Streets of Philadelphia: Bruce Springsteen
I was bruised and battered and I couldn't tell
What I felt
I was unrecognizable to myself
I saw my reflection in a window I didnt know
My own face
Oh brother are you gonna leave me
Wastin´away
On the streets of Philadelphia
I walked the avenue till my legs felt like stone
I heard the voices of friends vanished and gone
At night I could hear the blood in my veins
Black and whispering as the rain
On the streets of Philadelphia
Aint no angel gonna greet me
Its just you and I my friend
My clothes dont fit me no more
I walked a thousand miles
Just to slip the skin
The night has fallen, Im 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
Bruce Springsteen
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Bruce Springsteen is een rockzanger, gitarist en schrijver van liedjes. Hij werd geboren op 23 september 1949 in het Amerikaanse Long Branch in de staat New Jersey. Hij staat ook bekend onder de naam “The Boss”.De vader van Bruce is van Iers-Nederlandse en zijn moeder van Italiaanse afkomst. Vanaf de jaren '60 speelde Springsteen in meerdere bands, waaronder The Castiles, Steel Mill en Dr. Zoom and The Sonic Boom.
Springsteens doorbraak kwam vooral na zijn derde album: Born to Run (augustus 1975).
In de herfst van 1993 nam Springsteen het nummer Streets of Philadelphia op, voor de soundtrack van de film Philadelphia. Het nummer werd in 1994 een top-10-hit en Springsteen ontving er een Oscar voor Beste Song en een Grammy voor.
Persoonlijk vind ik ook de video die verscheen bij zijn lied Streets of Philadelphia bijzonder smaakvol.
Wereldberoemd van Bruce Springsteen is ook zijn lied "Born in the USA"
Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog that's been beat too much
'Til you spend half your life just covering up
chorus:
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I got in a little hometown jam
And so they put a rifle in my hands
Sent me off to Vietnam
To go and kill the yellow man
chorus
Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man says "Son if it was up to me"
I go down to see the V.A. man
He said "Son don't you understand"
chorus
I had a buddy at Khe Sahn
Fighting off the Viet Cong
They're still there, he's all gone
He had a little girl in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms
Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I'm ten years down the road
Nowhere to run, ain't got nowhere to go
I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
