He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
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?
I was spinnin' 'round a dead dial
Just another lost number in a file
Dancin' down a dark hole
Just searchin' for a world with some soul
This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?
This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?
Is there anybody alive out there?
I just want to hear some rhythm
I just want to hear some rhythm
I just want to hear some rhythm
I just want to hear some rhythm
I want a thousand guitars
I want pounding drums
I want a million different voices speaking in tongues
This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?
This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?
Is there anybody alive out there?
I was driving through the misty rain
Yeah searchin' for a mystery train
Boppin' through the wild blue
Tryin' to make a connection with you
This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?
This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?
Is there anybody alive out there?
I just want to feel some rhythm
I just want to feel some rhythm
I just want to feel your rhythm
I just want to feel your rhythm
I just want to feel your rhythm
I just want to feel your rhythm
I just want to feel your rhythm
I just want to feel your rhythm
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?
I was spinnin' 'round a dead dial
Just another lost number in a file
Dancin' down a dark hole
Just searchin' for a world with some soul
This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?
This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?
Is there anybody alive out there?
I just want to hear some rhythm
I just want to hear some rhythm
I just want to hear some rhythm
I just want to hear some rhythm
I want a thousand guitars
I want pounding drums
I want a million different voices speaking in tongues
This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?
This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?
Is there anybody alive out there?
I was driving through the misty rain
Yeah searchin' for a mystery train
Boppin' through the wild blue
Tryin' to make a connection with you
This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?
This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?
Is there anybody alive out there?
I just want to feel some rhythm
I just want to feel some rhythm
I just want to feel your rhythm
I just want to feel your rhythm
I just want to feel your rhythm
I just want to feel your rhythm
I just want to feel your rhythm
I just want to feel your rhythm
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Radio Nowhere Lyrics as written by Bruce Springsteen
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when i first heard this, it made me think of all the mindless garbage on the radio today... love the new album!
for those of you saying the boss is back..the boss never left!!!
This song is the last cry of an artist that suffer to see his nation destroyed by greed, globalizzation, neocons and hypocricy. Bruce, I'm really sorry, Amreica ain't no more.
America is no longer the home of the free and land of the brave. it's the home of rich, greedy, selfish politicians and land of the corrupted. it hurts to see how America is more concerned with Tiger Woods than what our congressman/senators/mayors/presidents do. Obama will do a lot but America is past saving in those respects. <br /> <br /> R.I.P <br /> American Pride Ambition Common Sense and Decency<br /> 1776
R.I.P. <br /> American Grammer (commas come after a list of several words, kingkenobi31)<br /> 2009
I think this song is about the state of the world! How careless we have all become! We only care about ourselves!
Springsteen (from Rolling Stone magazine, November 1, 2007): "It's an end-of-the-world scenario - he's seeing the apocalypse. All communications are down. That's my business, that's what it's all about - trying to connect to you. It comes down to trying to make people happy, feel less lonely, but also being a conduit for a dialogue about the events of the day, the issues that impact people's lives, personal and social and political and religious. That's how I always saw the job of our band."
Yes, this sounds like a kind of "hell on earth" in the end:<br /> <br /> I was spinning round a dirt dive<br /> Just another lost number in a file<br /> Dancing down a dark hole<br /> Just searching for a world with some soul <br /> <br /> I was driving through the misty rain<br /> Just searching for a mystery train<br /> Bopping through the wild gloom<br /> Trying to make a connection with you <br /> <br /> <br /> sounds very dark, they're a lost number in a file, destruction of your life, depressing, lonely and they hear nothing...Radio Nowhere and they want to hear something...anything. <br />
I think it's a great song
i think the songs about having a dig at todays radio and the rubbish that gets played. Feeling alone and out of date. Fantastic song.
Bruse Springsteen is Amazing.
'Nuff said.
Great song
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?
I was spinnin' 'round a dead dial Just another lost number in a file Dancin' down a dark hole Just searchin' for a world with some soul
This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there? This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there? Is there anybody alive out there?
I just want to hear some rhythm I just want to hear some rhythm I just want to hear some rhythm I just want to hear some rhythm
I want a thousand guitars I want pounding drums I want a million different voices speaking in tongues
This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there? This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there? Is there anybody alive out there?
I was driving through the misty rain Searchin' for a mystery train Boppin' through the wild blue Tryin' to make a connection to you
This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there? This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there? Is there anybody alive out there?
I just want to feel some rhythm I just want to feel some rhythm I just want to feel your rhythm I just want to feel your rhythm I just want to feel your rhythm I just want to feel your rhythm I just want to feel your rhythm I just want to feel your rhythm