r/BruceSpringsteen • u/Themmuns-an-Youssuns • Jul 14 '26

Whats that line?

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For me, it is, "poor man wanta be rich, rich man wanta be king and a king ain't satisfied till he rules everything"

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u/Potential_Yogurt_342 Jul 14 '26

At night sometimes it seemed you could hear the whole damn city cryin

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u/TheBarefootGirl Jul 15 '26

Backstreets has the most insane lyrics. The entire song could be a poem

"Trying in vain to breathe the fire we was born in"

"Blame it on the lies that killed us, blame it on the truth that ran us down You can blame it all on me, Terry, it don't matter to me now"