Escrita por Bruce Springsteen, foi gravada entre agosto e setembro de 1972 no 914 Sound Studios e, Blauvelt, New York e foi lançada em 5 de janeiro de 1973 no disco Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. Fala sobre uma adolescencia rebede de um teenager de New Jersey, com letra escrita em primeira pessoa. David Bowie gravou uma versão, com Ronnie Wood na guitarra. Bruce Springteen cantou e tocou guitarra. Vini Mad Dog Lopez tocou bateria. Garry Tallent tocou baixo e David Sancious tocou piano e teclado.
A letra:
Well
I stood stone-like at midnight
Suspended in my masquerade
And I
combed my hair 'til it was just right
And commanded the night
brigade
I
was open to pain and crossed by the rain
And I walked on a crooked
crutch
I strolled all alone through a fallout zone
And came out
with my soul untouched
I hid in the clouded wrath of the
crowd
But when they said, "Sit down," I stood up
Ooh,
ooh, growin' up
The flag of piracy flew from my mast
My
sails were set wing to wing
I had a jukebox graduate for first
mate
She couldn't sail but she sure could sing
I
pushed B-52 and bombed them with the blues
With my gear set
stubborn on standing
I broke all the rules, strafed my old high
school
Never once gave thought to landing
I hid in the
clouded warmth of the crowd
But when they said, "Come down,"
I threw up
Ooh, ooh, growin' up
Work it back now
I took
month-long vacations in the stratosphere
And you know it's really
hard to hold your breath
I swear I lost everything I ever loved or
feared
I was the cosmic kid in full costume dress
Well,
my feet they finally took root in the earth
But I got me a nice
little place in the stars
And I swear I found the key to the
universe
In the engine of an old parked car
I hid in the
mother breast of the crowd
But when they said, "Pull down,"
I pulled up
Ooh, ooh, growin' up
Ooh, ooh, growin' up
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