Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Born To Run Lyrics

In the day we sweat it out on the streets
of a runaway American dream
At night we ride through mansions of glory
in suicide machines.

Sprung from cages on highway 9,
Chrome-wheeled, fuel-injected
and steppin' out over the line,
Baby this town rips the bones from your back,
It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap
We gotta get out while we're young,
'Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run...

Wendy let me in, I wanna be your friend,
I want to guard your dreams and visions.
Just wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims
And strap your hands across my engines.

Together we could break this trap,
We'll run till we drop, baby we'll never go back.
Will you walk with me out on the wire,
'Cause baby I'm just a scared and lonely rider
But I gotta know how it feels,
I wanna know if love is wild,
Girl, I wanna know if love is real.

Beyond the Palace hemi-powered drones
Scream down the boulevard,
The girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors
And the boys try to look so hard.
The amusement park rises bold and stark,
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist.
I wanna die with you Wendy on the streets tonight,
In an everlasting kiss.

The highway's jammed with broken heroes
On a last chance power drive,
Everybody's out on the run tonight,
But there's no place left to hide.
Together, Wendy we'll live with the sadness,
I'll love you with all the madness in my soul.
Someday girl, I don't know when,
We're gonna get to that place
where we really want to go
And we'll walk in the sun
But till then tramps like us, baby we were born to run.