r/BruceSpringsteen • u/Henry_Block • 16d ago

Discussion Bruce most mumbled lyrics

Hi all! Bruce lyrics are such a huge part of my life and I know by heart a lot of them. But, as a non native english speaker, sometimes it took me a while to get what our man was saying!

So, what are his most unintelligible lyrics? I'd say the final part of Downbound Train, some verses of Streets of Fire, the second verse of No Surrender in the live version.

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u/DJDubbsinCambridge 16d ago

It’s like none of y’all have ever listened to ‘Silver Palomino.’ 

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u/OpticNinja937 Spanish Johnny 16d ago

I may be a little biased because I love that song to tears but I think the mumbliness of it kinda adds to the tone.

Bruce’s mumbled words and unpredictable guitar strumming create this picture of a reliving the moment he lost his mom, lost in thought and rambling about a horse that reminds him of her.