2067 – Bruce Springsteen – Stolen car (1980)

Escrita por Bruce Springsteen, foi gravada em janeiro de 1980, no Power Station Studios, em New York City e lançada em outubro de 1980, no disco The River, o quinto de Bruce. Foi produzida por Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau e Steven Van Zandt. Foi escrita rapidamente um dia após Hungry heart. Fala de um casamento que faliu. O protagonista é conduzido pela sua solidão pra se tornar um ladrão de carro, que quer se pego mas tem medo de desaparecer. Essencialmente ele quer se preso somente pra provar que ele existe. A gravação tem um piano de leve e um sintetizador, pontuada por uma bateria com timpano apenas. Bruce canta e toca guitarra. Roy Bittan toca piano. Danny Federici toca orgão. Garry Tallent toca baixo. Max Weinberg toca bateria.

A letra:

Well I found me a little girl and I settled down
In a pretty little house, in a pretty little town
We got married and promised never to part
Then little by little we drifted from each other's hearts

Now I'm driving a stolen car on a pitch-black night
And I'm doing my best to make it through
Well I'm just sitting down here at the Stanton light
I wanna get caught but I never do

At first I thought it was just restlessness
That would fade as time went by and our love grew deep
But in the end it was something more, I guess
That tore us apart and made us weep

And I'm driving a stolen car waiting on that little red light
I keep telling myself everything's gonna be alright
But I ride by night and I travel in fear
That in this darkness I might just disappear

She asked if I remembered the letters I wrote
When our love was young and we were bold
She said last night she read those letters
And they made her feel a hundred years old

There's a river that runs by that little town
Down into the sea
It was there in the shade I laid my body down
As she flowed on so effortlessly

Now there's a party tonight out at County Line
There'll be dancing down at Seven Trees
From these banks I can see those party lights shine
Maybe she's there, maybe she's looking for me

Last night I dreamed I made the call
I swore to return and stay forevermore
Once again we stood on the wedding steps at Victory Hall
And walked arm in arm through the chapel door

I can remember how good I felt inside
When the preacher said "Son, you may kiss the bride"
But as I leaned over to touch her pretty lips
I felt it all slip away through my fingertips

And I'm driving a stolen car through a pitch-black night
I keep telling myself everything's gonna be alright
But I ride by night and I travel in fear
No matter what I do or where I drive
Nobody ever sees me when I ride by

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