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* "Born in the [=USA=]", which is about the treatment of the Vietnam War soldiers upon returning to America. The down-on-his-luck protagonist is arrested and sent off to Vietnam in lieu of jail time (a once common practice during the Vietnam War), loses his best friend in battle with only a photo of him and his Vietnamese loved to remember him by, and returns home struggling to find employment with even the VA office turning him away. The last verse implies [[DownerEnding it doesn't get better for him from here.]] It's a testament to how U.S. Vietnam War veterans were ultimately left behind and forgotten after fighting a losing battle, being mistreated and essensially cast out from society following their return home.
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* "Born in the [=USA=]", which is about the treatment of the Vietnam War soldiers upon returning to America. The down-on-his-luck protagonist is arrested and sent off to Vietnam in lieu of jail time (a once common practice during the Vietnam War), loses his best friend in battle with only a photo of him and his Vietnamese loved lover to remember him by, and returns home struggling to find employment with even the VA office turning him away. The last verse implies [[DownerEnding it doesn't get better for him from here.]] It's a testament to how U.S. Vietnam War veterans were ultimately left behind and forgotten after fighting a losing battle, being mistreated and essensially cast out from society following their return home.
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* "Born in the [=USA=]", which is about the treatment of the Vietnam War soldiers upon returning to America.
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* "Born in the [=USA=]", which is about the treatment of the Vietnam War soldiers upon returning to America. The down-on-his-luck protagonist is arrested and sent off to Vietnam in lieu of jail time (a once common practice during the Vietnam War), loses his best friend in battle with only a photo of him and his Vietnamese loved to remember him by, and returns home struggling to find employment with even the VA office turning him away. The last verse implies [[DownerEnding it doesn't get better for him from here.]] It's a testament to how U.S. Vietnam War veterans were ultimately left behind and forgotten after fighting a losing battle, being mistreated and essensially cast out from society following their return home.
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** For that matter, any of Springsteen's songs about fatherhood, particularly when you consider his strained relationship with his own father. From the angry rebellion of "Adam Raised a Cain", to the resigned separation of "Independence Day", the aforementioned turning point in "My Father's House", and culminating in a renewed desire for fatherly wisdom and support in significant moments ("Walk Like A Man"), and the determination to [[GenerationalTrauma not pass on the demons of previous generations to one's own children]] ("Long Time Comin'").
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* His 2019 solo effort ''Western Stars'' has quite a few, made even more poignant by the lush instrumentation and Bruce's earnest vocals:
** "Chasin' Wild Horses: and "Stones" are about relationships destroyed: the former by anger, the latter by dishonesty
** "Tucson Train" by contrast can induce happy tears, as it is about a man who has rebuilt his life and is eagerly anticipating a second chance with his partner.
** And the final track, "Moonlight Motel" depicts a widower returning to the titular site of his marital bliss and reminiscing about his lost love.
** "Chasin' Wild Horses: and "Stones" are about relationships destroyed: the former by anger, the latter by dishonesty
** "Tucson Train" by contrast can induce happy tears, as it is about a man who has rebuilt his life and is eagerly anticipating a second chance with his partner.
** And the final track, "Moonlight Motel" depicts a widower returning to the titular site of his marital bliss and reminiscing about his lost love.
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* The 2020 album ''Letter To You'' is recognized by critics and fans as Bruce's ruminations on getting old, with friends from his early years passing on and his realization that "death is coming for me like a freight train." The songs "Last Man Standing" (inspired by the death of George Theiss, the last member of Bruce's first band the Castiles) and "I'll See You In My Dreams" are both driven by his personal loss.
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** Similarly, "Lost in the Flood" describes PoliceBrutality against a young Hispanic man.
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* "For You"; the Narrator describes his passionate-but-troubled relationship to a suicidal girlfriend, and expresses how much he wishes he could help her.
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* "Streets of Philadelphia". "The night has fallen/I'm lyin'awake/I can feel myself fading away/So receive me, brother, with your faithless kiss, or will we leave each other alone like this/On the streets of Philadelphia..."
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* "Streets of Philadelphia". "The night has fallen/I'm lyin'awake/I lyin' awake/I can feel myself fading away/So receive me, brother, with your faithless kiss, or will we leave each other alone like this/On the streets of Philadelphia..."
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** The massive SmashCut in "Point Blank" is just... ouch.
-->The band was playing loud and you were shouting something in my ear\\
You pulled my jacket off and as the drummer counted four\\
You grabbed my hand and pulled me out on the floor\\
You just stood there and held me, then you started dancing slow\\
And as I pulled you tighter I swore I'd never let you go\\
Well, I saw you last night down on the avenue\\
Your face was in the shadows but I knew that it was you\\
You were standing in the doorway out of the rain\\
You didn't answer when I called out your name\\
You just turned and then you looked away\\
Like just another stranger...
-->The band was playing loud and you were shouting something in my ear\\
You pulled my jacket off and as the drummer counted four\\
You grabbed my hand and pulled me out on the floor\\
You just stood there and held me, then you started dancing slow\\
And as I pulled you tighter I swore I'd never let you go\\
Well, I saw you last night down on the avenue\\
Your face was in the shadows but I knew that it was you\\
You were standing in the doorway out of the rain\\
You didn't answer when I called out your name\\
You just turned and then you looked away\\
Like just another stranger...
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* "The Ghost of Tom Joad," matched only by James [=McMurtry's=] "We Can't Make It Here" as a deconstruction of UsefulNotes/TheAmericanDream.
-->''You got a one-way ticket to the promised land''\\
''[[SocietyIsToBlame You got a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand]]''\\
''Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock''\\
''Bathing in the city aqueduct''
-->''You got a one-way ticket to the promised land''\\
''[[SocietyIsToBlame You got a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand]]''\\
''Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock''\\
''Bathing in the city aqueduct''
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* Some someone who lives in New York City, "City of Ruins" can be a very powerful tearjerker..
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* Some For someone who lives in New York City, "City of Ruins" can be a very powerful tearjerker..
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* "Jack of All Trades," in which the narrator sings about eking out a living by doing whatever menial jobs he can find after the 2008 stock market crash. He sounds utterly exhausted throughout the song. In the last verse he sings "if I had me a gun, I'd find the bastards and shoot them on sight," but rather than sounding rageful, he just sounds bitter and tired.
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-->We've got God on our side.
-->We're just trying to survive.
-->What if what you do to survive
-->Kills the thing you love?
-->We're just trying to survive.
-->What if what you do to survive
-->Kills the thing you love?
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* The [[EpicRocking ten-minute]] "New York City Serenade" is a {{bittersweet|Ending}}, ethereal ending to ''The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle'' with a lushly orchestrated ending that can be quite moving.
* "Jungleland" from ''Music/BornToRun'', on the other hand, is more of a DownerEnding, again with lush orchestration.
--> "Outside, the street's on fire in a real death waltz\\
Between what's flesh and what's fantasy\\
And the poets down here don't write nothing at all, man\\
They just stand back and let it all be\\
And in the quick of a knife, they reach for their moment\\
And try to make an honest stand\\
But they wind up wounded, not even dead\\
Tonight in Jungleland."
* "Jungleland" from ''Music/BornToRun'', on the other hand, is more of a DownerEnding, again with lush orchestration.
--> "Outside, the street's on fire in a real death waltz\\
Between what's flesh and what's fantasy\\
And the poets down here don't write nothing at all, man\\
They just stand back and let it all be\\
And in the quick of a knife, they reach for their moment\\
And try to make an honest stand\\
But they wind up wounded, not even dead\\
Tonight in Jungleland."
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQMqWAiWPMs 41 Shots (American Skin)]]". Wow. Doubles as CrowningMusicOfAwesome.
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQMqWAiWPMs 41 Shots (American Skin)]]". Wow. Doubles as CrowningMusicOfAwesome.SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5-QMHFiIA4 This]] live version of "Blood Brothers" from the 2000 E Street Reunion Tour, especially when he chokes up while singing the last verse and holding hands with his bandmates. Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5-QMHFiIA4 This]] live version of "Blood Brothers" from the 2000 E Street Reunion Tour, especially when he chokes up while singing the last verse and holding hands with his bandmates. Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}.
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* "Backstreets" - "But I hated him/and I hated you when you went away"
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* "Racing in the Street" might be the saddest song ever written about drag racing. The last verse is particularly tear-jerking.
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* "Racing in the Street" might be the saddest song ever written about drag car racing. The last verse is particularly tear-jerking.
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* "Racing in the Street" might be the saddest song ever written about drag racing. The last verse is particularly tear-jerking.
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-->When I die I want no part of Heaven; I would not do the Heavens' work well\\
I pray the Devil to take me to stand at the fiery furnaces of Hell
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-->When I die I don't want no part of Heaven; I would not do the Heavens' Heaven's work well\\
I pray theDevil to take devil comes and takes me to stand at in the fiery furnaces of Hell
I pray the
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5-QMHFiIA4 This]] live version of "Blood Brothers" from the 2000 E Street Reunion Tour, especially when he chokes up while singing the last verse and holding hands with his bandmates. Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.
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* Also, "Streets of Philadelphia". "The night has fallen/I'm lyin'awake/I can feel myself fading away/So receive me, brother, with your faithless kiss, or will we leave each other alone like this/On the streets of Philadelphia..."
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* Also, "Streets of Philadelphia". "The night has fallen/I'm lyin'awake/I can feel myself fading away/So receive me, brother, with your faithless kiss, or will we leave each other alone like this/On the streets of Philadelphia..."
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* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ-Ifwiz6Zw Devil's Arcade]]".
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** And then, right after the title track there's "Paradise", an utterly ''devastating'' piece about a suicide bomber.
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** And then, right after the title track there's "Paradise", an utterly ''devastating'' piece about from the point of view of a suicide bomber.
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* This troper thinks "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAjhHbtZyQU Johnny 99]]" is one of Springsteen's most depressing. The absolute despair in the song is tear-worthy every time.
* ''Shut Out the Light'' is an absolutely heartwrenching song about PTSD. While the protagonist of the song returned from the war alive, he is so broken, he could just as well be dead. Never fails to bring this troper to tears.
* ''Shut Out the Light'' is an absolutely heartwrenching song about PTSD. While the protagonist of the song returned from the war alive, he is so broken, he could just as well be dead. Never fails to bring this troper to tears.
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* "Drive All Night" will really get you, especially for anyone who's ever had a broken heart that just wouldn't heal.
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* "Drive All Night" will really get you, especially for anyone who's ever had a broken heart that just wouldn't heal.
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And I wish God would send me a word
Send me something I'm afraid to lose
Send me something I'm afraid to lose
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* "Drive All Night" will really get you, especially for anyone who's ever had a broken heart that just wouldn't heal.
-->When I lost you honey sometimes I think I lost my guts too
And I wish God would send me a word
Send me something I'm afraid to lose
-->When I lost you honey sometimes I think I lost my guts too
And I wish God would send me a word
Send me something I'm afraid to lose
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** And then, right after the title track there's "Paradise", an utterly ''devastating'' piece about a suicide bomber.
