1832 – Bruce Springsteen – Adam raised a Cain (1978)

Escrita por Bruce Springsteen, foi gravada entre novembro de 1977 e fevereiro de 1978, e lançada no disco Darkness on the edge of town, o quarto de Bruce, em 2 de junho de 1978. Foi produzida por Bruce e Jon Landau. É um rock pesado que usa letras com imagens bíblicas pra explicar a relação entre um pai e um filho, simbolizado aqui por Adão e Caim. Bruce disse que essa era uma música emocionalmente autobiográfica. A relação amorosa e amarga entre pai e filho da canção é similar com a que ele teve com o próprio pai, Douglas. Bruce disse que essa música foi uma forma de falar com o pai, pois o pai não falava e eles não conversava muito. Bruce cantou e tocou guitarra. Roy Bittan tocou piano. Clarence Clemons tocou percussão e fez backing vocals. Danny Federici tocou órgão. Garry Tallent tocou baixo. Steven Van Zandt tocou guitarra e fez backing vocals. Max Weinberg tocou bateria. The Band fez backing vocals.

A letra:

In the summer that I was baptized
My father held me to his side
As they put me to the water
He said how on that day I cried

We were prisoners of love, a love in chains
He was standin' in the door I was standin' in the rain
With the same hot blood burning in our veins

Adam raised a Cain
Adam raised a Cain
Adam raised a Cain
Adam raised a Cain

All of the old faces
Ask you why you're back
They fit you with position
And the keys to your daddy's Cadillac

In the darkness of your room
Your mother calls you by your true name
You remember the faces, the places, the names
You know it's never over it's relentless as the rain

Adam raised a Cain
Adam raised a Cain
Adam raised a Cain
Adam raised a Cain

In the Bible brother Cain slew Abel
And East of Eden mama he was cast
You're born into this life paying
For the sins of somebody else's past

Daddy worked his whole life for nothing but the pain
Now he walks these empty rooms looking for something to blame
But you inherit the sins, you inherit the flames

Adam raised a Cain
Adam raised a Cain
Adam raised a Cain
Adam raised a Cain

Lost but not forgotten, from the dark heart of a dream
Adam raised a Cain
Adam raised a Cain
Adam raised a Cain
Adam raised a Cain
Adam raised a Cain
Adam raised a Cain
Adam raised a Cain

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