Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
During the Ghost of Tom Joad tour, Bruce would regularly tell the audience that this song describes a moment of “sudden insight.” He would then jokingly, but accurately, explain that sudden insight generally comes when you have “fucked up very badly.”
This song seems to build on the theme in his ea...
[Verse 1]
I slipped on her shoe, she was a perfect size seven
I said "There's no smoking in the store, ma'am."
She crossed her legs and then we made some small talk
That's where it should have stopped
She slipped me her number, I put it in my pocket
My hand slipped up her skirt, everything slipped my mind
In that little roadhouse on Highway 29
[Verse 2]
It was a small-town bank, it was a mess
Well, I had a gun, you know the rest
Money on the floorboards
Shirt was covered in blood and she was crying
Her and me we headed south on Highway 29
[Verse 3]
In a little desert motel, the air was hot and clean
I slept the sleep of the dead, I didn't dream
I woke in the morning, washed my face in the sink
We headed into the Sierra Madres across the borderline
The winter sun shot through the black trees
I told myself it was all something in her
But as we drove, I knew it was something in me
Something had been coming for a long, long time
And something that was here with me now on Highway 29
[Outro]
The road was filled with broken glass and gasoline
She wasn't saying nothing, it was just a dream
The wind come silent through the windshield
All I could see was snow and sky and pine
I closed my eyes and I was running
Yeah, I was running, then I was flying
Highway 29 was written by Bruce Springsteen.
Highway 29 was produced by Chuck Plotkin & Bruce Springsteen.
Bruce Springsteen released Highway 29 on Tue Nov 21 1995.