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| Bruce Springsteen – Streets of Philadelphia Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I think it's about an ageing boxer who does bare knuckle boxing on the streets -someone like Mickey Rourke, only with less money. He's been beaten so badly in his latest fight that he's unrecognizable. He's also out of condition and his clothes make him look fat and bloated. The blood in his veins he can hear is due to high blood pressure, partly caused by a diet of junk food and partly from a lifetime of blows to the head with little or no attention from a healthcare professional. |
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| Bruce Springsteen – Human Touch Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I think there's an error in the way you transcribed the lyrics. If you make give the "pretenders" a capital letter, as it should be, it becomes the Pretenders -a clear reference to the band. "You and me, we were the Pretenders" is Springsteen speaking as Chrissie Hynde's to another band member when two of the band members had died. The whole song is about the band trying to carry on in the light of the trauma. The other remaining member (the drummer I think) wants to call it day, and try to find success elsewhere, but Chrissie Hynde tells hims no, "I've got a deal for you right here" -meaning a record deal. |
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| Bruce Springsteen – Dancing In The Dark Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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It's about the writer Charles Bukowski. He's "sick of sitting around here trying to write to this book," he lives in a dump of an apartment in a dangerous neighbourhood, and he goes out drinking at night and gets up in the evening after sleeping off his hangover all day. The "spark" he refers to is the inspiration necessary to break his writer's block. |
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