The Top 100 Bruce Springsteen Songs: 70-61
Featuring songs spanning 30 years, from "Racing In The Street" to "Livin' In The Future", the next ten songs...
70. Cross My Heart Human Touch (1992)
“First time I crossed my heart / I was beggin’ baby, please / At your bedside, down on my knees / When I crossed my heart / When I crossed my heart / I crossed my heart, pretty baby over you /…/ Little boys, little girls / They know their wrongs from their rights / Once you cross your heart / You ain’t ever supposed to lie.”
69. I Wanna Marry You The River (1980)
“My daddy said right before he died / That true, true love was just a lie / He went to his grave a broken heart / An unfulfilled life makes a man hard / Oh, darlin’ / There’s something happy and there’s something sad / About wanting somebody oh so bad / I wear my love darlin’, without shame / I’d be proud if you would wear my name.”
68. Fire released live on Live/1975-85 (1986)
“’Cause when we kiss… Fire.” Doesn’t it kind of seem like that line could have come from almost any Bruce Springsteen song? This song has been covered from everyone from the Pointer Sisters to (of course) the cast of Glee, but hearing Bruce Springsteen sing it himself is to hear it the way it was meant to be heard.
67. Janey Don’t You Lose Heart Tracks (1998)
This song, along with a few of the other more obscure ones on this list, Bruce gave his catalog a little infusion of pop-style boy-meets-girl cliché, but Bruce can do no wrong. These songs are what pop music are supposed to be, and while there’s a reason they were only released on Tracks, they deserve not to be forgotten.
66. Adam Raised A Cain Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
“In the Bible Cain slew Abel / And East of Eden he was cast / You’re born into this life paying / For the sins of somebody else’s past / Daddy worked his whole life for nothing but the pain / Now he walks these empty rooms looking for something to blame / You inherit the sins, you inherit the flames / Adam raised a Cain.”
65. I’m On Fire Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
“Sometimes it’s like someone took a knife baby / edgy and dull and cut a six-inch valley / through the middle of my soul / At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet / and a freight train running / through the middle of my head / Only you can cool my desire / I’m on fire.”
64. Racing In The Street Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
There is not a lyric in all of music that better epitomizes the life of a young rocker with a borderline fetish for cool cars than “Tonight, tonight, the strip’s just right / I wanna blow ‘em off in my first heat / Summer’s here and the time is right / For goin’ racing in the street.”
63. Two Hearts The River (1980)
“I went out walking the other day / Seen a little girl crying along the way / She’d been hurt so bad said she’d never love again / Someday your crying girl will end / And you’ll find once again / Two hearts are better than one / Two hearts girl get the job done / Two hearts are better than one.”
62. Countin’ On A Miracle The Rising (2002)
“Sleeping beauty awakes from her dream / With her lover’s kiss on her lips / Your kiss was taken from me / Now all I have is this / Your kiss, your kiss, your touch, your touch / Your heart, your heart, your strength, your strength / Your hope, your hope, your faith, your faith / Your face, your face, your love, your love / Your dream, your dream, your life, your life.”
61. Livin’ In The Future Magic (2007)
“Woke up Election Day, skies gunpowder and shades of gray / Beneath a dirty sun, I whistled my time away / Then just about sundown / You come walkin’ through town / Your boot heels clickin’ / Like the barrel of a pistol spinnin’ ‘round / Don’t worry Darlin’, now baby don’t you fret / We’re livin’ in the future and none of this has happened yet.”
70. Cross My Heart Human Touch (1992)
“First time I crossed my heart / I was beggin’ baby, please / At your bedside, down on my knees / When I crossed my heart / When I crossed my heart / I crossed my heart, pretty baby over you /…/ Little boys, little girls / They know their wrongs from their rights / Once you cross your heart / You ain’t ever supposed to lie.”
69. I Wanna Marry You The River (1980)
“My daddy said right before he died / That true, true love was just a lie / He went to his grave a broken heart / An unfulfilled life makes a man hard / Oh, darlin’ / There’s something happy and there’s something sad / About wanting somebody oh so bad / I wear my love darlin’, without shame / I’d be proud if you would wear my name.”
68. Fire released live on Live/1975-85 (1986)
“’Cause when we kiss… Fire.” Doesn’t it kind of seem like that line could have come from almost any Bruce Springsteen song? This song has been covered from everyone from the Pointer Sisters to (of course) the cast of Glee, but hearing Bruce Springsteen sing it himself is to hear it the way it was meant to be heard.
67. Janey Don’t You Lose Heart Tracks (1998)
This song, along with a few of the other more obscure ones on this list, Bruce gave his catalog a little infusion of pop-style boy-meets-girl cliché, but Bruce can do no wrong. These songs are what pop music are supposed to be, and while there’s a reason they were only released on Tracks, they deserve not to be forgotten.
66. Adam Raised A Cain Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
“In the Bible Cain slew Abel / And East of Eden he was cast / You’re born into this life paying / For the sins of somebody else’s past / Daddy worked his whole life for nothing but the pain / Now he walks these empty rooms looking for something to blame / You inherit the sins, you inherit the flames / Adam raised a Cain.”
65. I’m On Fire Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
“Sometimes it’s like someone took a knife baby / edgy and dull and cut a six-inch valley / through the middle of my soul / At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet / and a freight train running / through the middle of my head / Only you can cool my desire / I’m on fire.”
64. Racing In The Street Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
There is not a lyric in all of music that better epitomizes the life of a young rocker with a borderline fetish for cool cars than “Tonight, tonight, the strip’s just right / I wanna blow ‘em off in my first heat / Summer’s here and the time is right / For goin’ racing in the street.”
63. Two Hearts The River (1980)
“I went out walking the other day / Seen a little girl crying along the way / She’d been hurt so bad said she’d never love again / Someday your crying girl will end / And you’ll find once again / Two hearts are better than one / Two hearts girl get the job done / Two hearts are better than one.”
62. Countin’ On A Miracle The Rising (2002)
“Sleeping beauty awakes from her dream / With her lover’s kiss on her lips / Your kiss was taken from me / Now all I have is this / Your kiss, your kiss, your touch, your touch / Your heart, your heart, your strength, your strength / Your hope, your hope, your faith, your faith / Your face, your face, your love, your love / Your dream, your dream, your life, your life.”
61. Livin’ In The Future Magic (2007)
“Woke up Election Day, skies gunpowder and shades of gray / Beneath a dirty sun, I whistled my time away / Then just about sundown / You come walkin’ through town / Your boot heels clickin’ / Like the barrel of a pistol spinnin’ ‘round / Don’t worry Darlin’, now baby don’t you fret / We’re livin’ in the future and none of this has happened yet.”