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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Guitar
Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons
Percussion
Danny Federici
Danny Federici
Organ
Garry Tallent
Garry Tallent
Bass
Max Weinberg
Max Weinberg
Drums
Roy Bittan
Roy Bittan
Piano
Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bob Clearmountain
Bob Clearmountain
Mixing Engineer
Bob Ludwig
Bob Ludwig
Mastering Engineer
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
One, two
Lights out tonight, trouble in the heartland
Got a head-on collision smashin' in my guts, man
I'm caught in a cross fire that I don't understand
But there's one thing I know for sure girl
[Verse 2]
I don't give a damn for the same old played out scenes
I don't give a damn for just the in betweens
Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul, I want control right now
[Verse 3]
You talk about a dream, try to make it real
You wake up in the night with a fear so real
You spend your life waiting for a moment that just don't come
Well, don't waste your time waiting
[Verse 4]
Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
The broken hearts stand as the price you've gotta pay
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good
[Verse 5]
Workin' in the fields till you get your back burned
Workin' 'neath the wheel till you get your facts learned
Baby, I got my facts learned real good right now
You better get it straight darling
[Verse 6]
Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied till he rules everything
I wanna go out tonight, I wanna find out what I got
[Verse 7]
Well, I believe in the love that you gave me
I believe in the faith that could save me
I believe in the hope and I pray that some day
It may raise me above these
[Verse 8]
Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
The broken hearts stand as the price you've gotta pay
Keep pushin' till it's understood
These badlands start treating us good
[Verse 9]
For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
I wanna find one face that ain't looking through me
I wanna find one place, I wanna spit in the face of these
[Verse 10]
Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
The broken hearts stand as the price you've gotta pay
Keep pushin' till it's understood
These badlands start treating us good
[Verse 11]
Badlands, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Badlands, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Badlands, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Badlands, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
[Verse 12]
How ya doin' tonight?
That's good, me too
I'd like to do this next song
John Hall and Graham Nash
And Bonnie Raitt
Tom Campbell
The musicians who, um
Had the conviction, the energy to
Put this together, what we're doin' down here
And I do this for Jackson Browne
And, and that little boy
Written by: Bruce Springsteen

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