Lyric discussion by drkath 

Cover art for The Hitter lyrics by Bruce Springsteen

The hitter is every man -- struggling since youth to find a way to bring women and money and pride into their lives. Men who do what they have to do to survive, sometimes just wrong and sometimes illegal; many times unbearable to the sole. Living a life that eats you up and spits you out and all you want is to escape for a few minutes in the comfort of Mother. In the end, they are surrounded by everything they have draw to them along their journey.

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