He's talking about Candy in "Candy's Room" from Darkness on the Edge of Town He's talking about Candy in "Candy's Room" from Darkness on the Edge of Town
5 of 9
Well now I'm no hero/That's understood/All the redemption I can offer, girl/Is beneath this dirty hood
ANSWER: He's talking to Mary in "Thunder Road" from Born to Run He's talking to Mary in "Thunder Road" from Born to Run
6 of 9
...when you pass it seems like this whole town drops/...or maybe it's just me, baby, and these fools stuck here punchin' this clock/Well you give us a reason to stop just for a while/Stop, stand and salute your style
ANSWER: He's talking to Cynthia in "Cynthia" from Tracks He's talking to Cynthia in "Cynthia" from Tracks
7 of 9
Someday we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny/But now you're sad, your mama's mad/And your papa says he knows that I don't have any money
ANSWER: He's talking to Rosalita in "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" from The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle He's talking to Rosalita in "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" from The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle
8 of 9
I'll love you with all the madness in my soul/Someday girl I don't know when/we're gonna get to that place/Where we really want to go
ANSWER: He's talking to Wendy in "Born to Run" from Born to Run He's talking to Wendy in "Born to Run" from Born to Run
9 of 9
We met down by the river, on the final day in May/And when I leaned down to kiss her, she did not turn away/I drew out all my money and together we did vow/To leave that very evening and get away somehow
ANSWER: This was sort of a trick question. The song is "Jeannie Needs a Shooter," which the Boss wrote with Warren Zevon. It appears on Zevon's album, Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School.
This was sort of a trick question. The song is "Jeannie Needs a Shooter," which the Boss wrote with Warren Zevon. It appears on Zevon's album, Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School.
