BORN TO RUN - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

THIS IS THE ACOUSTIC VERSION SEEN IN SOLO LIVE PERFORMANCES

[Intro] 

     
     

[Verse]
             
In the day we 

              
sweat it out i

              
n the streets 

         
of a runaway A

        
merican dream
             
At night we ri

              
de through man

              
sions of glory

       
 in suicide ma

chines
         
Sprung from ca

             
ges out on hig

              
hway 9,  Chrom

  
e wheeled, fue

l injected
             
and steppin' o

            
ut over the li

           
ne. Baby this 

              
town rips the 


bones from you

r back
            
It's a death t

             
rap, it's a su

              
icide rap, we 

             
gotta get out 

            
while we're yo

ung

[Chorus]
             
`Cause tramps 

             
like us, baby 

              
we were born t

          (
o run

[Verse]
             
Hey Wendy let 

              
me in I wanna 

              
be your friend

           
 I want to gua

            
rd your dreams

     
 and visions
      
Just wrap your

 legs 'round t

hese velvet ri

ms 
              
and strap your

         
 hands across 

             
my engines, an

         
d together we 

      
could break th

is trap 
         
We'll run till

             
 we drop, baby

              
 we'll never g

  
o back
             
Walk with me o

              
ut on the wire

            
? Girl, I'm ju

              
st a scared an

  
d lonely rider
             
But I gotta kn

            
ow how it feel

  
s 

[Chorus]  
             
I want to know

              
 if love is wi

             
ld, I want to 

              
know if love i

          (
s real

[Bridge]
            
Beyond the Pal

              
ace, hemi-powe

             
red drones scr

        
eam down the b

oulevard
             
The girls comb

              
 their hair in

              
 rearview mirr

             
ors, and the b

             
oys try to loo

     
k so hard
            
The amusement 

              
park rises bol

              
d and stark as

          
 Kids are hudd

led on the bea

ch in a mist
             
I wanna die wi

              
th you Wendy o

              
n the streets 

              
tonight in an 

          
everlasting ki

ss

[Verse]
             
Well, the high

              
way's jammed w

              
ith broken her

         
oes on a last 

             
chance power d

rive
             
Everybody's ou

              
t on the run t

              
onight, but th

         
ere's no place

         
 left to hide
         
Together Wendy

            
 we'll live wi

th the sadness
         
I'll love you 

             
with all the m

             
adness in my s

 
oul
             
Someday girl I

              
 don't know wh

              
en, we're gonn

  
a get to that 

place
              
Where we reall

             
y want to go  

             
and we'll walk

                          
 in the sun

[Chorus]
              
But till then 

             
tramps like us

             
, baby we were

             
 born to run

[Outro]