I have aways thought that this song is the coming home song. A reflect or update to some of Bruce's earlier work about getting out, such as Born to Run or Thunder Road (i.e. "I am pulling out of here to win"). In his early days Bruce wanted nothing more than to break away from the life he had back then. But when we get away and we make it, choose a different life or whatever, in the end our home town, our mum our dad is still with us for ever. And as Bruce sings it is that "certain things are set in stone, who we are, what we do and what we wont".
I am not from the US. But I am from small town NZ and I grew up listening to Bruce and even quoted some of his songs about getting out on my wall. I did just that, have lived in a number of countries, but now as I am older i appreciate what my home town means.
I have aways thought that this song is the coming home song. A reflect or update to some of Bruce's earlier work about getting out, such as Born to Run or Thunder Road (i.e. "I am pulling out of here to win"). In his early days Bruce wanted nothing more than to break away from the life he had back then. But when we get away and we make it, choose a different life or whatever, in the end our home town, our mum our dad is still with us for ever. And as Bruce sings it is that "certain things are set in stone, who we are, what we do and what we wont". I am not from the US. But I am from small town NZ and I grew up listening to Bruce and even quoted some of his songs about getting out on my wall. I did just that, have lived in a number of countries, but now as I am older i appreciate what my home town means.