After 'Born to Run,' I had a reaction to my good fortune. With success, it felt like a lot of people who'd come before me lost some essential part of themselves. My greatest fear was that success was going to change or diminish that part of myself.

Show a little faith there is magic in the night. You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright, and that's alright with me.

I met a girl and we ran away, I swore I'd make her happy every day. And how I made her cry, two faces have I.

Walk tall, or baby don't walk at all.

There's an opera out on the turnpike, there's a ballet being fought out in the alley.

Basically, I was pretty ostracized in my hometown. Me and a few other guys were the town freaks- and there were many occasions when we were dodging getting beaten up ourselves.

There's a girl across the bar, I get the message she's sending. Mmm, she ain't looking too married, and me, well, I'm pretending.