Lyric discussion by TheMineralRecord 

Cover art for Straight Time lyrics by Bruce Springsteen

I love everything that's going on in the song, but I can't quite grasp what's happening in the last two stanzas. Is he just contemplating doing something or what? I wanna know what he's doing with a sawed off shotgun.

It doesnt reveal what the guy is gonna do he's kinda torn between because he's finding straight time so hard.

My favourite line is "Seems you can't get any more than half free" just sums up the whole song for me

Great songwriting