Bruce Springsteen - Badlands Lyrics

My favourite song of allxxx

It ain't no sin to be glad you're alive.

The first time I heard this song, for some inexplicable reason, I didn't like it. I'd love to be able to go back and smack that girl-she wasted so many months avoiding this absolute masterpiece!

My favorite Bruce song

Very simply one of the best

This is such an undervalued song.

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This is songwriting perfection. He is an American treasure.

I cry every time he hums in the 3rd verse

Every step of some ground that is to be held in what has a firm hold on alot of turf we so richly deserve has a plentiful mob mildly amused , having that being said , and walking gingerly uninterrupted while it's no pleasant surprise we have no other choice but to believe in some preserve our lucky stars have for good reason leave to a day that smells a bit unlucky and taking an after meal ritual for granite . The gentle but rough skillfully give way and only invite when left to a sight that shoots from angles one has no trouble in placing one incredible Hill at a time , up until they are placed in a crime that missed it's bearrings despite a sign all feel had to hit home most any day of the weak . You see where the cookie crumbles and what our honey of a buzz has tapped , you should , its the land so uninterrupted and blatantly undesturbed it kind of has the darndest issues right out in the middle of "NoWhere" and just need a little spoiling right in front of some dirty rotten motherfuckers when they can't Resist !

Holy crap this is such an amazing tune!! It brings me back to those days of Early Springsteen in my youth... WOW, music just doesn't get any better than Springsteen tunage!! (especially from those days!!) Definitely one of my top 5! (If it's even possible to narrow down a top 5 from SOOOO many superb tunes😕😵 ). Thanks for the upload a great 4-minute break from drudgery of work.

Max is BAD!

listened to every day before work out of a temp before becoming a teamster with halls motor frieght my poem about the work published all over nyc russ fain

Bruce used to be so messy looking now he's all nice and neat

You notice that too? Rock n roll has a way of doing this ,, funny isn't it,,,

Bruce is a moron

Bruce is a legend

He is a moron

bittan the best

Rock 'n' roll Steinbeck

National Anthem Makers:
West Virginia - John Denver
Rest of US - The Boss

Happy 70th birthday, Bruce Springsteen

Discovering this song 40 years too late. Damn - so good...

be SURE to see the Movie Blinded by the Light. GRRREAT story and cinematography and 17 Bruce songs. The best. WOW !!!!!

Finally watched the movie. It was amazing, one of the best movies I've seen all year.

Saw this guy twice he is phenomenal

This guy is just so great I love him

One of the greatest, wisest rock songs of all time!

I meant I saw Bruce twice he's incredible

So I Bruce twice he's incredible

Just wanted to hear the big man play his sax
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RIP

So, both this and The Cars - My Best Friend's Girl apparently recorded in February of 1978.

Question: Which one's the chicken and which is the egg?

bruce has said his lyrics are greatly exaggerated, this is strictly temporary entertainment while the song lasts. not some spiritual experience to change peoples approach to life. Correct decisions are made without emotion, using logic, rationality. never getting too low or high, bruce is bipolar, this is manic. the lyrics speak to to people who feel pain, dissatisfaction, boredom (EVERYONE). the song has the same effect on a wealthy person who has his own pain.its a narcotic, the MUSIC loads the brain w/dopamine. this is manic, delusional and many lyrics don't even make sense, when the song is over (and maybe whatever intoxicant wears off), that spirit is less than before. its nothing that should inspire any real life action. like just going and quitting your job. and some of the songs have caused ppl to quit their jobs. this is entertainment folks. calm, logical, correct thinking is the way to maximize happiness, this stuff is a temporary drug. and must I say, INCREDIBLE music. but....and read the comment as weird and depressing as it is,..you need to embrace it

has zero to do with your job or the town youre from, it has to do with the human experience which is naturally full of inevitable suffering, for everyone. you never ever reach satisfaction, its temporary. there is no "yes, i've made it". or, 'i have it all figured out'. then what? therere is no figuring it out. it keeps on going. new challenges emerge. youre constantly learning, until (if youre LUCKY) you get to be an old person. we all want to survive, but subconsciously we know we're all surviving just to be an old person, theres no great ending. a better ending would be dying young, before you wither way, in some accident, before you face the undignified act of aging. ppl want to give their life an ultimate meaning, beyond just the enjoyment we all have from living it. there simply is none. the sun will ultimately turn into a red giant, vaporizing earth in the process. its why humans created gods, many hundreds of thousands of them depending on when and where you lived on earth. and created 'souls'(just brain activity) which when ceases your dead, and its like before you were born. what was that like? best word is nothing. so humans naturally make up things with no proof, theyre stories, ideologies and large groups believe in them and tie their identities/egos to them, and while theres some good if its brings a higher moral code,, theres more risk than benefit, as people are willing to kill for it (and kill for country-another man made concept. the land is constantly shifting- the world wont even look like this in time), we made up imaginary lines on earth and called them names and some humans are so attached to them. with advancing weapon technology the combination of all these ideologies, will destroy the earth in time. yea, u wouldnt want to go to a party w me, but thats all true.

Some songs sound better live and this is one of them. I feel there is more energy in The Boss's live performances.

Bob Dylan was honored for a Nobel Prize in Literature. I wonder when Bruce will be honored with the same prize?

Ba Da Boom Boom Ba Da Boom!!

Imported from the Garden State baby
Yeah that’s right
And for all you Jersey haters take that punk
And one more thing you always going down the shore even if you’re traveling north bum
And one last thing
We don’t pump gas suckers
And yes our jug handle turns make perfect sense
Now go to sleep before I slap your mama

One of BRuce’s greatest song

Bruce Springsteen
"Badlands"
1978.

Saw Blinded By The Light last and it was incredible! Loved Springsteen before but movie reminded me songs like this have magic to them.

Here after listening to Springsteen my whole life growing up near Asbury. And after seeing Blinded by the Light! :D Wonderful film.

Great film. All the differences we have between us, and the important things are universal.

Agree about Blinded by the Light. Gave me a new appreciation for Springsteen and his music.

I dedicate this song to my longtime YouTube friend Sean Reyes, whose emotional yet empowering life story encouraged me to go out there and live life to the fullest!

I saw Blinded by the Light today and it's so good

The Italian takes front row in that face!

Thunderheart

You don't fuck with The Boss from 74 to 84 - Shit was real, honest, and rocking
(Then he lost his mind and sense of reality... but everything before then, damn, like a shot of whiskey)

The BOSS

It ain't no sin for me to be glad you're alive, Mija.....

This is for everyone that hates the small town!

To hell with Bruce. Claw your way up like the rest of us. Try working.

it may be a commercial product,ie; a record, but strangely there is still a scintilla of hope in there.
fuck despair. keep kicking against it till you die. ged from rosneath.

Wow couldn't stand to wait to see him at the Fox Atlanta when this album came out! And the band opened with this song, the best concerts ever!

r.i.p uncle frank ......this was your fave

What about the dislikes? Why??

Lights out tonight
Trouble in the heartland
Got a head-on collision
Smashin' in my guts man
I'm caught in a crossfire
That I don't understand
I don't give a damn
For the same old played out scenes
I don't give a damn
For just the in-betweens
Honey I want the heart, I want the soul
I want control right now
Talk about a dream
Try to make it real
You wake up in the night
With a fear so real
Spend your life waiting
For a moment that just don't come
Well don't waste your time waiting


Badlands, you gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good


Workin' in the fields
Til you get your back burned
Workin' 'neath the wheel
Till you get your facts learned
Baby got my facts
Learned real good right now
Poor man want to be rich
Rich man want to be king
And a king ain't satisfied
Till he rules everything
I want to go out tonight
I want to find out what I got


I believe in the love that you gave me
I believe in the hope that can save me
I believe in the faith
And I pray that some day it may raise me
Above these badlands
Badlands, you gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good


For the ones who had a notion
A notion deep inside
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
I want to find one face that ain't looking through me
I want to find one place
I want to spit in the face of these badlands


Badlands, you gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good

Badlands is Badass! Excellent tune. Top performance in the studio.
It must have been one hell of an experience to go to a Bruce Springsteen concert back in the day.

It really was (all 3 times !) Every concert -- you felt like he was playing to your neighborhood--and you! Just fantastic!

A very perfect song for right now. Rich man wanna be king.

In my point of view, one of the strongest Bruce Springsteen songs..
Badlands is Badass! Excellent tune. Top performance in the studio.
This is my dads favorite Bruce Springsteen song ❤️❤️❤️

You spend your life waiting for a moment that just don't come... well don't waste your time waiting

the workin man song bruce nailed if I hear that on the radio it get s me pumped up in the morning going to work

The drums are actually Meg White.
Freaks. Youre all freaks.
Believe it or not its Brian Wilson on backup vocals Related to Enrique Caruso.

That is a really cool picture

I used this song as an inspiration, when times were tough, Stefano, and the Boss thank you.

Like a BOSS

Ok this song hit when I was starting law school. I really took this song's message to heart and thought about what the fap was I doing becoming a lawyer. It was not what I wanted to do. Then I conveniently forgot about that for a few decades.

Rip bigman

One of Bruce's many classics. The greatest live performer of all time and second only to Dylan as a songwriter.

When I was in France, this song was my ringtone on my cell phone. So every time the phone would ring, this song would come up!

This song sure makes surviving these Badlands we live in better!

Thank you , boss.

Sound like someone you know.."rich man wannabe king "

The best song

One of the all-time greats

You know when a song is a great one!When it makes you cry!!!

I love you Turd Ferguson, thanks for all the fun and laughs over the years, a true inspiration! Much appreciated 😍😳🙋‍♂️☘️Jake Kilkenny, Gramercy Park nyc.🕺🏿✌🏿

Intro is stolen riff from Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood song.

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I have been to dozens of Concerts in my life and many of them were great....but if I live to a hundred years old NOTHING will beat my first Bruce concert when they turned on all the lights in Brendan Byrne Arena and the Boss came and BLASTED this song as his first encore

Bruce was never better than on this tune... I have seen him three times and each time was amazing!

from long before he sold out

firebase delta Wrong! Bruce never sold out. He’ll be authentic til his last breath.

Probably one of my all time favourite Springsteen songs

Bollklubben Häcken 💛🖤

Fuck with the image, fuck with the username on YouTube, throw your weakass shit at me all you fucking feel would be wise, I'm listening to a song

Call me a fool, but when I hear Springsteen's music I hear all the history of America

Nothing foolish there, he wrote our Bible.

You're a fool.

@mitchellkarera you're the fool and an idiot.

@Dr. killpatient you're the fool and the idiot.

What about the future of America?

Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul, I want control right now <3

Like Mozart, this is the voice of God....Astonishing.

Maybe the greatest popular song ever produced.

It ain't no sin to be glad you're alive.

I wonder how many people tricked themselves into believing it was before the Boss came through

Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce

El era su idolo de mi hermano y mi hermano para mi en paz descance era mi idolo

Nobody can do song and lyrics like this anymore. I saw Boss first time in Ullevi Götebrg in 1985.

Today is National Boss Day. Hail to the True Boss!!!!!!!😆😆😆

And in 1980 computer phones weren't tracking you........you were free....... !!!

....and listening in

My name is Southern Jameson West.........!!!

I was in NYC in 1980......walking the streets humming this song.........totally cool........!!!

Cool.........!!!

Erie, Pa

Nice to see a fellow Erie resident on a Bruce song

Spätestens zu dieser Zeit wurde man Bruce Springsteen Fan! Grüße an Koblenz!

Sorry to say this with your 700.000 likes, but the quality is terrible. I grew up all analogue, and when you play the cd on stereo it is ten times better. The voices don't sound like Springsteen, the sound is too high, and there is too much treble. It's not my phone, because I have listened to thousands of tracks on youtube with my headphones and this is the only recording I find bad in years

Sorry to say this but the original vinyl blows everything else completely out of the water.

The boss !

Thunderheart

Brilliant song! One of the Boss' best albums ever!!!!

"I believe in the Faith that could save me." "I got my facts real straight right now."

This song kicks ass. Love it.