Bruuuuuucccceee Poetry Train

Yes the name of the blog is Philly Transplant. The Transplant part is because, I am from New Jersey, not some swamp in the south or wherever it is a duck may come from. And along those lines, it is a little known state law that you must like both Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

Bruce has a new album out, called Magic. It seems to be alot like the last album, the Rising, yet with its own sound. Though since I have only listened to a couple of songs on it, how can I be sure.

So far, Long Walk Home is my favorite cut, so as we start a long week, lets have a little Bruce.

last night I stood at your doorstep
trying to figure out what went wrong
you just slipped somethin' into my palm
then you were gone
I could smell the same
deep green of summer
above me the same night sky was glowin'
in the distance I could see the town
where I was born

it's gonna be a long walk home
hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me
gonna be a long walk home
a long walk home

in town I passed Sal's grocery
the barbershop on South Street
I looked into their faces
they were all rank strangers to me
the veterans' hall high up on the hill
stood silent and alone
the diner was shuttered and boarded
with a sign that just said "gone"

it's gonna be a long walk home
hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me
gonna be a long walk home
hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me
gonna be a long walk home
it's gonna be a long walk home

here everybody has a neighbor
everybody has a friend
everybody has a reason to begin again

my father said "Son, we're
lucky in this town
it's a beautiful place to be born
it just wraps its arms around you
nobody crowds you, nobody goes it alone,
you know that flag
flying over the courthouse
means certain things are set in stone
who we are, what we'll do
and what we won't,"

it's gonna be a long walk home
hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me
gonna be a long walk home
hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me
gonna be a long walk home
it's gonna be a long walk home

it's gonna be a long walk home
hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me
gonna be a long walk home
hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me
gonna be a long walk home
it's gonna be a long walk home

it's gonna be a long walk home

The video itself is cool to me, because it has local images, since I grew up 15 minutes away from the Springsteen hometown of Freehold and everyone from Jersey has been to Asbury Park at least once.



I will be around later in the day to see how everyone else joined in the Poetry Train.