Just sitting around waiting for my life to begin, while it was all just slipping away.

Badlands, you got to live it everyday, let the broken hearts stand as the price you've got to pay.

I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream.

Plus, you know, when I was young, there was a lot of respect for clowning in rock music - look at Little Richard. It was a part of the whole thing, and I always also believed that it released the audience.

In the end what you don't surrender, well, the world just strips away.

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.

Hey, little dolly with the blue jeans on, I want to ramrod with you, honey, 'til half past dawn.